"Until 3 genuine batsmen arrive"
Uhh.. when that will be?
Anyway, you are probably right in that those so-called multi-skilled players were included out of desperation. Then again, how do you explain Rana's exclusion? Or even that of Mahmud's in the first match?
No matter how you try to define a batsman, or a specialist one for that matter, the bottom line is that our top order batsmen are the best available to us. While others (bowlers & multi-skilled) have only one or two fifties in a life time, these top order at least has the potential to score a fifty any given day. Untill given out, we can expect long innings from Faisal, from Aftab, from Rajin and so forth. They failed more often, but they keep the hope alive. When Tapash is batting, we know any ball could be the last.
"They turn their arm, that's about it." Could be true. They might concede more runs but as I mentioned earlier, the sixth batsmen might score few more runs too. And who doesn't like to see a little more run on the scorecard?
At times the opposition partnership becomes too settled to break apart. Conventional wisdom calls for a change of attack. Rajin or Ash might get handy in these situation. When was the last time we used the services of six bowlers in a single match?
People make mistakes when they are desperate. Lets admit our batting short comings and try to minimize it realistically instead of trying to win by shufling and gambling.
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