Match Thread: 1st ODI: Dhaka Bank ODI Cup, Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka @ Hambantota | Mar 23, 2013 (14:30 local | 09:00 GMT)

[WarWolf]

From CI

Big blow to Bangladesh -- Tamim Iqbal out of the ODI series

[ms01]

@ Rabz in other words you would keep Rubel knowing that even if our batsmen score decent to give us a chance to win, he can blow it up easily? thats good bro.

[Rabz]

Oh, hope Tamim could be back atleast for the Zim series !

This tour, we could feature an injured XI !!

[WarWolf]

Mushy is trying to finish the game as fast as possible. Probably he needs some rest.

Otherwise I don't see any reason continuing with Rubel/Abul with bowling even NOW!

[Sohel]

These are some of the worst deliveries EVER! Even for a Bangladeshi seamer.

[zsayeed]

Originally Posted by Sohel
15th ODI 100 for Dillu. Who'd have thunk it in light of the ordinary start to his career?

Change in batting position?

[Crisis]

Tamim ruled out of series. 3-0 Banglawash coming up!

[Jadukor]

I don't see how any pacer from our domestic cricket can do any worse than the pacers we have in the national squad now. How can you do worse than Shahadat or Abul or Rubel? they don't pick wickets, they go for runs and they bowl short hit me balls every over.
At worst any Jodu/Modu like Taposh or Sajidul will do as badly as the current lot but i certainly can't imagine how they could do worse. Are they going to go for 20 runs per over?

[Rabz]

Originally Posted by ms01
@ Rabz in other words you would keep Rubel knowing that even if our batsmen score decent to give us a chance to win, he can blow it up easily? thats good bro.

Nope, I'm not saying keep Rubel on the team.
All I'm referring is that he is supposedly one of the best we have at the moment and he has flopped today. But unfortunately, there isn't any exciting prospect waiting in the line, neither the reserves have anything different to offer.
You could bring the next guy tomorrow but nothing much would change.

Change him all you like but it won't solve the problem.
Go back to the root and you might have an answer for atleast the future games.
All comes back to domestic infrastructure.

[zsayeed]

Originally Posted by Crisis
Tamim ruled out of series. 3-0 Banglawash coming up!

I hope he gets better soon for next series.

[Haradhon]

For my prediction to hold true BD has to win the next two ODIs. Now it looks like I have to eat my own words

[akabir77]

Originally Posted by WarWolf
Rubel is not capable of playing at this level. He is not mentally strong enough at all. How many times did we see him losing the plot?

Another thing, I don't think it's possible to chill out at this situation!!!

What's the point? Who did bd left at home should have played in place of him? Didn't he bowled superbly against nz in the white wash series? He got injured after that and still in recovery I think. This is what we have unless u want to play with all spinners in a pace pitch this is what we have to play with. Hope that he learns and does better. May be we need to get back to Whatmore era and bring russel back and play rest spin...

[ms01]

Originally Posted by Rabz
Nope, I'm not saying keep Rubel on the team.
All I'm referring is that he is supposedly one of the best we have at the moment and he has flopped today. But unfortunately, there isn't any exciting prospect waiting in the line, neither the reserves have anything different to offer.
You could bring the next guy tomorrow but nothing much would change.

Change him all you like but it won't solve the problem.
Go back to the root and you might have an answer for atleast the future games.
All comes back to domestic infrastructure.

Fair point, I would still change rubel and play some unknown pacers.. why? If rubel play's the game and the batsmen set a winning total.. and we fans know the outcome of what rubel will do. then whats the point of having rubel and not some unknown bowler? Until we find that pacer we should try different option and not stick to the same option while knowing the outcome of it. that goes back to our stupid selectors.

[raad007]

Since Tamim is out and there is still no replacement for Nazmul, Shamsur Rahman and Task in(if fit ) would be ideal replacement.

[Sohel]

At least Jia ij balling oil.

[akabir77]

Btw didn't sl s best pacer nula or something got hammered by our batsmen who r < then sl top batsmen? Do u think they will drop him from next game? And that guy was #1 in ICc ranking.

[cricheart]

Really a bad day. Everything so much predictable. Abul Rubel will be failed in bowling, is almost as forseeable as Tamim-Nasir will do well with bat.

[ialbd]

9 wicket defeat hurts a lot....

[Nadim]

LOL wicket

[ialbd]

Originally Posted by ialbd
9 wicket defeat hurts a lot....

some pain eased...

[WarWolf]

Originally Posted by akabir77
What's the point? Who did bd left at home should have played in place of him? Didn't he bowled superbly against nz in the white wash series? He got injured after that and still in recovery I think. This is what we have unless u want to play with all spinners in a pace pitch this is what we have to play with. Hope that he learns and does better. May be we need to get back to Whatmore era and bring russel back and play rest spin...

If my memory doesn't betray then Rubel bowled well only in one series in his entire international career, that is the NZ series. I still remember Murali bashing him during Jan 2009 in SL.

I am not sure about his learning capability as you suggested. His career suggests otherwise.

[Haradhon]

The root cause of today's loss is that Srilankan electrical engineers engineered a power outage to break our rhythm and to give their batters enough time to rest.........

[akabir77]

Originally Posted by ms01
Fair point, I would still change rubel and play some unknown pacers.. why? If rubel play's the game and the batsmen set a winning total.. and we fans know the outcome of what rubel will do. then whats the point of having rubel and not some unknown bowler? Until we find that pacer we should try different option and not stick to the same option while knowing the outcome of it. that goes back to our stupid selectors.

Can u pls name who r these pace bowlers that we can try out? There r none who r better then him at this moment.

[Zeeshan]

8 more to go...should be ezpz

[Sohel]

Originally Posted by ialbd
9 wicket defeat hurts a lot....

8 wickets now.