Bangladesh have named their 15-man squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.Fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza has been named as the skipper with Shakib Al Hasan named his deputy.
The World Cup will be played in Australia and New Zealand where the pitches generally favour pace bowlers more than spin. Bangladesh have four fast bowlers in the squad Mortaza, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed and Al-Amin Hossain.
Abdur Razzak, the experienced left-arm spinner was omitted and is currently nursing a hamstring injury. 
Bangladesh are placed in Group A in the tournament along with Australia, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Scotland, New Zealand and England. They play their first match against Afghanistan on February 18 but will also be playing two warm-up games before that.
Bangladesh are placed in Group A in the tournament along with Australia, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Scotland, New Zealand and England. They play their first match against Afghanistan on February 18 but will also be playing two warm-up games before that.
The squad includes all-rounder Soumya Sarkar who has played just one ODI previously. Sarkar has been in good form in domestic cricket recently which strengthened his case.
Decision of Bangladesh Cricket Board for Selection
Chief selector Faruque Ahmed said that Bangladesh are looking at beating Scotland and Afghanistan and then trying for an upset against the bigger teams. “Every selector wants to build a team that will win the World Cup. We also want to do that but our style is to set a realistic target. We have to win at least two of those matches to have any practical chance of making it to the next round. We have considered form and who can sustain in those conditions,” said Faruque.
“We wanted seasoned campaigners although we haven’t picked Razzak. (Elias) Sunny is a seasoned campaigner who has been playing in top domestic tournaments for the last 10 years.But he did not get chances because of Razzak. Now he is in better form. Also, we thought Razzak’s fielding could be an issue,” reasoned Faruque and also explained the decision to recall batsman Nasir Hossain who was dropped for the series against Zimbabwe recently.
“The return of Nasir will add depth in our batting. Soumya Sarkar is a utility player who can bat at the top order and his medium-pace bowling also can be handy in Australia-New Zealand. We have picked three left-arm spinners in the past, and we have been successful against middle and lower-ranking teams,” added Faruque.
Bangladesh World Cup squad:
Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque, Soumya Sarkar, Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan (vc),Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Taskin Ahmed, Al-Amin Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Taijul Islam. AFP