Bangladesh brought back allrounder Nasir Hossain and medium pacer Shafiul Islam for its 14-member squad for the first test against Australia.
Hossain played his last test in 2015, and Islam in 2016.
Middle-order batsman Mominul Haque and Mahmudullah, part of Bangladesh's squad in the 1-1 series against Sri lanka, were left out. Haque has an impressive 46.88 test average — the best among Bangladeshi batsmen who played at least 20 tests — and was dropped for the first time since his debut in 2013.
The first of two tests against Australia starts Aug. 27.
Chief selector Minhajul Abedin said Bangladesh didn't want to change the winning combination from the Colombo test in March. "Mominul made just one 50 in the last six innings and his average dropped to below 28, that was reason to axe him. Mahmudullah's form was not encouraging ... Nasir Hossain has been doing well in this period on the domestic circuit."
Shafiul returned to the side after picking up five wickets in a recent warm-up match in Chittagong.
Fast bowlers Subashis Roy and Rubel Hossain were dropped.
Australia arrived in the Bangladesh capital on Friday amid tight security for its first test series here since Ricky Ponting's team visited in 2006.