Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Taijul Islam form the spin attack, backed by a pace unit of Hasan Mahmud, Khaled Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain Chowdhury and Shoriful Islam.
Off-spinner Nayeem Hasan and pacers Musfik Hasan and Iqbal Hossain Emon have been named as travelling reserves and will accompany the Test squad to the UAE.
The fixture opens a busier multi-format season for Afghanistan in the UAE across October and November, which is also reported to include white-ball series involving Zimbabwe.
The announcement comes on the back of a landmark tour of Australia in August, where Bangladesh recorded their first-ever Test victory on Australian soil.
The Tigers won the series opener at Marrara Oval, Darwin, by nine wickets, built on a maiden Test century from Tanzid Hasan and a five-wicket haul from Mehidy Hasan Miraz.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Taijul Islam form the spin attack, backed by a pace unit of Hasan Mahmud, Khaled Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain Chowdhury and Shoriful Islam.
Off-spinner Nayeem Hasan and pacers Musfik Hasan and Iqbal Hossain Emon have been named as travelling reserves and will accompany the Test squad to the UAE.
The fixture opens a busier multi-format season for Afghanistan in the UAE across October and November, which is also reported to include white-ball series involving Zimbabwe.
The announcement comes on the back of a landmark tour of Australia in August, where Bangladesh recorded their first-ever Test victory on Australian soil. The Tigers won the series opener at Marrara Oval, Darwin, by nine wickets, built on a maiden Test century from Tanzid Hasan and a five-wicket haul from Mehidy Hasan Miraz.
Australia levelled the series with an innings-and-51-run win in the second Test at Mackay, where Mitchell Starc took ten wickets in the match, leaving the two-match series drawn 1-1.
