[BanCricFan]

"We didn't pick three debutants in the first Twenty20 in order to keep a balance in the side because we already had five players coming into the team," Faruque said. "We picked Mithun ahead of Sabbir because the former can play shots from the word go, but Sabbir needs a bit of time at No 3 or 4 before he starts to flourish. Sabbir has a strike-rate of 130." CI

I actually rate Farukh Ahmed as a good cricket brain but his above comment seems very odd and self-contradicting, to put it mildly. Mithun and Sabbir has played same ammount of T20 innings where Sabbir has far outscored, out averaged and with significantly higher Strike Rate, too. Sabbir has 855 runs from 37 with six 50 plus innings where Mithun has only 556 runs with only three 50 plus knocks. His SR is 117 while Sabbir hits at 131. Sabbir averages at 32, Mithun at 17. Whichever way one looks at there is a huge gulf between the both. Sabbir clearly stands out.

Wonder if the selectors actually follow the cricketers closely before they select them? I´m sure they do. Farukh was involved in the last edition of BPL and must have seen both Mithun and Sabbir play. But, why then such confusing statement from him? It seems like our batsmen are not the only ones with messed up heads!