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Originally Posted by roaring tigerz
on that note...tushar also deserves an extended run in the team. he really has been treated shoddily by the selectors.
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What did Tushar Imran do to get selected in the first place? He was absolutely terrible in his first season of FC cricket, barely managed to scrape a run. Then in 2001/2002 he was selected for Bangladesh A against the touring Pakistanis and performed poorly in that game. 66 and 44 in his only NCL game in that season meant he somehow found himself on a plane to the West Indies with the A side again, where he again performed poorly. I've no idea how he managed to gain Test selection, as it certainly wasn't based on his performances at First Class level.
To be fair to Tushar, he has performed well since his initiation into Test cricket. Averaging 38 for Khulna Division since then and over 42 for Bangladesh A. However I don't think he's good enough to step up to Test cricket, as shown by his performances for the national side. Coming off the back of a strong Bangladesh A tour in England he only managed 3 runs against Sri Lanka in 2005, and then again in 2007 he performed poorly in the only Test he played, despite having had a very strong previous 12 months.