Mahmudullah is completely unsuited as a No.7 in ODI. In fact, he is completely unsuited to ODI. Period. He should be a Test Match number 5. Shakib won't let him. He is, in fact, our Laxman.
I would take Shuvo. Taking Ash as No.7 would inevitably start the bandwagon to restore him to his "rightful" place!
I was at Dhaka when we scored 260 against England. There was nothing wrong with Shuvo's closing overs. Ash, to my mind, lacks simple cricketing intelligence. More to the point, he lacks intelligence! There is another way on saying the same thing. It is a six letter word - starts with an "S" and ends with "d".
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