T20I captain Litton Das has expressed his unhappiness with the Bangladesh selectors' decision of dropping Shamim Hossain from the squad for the first two T20Is against Ireland . Chief selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain said last Friday that they were dropping Shamim to give Mahidul Islam Ankon a chance in the middle order.

Litton, however, said that the selectors didn't inform him or coach Phil Simmons about such a decision.

"I think it would have been better if [Shamim] was in the team. But this is not my call, [it is] totally the selectors' call," Litton said. "I don't know why, but the selector dropped Shamim without giving us notice. I have known that a captain would know which player would be in the team, and which player would be out of the team. I don't see any reason behind

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