rounder Shakib Al Hasan has retained the Bangladesh captaincy for the one-day series against Zimbabwe starting later this month, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said Thursday. Shakib led Bangladesh to its maiden Test series victory against West Indies in July after replacing an injured Mashrafe Mortaza midway through the first match. Under Shakib's leadership, Bangladesh also won the subsequent limited-overs series 3-0 and beat Zimbabwe 4-1 in a one-day series in August. Mortaza underwent surgery on both knees in Australia and would not be able to start bowling again until the second week of November, chief selector Rafiqul Alam said. “He (Mortaza) is not definitely playing against Zimbabwe in this series,” Alam told reporters. In the 14-member squad, named for the first three contests of the five-match series, left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak earns a recall having recovered from an ankle injury while paceman Syed Rasel has been dropped and replaced by Shahadat Hossain. The first three matches will be held in Dhaka on Oct. 27, 29 and 31 before the teams play twice in Chittagong in early November. Squad: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal, Zunaed Siddique, Mohammad Ashraful, Roqibul Hassan, Mahmud Ullah, Naeem Islam, Enamul Haque Jr, Rubel Hossain, Dollar Mahmud, Shahadat Hossain, Abdur Razzak, Nazmul Hossain. China's women in India China's cricket chiefs are so keen to make a mark in next year's Asian Games at home in Guangzhou that they have sent the women's team to train in India. A 15-member squad is currently learning the nuances of a sport unfamiliar in their country in the northern city of Mohali where they are being hosted by the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA). Team coach Mamatha Maben, a former India women's international, said cricket was virtually unknown in China a decade ago and it was not easy to get girls to play the sport. In a Twenty20 tournament organised by the Asian Cricket Council in Malaysia last year, the Chinese girls reached the semifinals before losing to Thailand. The ICC sees China as the next big market for cricket and regularly sends coaches and officials there to popularise the sport. Former Pakistan international Rashid Khan coaches China's men's team. The Asian Games will be held in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou from Nov. 12
