IMO, it's high time team management promotes Afif as an opener. He has been groomed as a top order batter during his formative years, but somehow was pushed to middle order when selected for national teams. He is currently in form and technically looks solid for an opening position.
I would keep Parvez Emon on the bench, for Siddons to groom him as a backup option.
Given our dearth of attacking T20 batters (reason Riyad lingers with the team), imo, it's time to bring back Sabbir Rahman.
My XI for Asia Cup would be:
Liton
Afif
Shakib
Mushfiq
Sohan
Sabbir
Mahedi
Saifuddin
Nasum
Hasan Mahmud
Fizz
Bench: Taskin, Shoriful, Yasir, Mosaddek, Emon
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