having a separate test and ODI team may be the best option for us!
Having an ODI team with some of the U19 and A-team batsmen (who seem better and uninhibited strokemakers) in the ODI format, and the more sedate and experienced older players making up the test team may have its merits.
How about these ODI and test line ups for our future?
ODI
Nafis Iqbal
Nafees Ahmed
Mohammad Ashraful (vice captain)
Rajin Saleh (captain)
Aftab Ahmed
Manjarul Islam Rana
Shamsur Rahman
Dhiman Ghosh (wkt keeper)
Nadif
Mushfiqur Rahman
Mashrafee
reserve: Nazmul hossain, Tapash, Talha, Nazimuddin, Tushar Imran, Faisal Hossain.
Emphasis: Stroke makers (high strike-rates, line-length, economic bowlers). fast-bowling ratation policy to keep the legs fresh.
Test line up:
Javed Omar
Md. Ashraful
Habibul Bashar (Captain)
Rajin Saleh (VC)
Alok Kapali
Nazimuddin
Khaled Mashud
Md. Rafique
Mashrafee
Shahadat
Enamul Haque Junior
reserve: Nazmul Hossain, Tapash, Talha, Mohammad Sharif, Nafis Iqbal.
emphasis: temperament, stickiness in batsmen. Wicket-taking bowlers!
Eventually the two teams can be semi-merged as the older players retire and the younger ones have gained the necessary experience. Temperament can be learned later in life, strokes are much harder to!
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