Most of you are missing the point. What good will dropping another batsman or adding another bowler do to give Mushfiq more time in the middle with other specialist batsmen?
OK, you drop a batsman, add another bowler and Mushfiq moves up from number 8 to number 7. He still ends up batting with the tailenders, which means the same problems Asif mentioned in the first post are gonna be there.
Move Mushfiq up the order to 4 and drop Ashraful down. Ashraful has a decent innings every 8 innings or so, and he does it regardless of who is on the other end, i.e. he plays like a lower-middle order batsman. He plays his shots whether there is Rajib or Raqib on the other end. Mushfiq cannot do that. He needs a capable partner on the other end so he at least has a chance to build an innings. So move Mushfiq up to 4 and move Ashraful down the order as the last specialist batsman.
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