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Liton Kumar Das: Fast bowler Nahid Rana has impressed in Bangladesh’s latest fitness tests, even as several of his other teammates struggled to meet the required standards. The ongoing fitness camp for Bangladesh players comes ahead of the skill training for the home three-match T20I series against the Netherlands, before traveling to UAE for Asia Cup.

A report in Cricbuzz said the 1600-meter run and the 40-meter sprint tests have replaced the Yo-Yo and beep tests, especially after new strength and conditioning coach Nathan Keily took over. Bangladesh had recently won a T20I series against Pakistan by 2-1 margin and are scheduled to go to Sylhet for a skills camp on August 20.

Six players from the 25-member preliminary Bangladesh squad, including T20I captain Liton Kumar Das and Towhid Hridoy, missed the tests while four others - Nurul Hasan Sohan, Saif Hasan, Afif Hossain, and Mahidul Islam Ankon - are on the ‘A’ team tour of Australia.