BCB names 18-member squad for Zim series
Sports Reporter
The national selectors included four cricketers who haven't played any limited-overs matches in Bangladesh this year in its 18-member preliminary squad for the Zimbabwe series.
Opener Imrul Kayes and pacers Al-Amin Hossain and Shafiul Islam have been recalled, while 23-year-old medium-pacer Kamrul Islam has been given a possible shot at making his international debut.
Of all the players, the selectors' decision to include Kayes seems to be the most interesting move because he didn't feature in any of Bangladesh's historic wins this year.
While he was included in Bangladesh's World Cup squad, he was as a late replacement for the injured Anamul Haque. And over past two years Imrul has played just eight ODIs.
In a sense, the left-hander was virtually written off the limited-overs circuit. However, Kayes' good run in the longer version of the game seems to have impressed the selectors. At the moment, the left-hander has every chance of being selected ahead of Anamul as the team's back-up opener.
"He has been in good touch lately. We feel that he still has a good opportunity in the ODIs. As a back-up opener, he's a good choice," said chief selector Faruque Ahmed.
Injured pacer Rubel Hossain will be the only player from the South Africa series to miss out on the series next month. In addition, both Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Taskin Ahmed aren't fully fit and as a result, the selectors have decided to provide a slightly longer squad than the usual and have included back-up pacers.
Al-Amin Hossain, who had last featured during the World Cup and seemingly lost his way ever since, will hope he can start anew with the Zimbabwe series. The pacer has been in fine nick, scalping a host of wickets for Bangladesh A recently.
Like Al-Amin, Kamrul has had decent runs in the last few domestic seasons and the selectors will hope he can replicate those performances at the highest level.
Shafiul and Taskin are currently recovering from injuries and it's still uncertain how many matches they can play in the series. The good news is that both pacers have begun bowling in the nets recently and none of them have complained of any pain.
"According to our physio both Taskin and Shafiul are recovering well. We are keeping an eye on them to see how many matches they can play. Who knows? Taskin may just feature for the T20Is. On the whole, the reason why we have named an 18-member squad is because we will make both the ODI and T20I squads from here," explained Faruque.
Mashrafe, who is still on the recovery after being afflicted by dengue, is yet to hit the nets. The skipper is busy regaining his fitness levels at the moment. He was seen bowling casual throw-downs without a proper run-up at the nets in Mirpur yesterday, but that was as far as he went.
The training camp will begin today and Zimbabwe will arrive on November 2 to play three ODIs and two T20Is.
PRELIMINARY SQUAD
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque, Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Jubair Hossain, Imrul Kayes, Mustafizur Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Shafiul Islam, Taskin Ahmed.
Source- http://www.thedailystar.net/sports/cricket/imrul-al-amin-back-163942
Sports Reporter
The national selectors included four cricketers who haven't played any limited-overs matches in Bangladesh this year in its 18-member preliminary squad for the Zimbabwe series.
Opener Imrul Kayes and pacers Al-Amin Hossain and Shafiul Islam have been recalled, while 23-year-old medium-pacer Kamrul Islam has been given a possible shot at making his international debut.
Of all the players, the selectors' decision to include Kayes seems to be the most interesting move because he didn't feature in any of Bangladesh's historic wins this year.
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While he was included in Bangladesh's World Cup squad, he was as a late replacement for the injured Anamul Haque. And over past two years Imrul has played just eight ODIs.
In a sense, the left-hander was virtually written off the limited-overs circuit. However, Kayes' good run in the longer version of the game seems to have impressed the selectors. At the moment, the left-hander has every chance of being selected ahead of Anamul as the team's back-up opener.
"He has been in good touch lately. We feel that he still has a good opportunity in the ODIs. As a back-up opener, he's a good choice," said chief selector Faruque Ahmed.
Injured pacer Rubel Hossain will be the only player from the South Africa series to miss out on the series next month. In addition, both Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Taskin Ahmed aren't fully fit and as a result, the selectors have decided to provide a slightly longer squad than the usual and have included back-up pacers.
Al-Amin Hossain, who had last featured during the World Cup and seemingly lost his way ever since, will hope he can start anew with the Zimbabwe series. The pacer has been in fine nick, scalping a host of wickets for Bangladesh A recently.
Like Al-Amin, Kamrul has had decent runs in the last few domestic seasons and the selectors will hope he can replicate those performances at the highest level.
Shafiul and Taskin are currently recovering from injuries and it's still uncertain how many matches they can play in the series. The good news is that both pacers have begun bowling in the nets recently and none of them have complained of any pain.
"According to our physio both Taskin and Shafiul are recovering well. We are keeping an eye on them to see how many matches they can play. Who knows? Taskin may just feature for the T20Is. On the whole, the reason why we have named an 18-member squad is because we will make both the ODI and T20I squads from here," explained Faruque.
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| SHAFIUL ISLAM: Last ODI in Nov 2014 & KAMRUL ISLAM: Uncapped |
Mashrafe, who is still on the recovery after being afflicted by dengue, is yet to hit the nets. The skipper is busy regaining his fitness levels at the moment. He was seen bowling casual throw-downs without a proper run-up at the nets in Mirpur yesterday, but that was as far as he went.
The training camp will begin today and Zimbabwe will arrive on November 2 to play three ODIs and two T20Is.
PRELIMINARY SQUAD
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque, Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Jubair Hossain, Imrul Kayes, Mustafizur Rahman, Al-Amin Hossain, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Shafiul Islam, Taskin Ahmed.
Source- http://www.thedailystar.net/sports/cricket/imrul-al-amin-back-163942
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