Nifty work there Dr Z.
Golla has had enough chances. Imho, the only thing that stands out for him is his fielding. He is a fantastic fielder. I've seen him pull off a great number of good catches and run-outs, both in Intl. Cricket and Domestic competetions. But we don't have a place for a specialist 12th man, or do we? He is simply too slow for the ODI games. I know most of the BD openers have a low strike rate, but Golla is even worse. He takes too long to get things going for himself. And if he fails, it just causes unnecessary pressure for the lower middle order. Manjarul Rana has been a great find from the African tour. I wonder if Dav has plans on sticking to him for ODIs. Like Golla, he also takes a while to get going. But he can make up for it with some lusty hittings. Handy bowler too. More importantly, young blood. I'd personally go for Biddyut and Rana as ODI openers. Hannan+Biddyut sounds solid enough for the 5 day version too. Golla isn't getting any younger, we should find an established opening pair out of the youngsters (or relatively younger ones, i.e. not buras).
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