Bangladesh batter Soumya Sarkar has been added to the national squad for the upcoming three-match T20 International series against Australia in Chattogram.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed the inclusion of the 33-year-old left-handed batter in a press release issued on Tuesday.

Soumya has represented Bangladesh in 87 T20 Internationals, scoring 1,462 runs. With his addition, the Bangladesh squad for the series now consists of 16 players.

All three T20I matches against Australia will be played in Chattogram. Bangladesh head into the series on a high after securing a historic 2-1 victory in the three-match ODI series in Mirpur, marking their first-ever ODI series win over Australia.

Bangladesh T20I Squad
Litton Kumer Das (Captain), Parvez Hossain Emon, Tanzid Hasan, Mohammed Saif Hassan, Shamim Hossain, Tawhid Hridoy (Vice Captain), Quazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed, Rishad Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Abdul Gaffar Saqlain, Soumya Sarkar.