Bangladesh Name 14 Man Squad vs Zimbabwe, Mashrafe Out, Rasel Dropped, Rajib in

[cricman]

DHAKA, Oct 22 (Reuters) - All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has retained the Bangladesh captaincy for the one-day series against Zimbabwe starting later this month, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Thursday.

Shakib led Bangladesh to their maiden test series victory against West Indies in July after replacing an injured Mashrafe Mortaza midway through the first match.
Under Shakib's leadership, Bangladesh also won the subsequent limited-overs series 3-0 and beat Zimbabwe 4-1 in a one-day series in August.

Mortaza underwent surgery on both knees in Australia and would not be able to start bowling again until the second week of November, chief selector Rafiqul Alam said.
"He (Mortaza) is not definitely playing against Zimbabwe in this series," Alam told reporters.

In the 14-member squad, named for the first three contests of the five-match series, left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak earns a recall having recovered from an ankle injury while paceman Syed Rasel has been dropped and replaced by Shahadat Hossain.

The first three matches will be held in Dhaka on Oct. 27, 29 and 31 before the teams play twice in Chittagong in early November.

Squad: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal, Zunaed Siddique, Mohammad Ashraful, Roqibul Hassan, Mahmud Ullah, Naeem Islam, Enamul Haque Jr, Rubel Hossain, Dollar Mahmud, Shahadat Hossain, Abdur Razzak, Nazmul Hossain.

Dollar and Rajib Bowling on these slow Dhaka Pitches vs these Zimbabwe Batsmen

Rubel too

Nazmul is the only one I can trust and thats iffy, Rasel track record at Home is very good.

[Murad]

So Imrul along with Mehrab and Robin are dropped!!

I thought this series is the one to give Imrul a chance to show his magic in Oneday games.

Bad decision to select Shahadat. What has he done to earn the recall?

They test new players against Tough oppositions and if perform bad they get dropped. I don't really understand what they smoke when they select a team.

Rafiq Shala asholei ekta modon.

[bujhee kom]

Yeah, this is really unbelievable stupid bowling selection, shows pure lack of any logic or intelligence!
No Imrul, no Robin and then you take Shahadat in, doesn't make sense at all! (Or is it Robin that is good in test I believe right?) But anyway Imrul should have been squeezed in! But it's a home series, hopefuly they can add or subtract anybody later! Like along with Imrul, they can bring in Suhwardy Shubho, Marshall Ayub as well

[Murad]

Rasel dropped? What?

I totally missed that..!!!!

WHy is he dropped? Now our pace bowling looks weaker than the Kenyan's attack.

Shalar bhua selectors!!!

[Nocturnal]

sqaud for first 3 match!
Syed Rasel is missing. He just recovered from serius flu...I read somewhere that he is still very weak. may be that's why! Imrul Kayes should be in for Zunaed Siddique.

[Bugz]

Razzak, Haque Jr and Shahadat- should all miss out when the final 11 is announced.

Not sure why Razzak is in the squad, has shown nothing to suggest he has come to grips with the new action.

[M.H.Rubel]

Lets see the team:
1) 4 pace bowlers (one extra pace bowler taken)
2) 2 opener (Opening is our most vulnerable part but on back up.)
3) 3 SLA (SUHRAWARDY has not considered why?)
4)2 middle order is ok
5) 2 offi is ok
6) 1 wicket keeper.
FLAWS:
1) No back up batsman even no back up opener which is the most vulnerable position.
2) Unnecessary they have taken too many bowlers 4 pacesr is it necessary until u play with 3 pacers?Russel is always better than Shahadat in ODI.I think it was better to keep Shahadat in more domestic matches to adjust his new run up.
3)Do we need 3 SLA in the team if we have 4 pacer?
IMRUL should have been in the team dropping one bowler(Shahadat/one SLA).

Yes i mind if u guys take too many bowlers and have no extra batsman.I am not happy with the team.

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[pichchi]

Originally Posted by Bugz
Razzak, Haque Jr and Shahadat- should all miss out when the final 11 is announced.

Not sure why Razzak is in the squad, has shown nothing to suggest he has come to grips with the new action.

He was highest wicket-taker in the West Indies series..

[lasith]

Not a bad selection.

[Bugz]

Originally Posted by pichchi
He was highest wicket-taker in the West Indies series..

3rd string side, awful players of spin.

But maybe you are right, I just hope peoples faith Razzak is not misplaced. He could once again be an important cog in each side; T20, ODI and Test.

[pichchi]

Shocked that Rasel, our most experienced seamer after Mash, is dropped to accommodate Ooh-aah 67mph Shahadat.. Our selectors don't seem to value Rasel's knacky line-to-line bowling, which is very effective at home pitches- where we will be playing our world cup matches... I like having two SLAs on Mirpur pitch. Add to that Shakibs bowling and Riyads off-spin and we can choke any opposition at home.. I hope they play both Razzak and Enamul in this series and not continue with a specialist batsmen at #8. If Razzak appears out-of-sorts, Shuvo should be given a chance for the last two matches. Only one from Naeem and Riyad should play considering the balance of the side.

Our fast bowling is still crap though..

[pichchi]

Originally Posted by Bugz
3rd string side, awful players of spin.

But maybe you are right, I just hope peoples faith Razzak is not misplaced. He could once again be an important cog in each side; T20, ODI and Test.

If Razzak flops in the fist 3 matches, Shuvo should seriously be given a chance.. Its better to try him out against Zimbabwe than to throw him infront of IND-SRL

[mahbubH]

Imrul was never a regular at ODI. But dropping Imrul and Mehrab indicates Mushy will bat in the top order. Shahadat is not a good ODI bowler but it is not much difference if it is him or Rasel in a BD pitch. Selectors failed to select one from Enam and Razzak, so they went for the safest way, selected both of them. On the current form Enam should play instead of Razzak. Selection is ok except Mehrab or Imrul should be selected instead of Razzak.

[_Rafi_]

May be they gave Rajjak a last chance.
But Shahadat selection proves how stupid they are. He didnt perform in the league, A team's India tour. The selectors always think him as a proper replacement of Mash which is not true.

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[pichchi]

Interesting fact- the four pacers selected, Shahadat-Nazmul, Dollar-Rubel, were opening bowling pairs in the 2004 and 2008 U-19 world cups respectively..

[wiseshah]

i think it was okay selection

mehrab jr and robin dont deserve to be in the squad.
razzaq did good job in WI and in 20/20, so he deserve a place

shahadat played well in A team, he is the one who got wkt
rasel is still sick, so he is rested.

main XI

tamim
junaed
rokibul
sakib
ashraful
mahmudullah
mushfiq
nayeem
najmul
rubel
shahadat

side---- dollar, razzaq, enam jr

[pichchi]

I think the team will be more like this-

Tamim
Junaed
Ashraful
Rokibul
Shakib
Mushfiq
Riyad
Razzak
Dollar
Shahadat
Rubel

Although I want Enamul to play in place of one of the pacers and Naeem to play instead of Ashraful

[dash]

rasel was sick- hospitalised recently (typhoid or dengu something)....i dont know he played in the DPL... he's not in the team for health ground......
you can argue why robin was droped....but in the same time u can argue why should he be in the 1 day team.

with mash and rasel not in the team.....shahadat gets picked for his international experience....
In addition our pace attack's performence in zim except wasn't great (except dollar in the last game)

[M.H.Rubel]

Originally Posted by mahbubH
Imrul was never a regular at ODI. But dropping Imrul and Mehrab indicates Mushy will bat in the top order. Shahadat is not a good ODI bowler but it is not much difference if it is him or Rasel in a BD pitch. Selectors failed to select one from Enam and Razzak, so they went for the safest way, selected both of them. On the current form Enam should play instead of Razzak. Selection is ok except Mehrab or Imrul should be selected instead of Razzak.

Good analysis i just differ with ur last line if they have selected IMRUL instead of a bowler probably Shahadt can be Enamul as well.
Any way our selectors have shown no courage as well. RAZZAK and Enamul r almost same and Enamul is not that much good in ODI it would have been better to take SUHRAWARDY inspite of ENAM.I am sure they r going to take these 2 guy after 3 matches.If i need to do something i am interested to do it early !!

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[Yameen]

My eleven:

Tamim
Junaid
Rokibul
Ash
Shakib
Mushfiq
Riyad
Razzak
Dolar
Nazmul
Rubel

I would like to see them go in with 5 frontline bowlers with 3 pacers with the option of a 3rd spinner in Riyad

[Gowza]

poor squad imo, no reason why the selectors shouldn't have tried out guys like shuvo, imrul, maybe sajidul and shamsur. there are enough there to make a good team but i think they should have left out shahadat, enamul, razzak and maybe even ashraful and given some up and comers ago in the squad.

shuvo has done basically everything he should have to do and yet he doesn't even get a squad selectionm, if find his continuous non-selection astonishing. imrul, sajidul, and shamsur haven't performed quite as consistently as shuvo but still, if there was ever a series to tryout some guys then the zim series is the one to do it.

[Yameen]

Correct me if I am wrong but I believe this is the selection just for the 1st 3 one dayers. Perhaps we may see an inclusion of Shuvo or Imrul in the latter parts.

[jeesh]

Shahadat is the only odd selection

[shajib14]

Originally Posted by jeesh
Shahadat is the only odd selection

Unfortunately shahadat is always an odd selection. wonder if there is a neputism works behind Shahadats selection.

[BangladeshFan]

Originally Posted by pichchi
I think the team will be more like this-

Tamim
Junaed
Ashraful
Rokibul
Shakib
Mushfiq
Riyad
Razzak
Dollar
Shahadat
Rubel

Although I want Enamul to play in place of one of the pacers and Naeem to play instead of Ashraful

I would go with your team, Shahadat has experience and may come into play in death overs. Dollar should get a chance over Naeem as he performed well in the last one dayer and supposedly has some hitting capability, we have enough part time spinners in the team anyway. Rajjak hasnt performed badly so far, he with Sakib, Riyad and occasionally Ashraful should be enough of spin.