Dhaka: Left-arm spinner Saqlain Sajib and all-rounder Shuvagata Hom will join the Bangladesh team for the ongoing ICC World T20 to replace suspended Arafat Sunny and Taskin Ahmed respectively.  

Sunny and Taskin were suspended from international cricket due to illegal bowling action announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Saturday, after independent assessments on both of them in Chennai.

According to ICC, Sunny’s analysis revealed that the elbow extension for majority of his deliveries had exceeded the 15 degrees’ level of tolerance permitted under the ICC Regulations for the Review of Bowlers Reported with Suspected Illegal Bowling Actions, while not all of Taskin’s deliveries were legal.

These two are not the first Bangladesh bowlers to be suspended for an illegal action.  

Off-spinner Sohag Gazi was suspended from bowling in October 2014, and he was cleared after a second test in February 2015.

Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak was the first Bangladesh bowler to be suspended, in November 2008, before the ban was lifted in March 2009.

Al-Amin Hossain was also reported for a suspect action in 2014, but was cleared after an assessment in Chennai.

The independent assessments were performed at the ICC-accredited testing centre in Chennai. Sunny’s bowling action was analysed on March 12, while Taskin’s test was performed on March 15.

Both Sunny and Taskin were reported after their side’s opening match in the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 against the Netherlands in Dharamsala on Wednesday, 9 March.