The selectors left out veteran Athar Ali Khan, but included two new faces -- Imran Ahmed and Aminul Islam Bhola.

Bangladesh, the unbeaten champions of ICC, who earned the right to play in their maiden ever World Cup, have been placed in Group B with Australia, Pakistan, West Indies, New Zealand and Scotland.

The Group A comprises holders Sri Lanka, India, South Africa, England, Zimbabwe and ICC runners-up Kenya.

One-day debutant Bangladesh will play their first World Cup match with New Zealand on May 17 at Chelmsford, face former world champions West Indies on May 21 at Dublin, meet host Scotland at Edinburgh, Australia on May 27 at Chester-Le-Street and Pakistan on May 31 at Northampton in the group matches.

Initially selected 30 cricketers are:

Aminul Islam Bulbul, Shahriar Hossain Bidyut, Ehsanul Haq Sezan, Khaled Mashud Pilot, M Hassanuzzaman, Javed Omar Belim Gulla, Nasirul Alam Nahid, Al Shahriar Rokon, Farooque Ahmed, Sanwar Hussain, Mehrab Hussain Opee, Akram Khan, Imran Ahmed, Shafiuddin Ahmed Babu, Morshed Ali Khan Sumon , Khaled Mahmud Sujon, Naimur Rahman Durjoy, Fahim Muntasir Sumit, Hasibul Hussain Shanta , Mofizur Rahman Munna, Mushfiqur Rahman Babu, Mohammad Rafique, Enamul Huq Moni, Manjurul Islam, Aminul Islam Bhola, Neeyamur Rashid Rahul, Mahbubur Rahman Selim, Minhajul Abedin Nannu, Jahangir Alam and Mohammed Golam Mortuza.

The selected players will undergo training at the BKSP residential camp in Savar before the team's departure for England in mid-April.

The 30-member squad will be reduced to 19 men in the third week of February and finally a 15-member team will be announced in the third week of March.

Before participating in the World Cup, Bangladesh team will play some official practice matches with the participating teams and some other warm up matches against English county teams.