India A-team Tour of Bangladesh, Nov-Dec 2022

[Eshen]

India A-team is scheduled to tour Bangladesh for 2 FC matches. The venues are yet to be declared, however dates are announced.

Schedule:
1st FC Match: Nov 29 - Dec 2
2nd FC Match: Dec 6 - 9

[Eshen]

Pujara, Umesh could be part of India A squad for Bangladesh

Pujara, now a virtual specialist red ball batsman for India, will play in the two-match 'A' series that will precede the senior series. He may even be asked to lead the A side but that decision has not yet been taken.

Apart from Pujara, the selectors may also include someone like Umesh Yadav in the A squad that will leave for Bangladesh after November 20.

There is also a similar case for KS Bharat, the reserve wicket keeper in the Test squad, but it has not been finalised.

Sarfaraz Khan, the highest scorer in the last Ranji season, will be part of the squad. There may be a case for Bengal top order batsman Abhimanyu Easwaran too.

[al Furqaan]

In the last 20 years, I don't think we have ever played an A series with India, England, Australia, or New Zealand. Whatever the reason, this is a very big and important A series for us.

[Eshen]

India A squad for 1st four-day match:
Abhimanyu Easwaran (C), Rohan Kunnummal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Yash Dhull, Sarfaraz Khan, Tilak Varma, Upendra Yadav (wk), Saurabh Kumar, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Navdeep Saini, Atit Sheth.

Test team regulars Cheteshwar Pujara, Umesh Yadav, and KS Bharat (wk) will be added to the squad for the second match,

[Eshen]

Bangladesh A squad for 1st four-day game:
Shadman Islam, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mominul Haque, Mohammad Mithun(C), Tawhid Hridoy, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Jaker Ali Anik (WK), Nayeem Hassan, Taijul Islam, Shoriful Islam, Rejaur Rahman Raja, Khaled Ahmed, Sumon Khan.

No Musfik Hasan?!!!

[al Furqaan]

Decent A squad. Would rather have seen Yasir or Nurul ahead of Mithun. Hopefully Musfik plays the 2nd match.

Hope it’s streamed in decent quality.

[Night_wolf]

1st day of a team tour shows us what awaits when India main team visits

[Eshen]

Mosaddek has been a better batter than Yasir in all formats, it's puzzling that he has been left out of the ODI series to make space for Yasir.

Why was Zakir sent to open?! Are not our team management aware that he bats at #4 in longer versions?

It's time to drop Joy back at his natural position #3 as well. We should not be using makeshift openers at this level.

Scorecard: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...full-scorecard

[NoName]

Lol most of those players are national team players....

[BookFinder]

Originally Posted by Eshen
Mosaddek has been a better batter than Yasir in all formats, it's puzzling that he has been left out of the ODI series to make space for Yasir.

Why was Zakir sent to open?! Are not our team management aware that he bats at #4 in longer versions?

It's time to drop Joy back at his natural position #3 as well. We should not be using makeshift openers at this level.

Scorecard: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...full-scorecard

I honestly don't recall Mossadek ever doing anything in all the chances he has gotten. Oh yeah, he scored some runs against Ned in T20 WC. He has been utter mediocre in all the formats despite the chances he got.

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by Eshen
Mosaddek has been a better batter than Yasir in all formats, it's puzzling that he has been left out of the ODI series to make space for Yasir.

Why was Zakir sent to open?! Are not our team management aware that he bats at #4 in longer versions?

It's time to drop Joy back at his natural position #3 as well. We should not be using makeshift openers at this level.

Scorecard: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...full-scorecard

Yasir is a decent prospect. So is Mosaddek. Problem is Mosaddek is wasted down the order regardless of format. He is a top 5 batter but routinle bats at 7 or 8, and occaisionally at 6.

[godzilla]

Now imagine bd team without our big 4. It will happen very soon ... I have a feeling I won't want to watch bd cricket anymore.

[al Furqaan]

excellent fightback by Shanto and Zakir. Zakir looks pretty good from what I have seen. Decent prospect. We already know about Shanto and Mosaddek's talent. Its a matter of getting these guys quality opportunities like this.

Part of the issue for us has been that our Big 4 has been so solid across formats, that its given very limited opportunities to next generation to cement their spots. Thats where A team fixtures like this is very important. Not just playing random Academy sides, but proper A teams from top 5 countries, and when that is not possible arranging A team tours of West Indies, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Ireland.

[al Furqaan]

Match drawn!

Zakir with a valiant 173. Shanto and Mosaddek had the only other decent batting performances with half centuries each. All 3 should be in the Test squad IMO. Zakir has batted well for quite some time now I believe.

[Eshen]

Originally Posted by Eshen
Bangladesh A squad for 1st four-day game:
Shadman Islam, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mominul Haque, Mohammad Mithun (C), Tawhid Hridoy, Mosaddek Hossain, Jaker Ali Anik (WK), Nayeem Hassan, Taijul Islam, Shoriful Islam, Rejaur Rahman Raja, Khaled Ahmed, Sumon Khan.

For the second match -

OUT: Shanto, Taijul, Khaled, Shoriful
IN: Shahadat Hossain, Hasan Murad, Musfik Hasan, Ashikuzzaman

Zakir Hasan has been injury replacement for Tawhid Hridoy from first match.

[Aritro]

Our performances in this series are absolutely mortifying with so many actual test players involved. What the hell is going on?