Bangladesh
Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday 11 October 2018 announced a 15-member squad for
the upcoming three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe. Of them, national team
selectors picked up only two uncapped players namely Fazle Mahmud Rabbi and Ariful
Haque.
Fazle Mahmud Rabbi, the
30-year-old batting all-rounder, earned his place in the Bangladesh squad after
scoring 708 runs at an average of 47.2 in the last season of the Dhaka Premier
League. He got this golden opportunity to wear national team’s jersey after showing
consistency in domestic circuit for almost 15 years and in the Ireland tour
with Bangladesh A team recently. He also can bowl left-arm spin, which has been
proved effective in domestic cricket. The reason behind taking him was to
replace Shakib Al Hasan. Ariful
Haque is another batting all-rounder. He has so far played only 6 T20Is. His
performance in domestic cricket is quite satisfactory. So, Minhajul Abedin,
Bangladesh's chief selector, is expecting that Ariful will play a vital role
both with bat and ball.
Cricket
fans might know that all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and opener Tamim Iqbal were ruled
out of the squad for their respective injuries. The 31-year-old Shakib, who worsened
his left little finger injury during the 2018 Asia Cup, is undergoing
rehabilitation. He might take four to six months to get recovery from his
finger infection and before that, he cannot go under surgery. Tamim Iqbal fractured
his left hand in the opening match of the same tournament.
It
is a matter of great joy that Mushfiqur Rahim has recovered from hip injury in
time, thus he has been named in the squad. Experienced players like Mahmudullah
Riyad, Liton Das, Rubel Hossain, Imrul Kayes have retained their places.
The
exclusion of Mominul Haque, Mosaddek Hossain and Soumya Sarkar, who were part
of the Bangladesh squad in the recently concluded Asia Cup campaign, might
upset the cricket lovers.
Mohammad
Saifuddin impressed the coach in the net practice and made his way to the Bangladesh’s
ODI squad. His inclusion is likely to fill up the shortage of pace bowling
all-rounder.
However,
this team will be led by Mashrafe Bin Mortaza as usual. He will try to lead his
team to a series victory, leaving behind the frustration of losing out to India
in the Asia Cup final.
This
two-sided ODI series is scheduled to kick off from October 21.
Bangladesh ODI Squad
against Zimbabwe:
Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Liton Das, Imrul Kayes, Mohammad Mithun, Mushfiqur Rahim,
Mahmudullah, Ariful Haque, Mehidy Hasan, Nazmul Islam, Rubel Hossain,
Mustafizur Rahman, Abu Hider Rony, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Mohammad Saifuddin,
Fazle Mahmud.
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