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ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2024: Injured Taskin Ahmed receives surprise call-up to Bangladesh squad

Despite nursing a side strain, pacer Taskin Ahmed was on May 14 included in Bangladesh's squad for the T20 World Cup to be held in the Americas next month.

Ahmed, who has also been named the vice-captain, picked up the injury ahead of the fifth T20I against Zimbabwe last week.

But before that the 29-year-old had a great outing in the series, bagging eight wickets in four games at an impressive economy rate of 4.56.

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