Bangladesh will go to the 2023 World Cup without arguably the best batter in the country's history, as Tamim Iqbal has been left out of the 15-man squad, seemingly due to his persistent back injury. ESPNcricinfo understands that Tamim had informed the selectors couple of days ago that they should keep his back injury in mind before selecting the final squad.

The BCB however didn't give any official explanation for the exclusion as they announced the team on their social media platforms. They had initially said that the team would be declared at 5:45pm, but later delayed the announcement to after the third ODI between Bangladesh and New Zealand. The extra couple of hours added fuel to speculation that there may be a last minute change, but it wasn't to be.

The medical team decided to rest Tamim, along with a number of other players from the ODI side, for the third game against New Zealand.

Mehidy Hasan Miraz who has batted in four positions in ODIs this year, will continue to be the floater. Mehidy is likely to open in certain matches, but his main role has been at No 7.

The pace attack includes Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman and Tanzim Hasan. Left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed finds himself in the World Cup squad after a late rally with some impressive showings in the Asia Cup recently.

The squad includes four players from the Under-19 World Cup winning side from 2020: Hridoy, Shoriful, Tanzi and Tanzim.

World Cup Squad: Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das (vice-capt), Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed, Mahedi Hasan, Tanzid Hasan, Tanzim Hasan, Mahmudullah