Jonny Bairstow and Liam Livingstone stay unavailable as a result of damage. Bairstow, talking on the MCC’s Cowdrey Lecture on Wednesday night time, stated “things are tracking in the right direction” after his freakish {golfing} damage in September, which dominated him out of England’s winter. He is because of see a surgeon later this month and has no set return date. Like Livingstone, his Punjab Kings team-mate, he’ll hope to be match sufficient to play in IPL 2023.

Rehan’s inclusion provides him the chance to substantiate his standing as England’s long-term substitute for Adil Rashid, and to press his case for inclusion in squads for the ODI and T20 World Cups in 2023 and 2024. He has solely performed seven List A video games however has performed 50-over cricket for England Under-19s and England Lions, and already has in depth short-form expertise with Leicestershire (within the Blast), Southern Brave (the Hundred) and Gulf Giants (ILT20).

The ODI leg of the tour is a part of the ICC’s Super League, the qualification course of for the 2023 World Cup, although each groups have already confirmed their spots. More pertinently, it’s England’s last away sequence earlier than the World Cup, and presents preparation in subcontinental circumstances in opposition to a Bangladesh facet who’re unbeaten of their final seven residence ODI sequence.

ODI squad: Jos Buttler (captain), Tom Abell, Rehan Ahmed, Moeen Ali, Jofra Archer, Sam Curran, Saqib Mahmood, Dawid Malan, Adil Rashid, Jason Roy, Phil Salt, Reece Topley, James Vince, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood

T20I squad: Ben Duckett, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan exchange Saqib Mahmood, Jason Roy and James Vince

Fixtures: 1st ODI – March 1 (Dhaka), 2nd ODI – March 3 (Dhaka), third ODI – March 6 (Chattogram), 1st T20I – March 9 (Chattogram), 2nd T20I – March 12 (Dhaka), third T20I – March 14 (Dhaka).