Hasn't this pitch favoured pacers more than spinners this season? If this is what they suspected then I can see the reasoning behind picking Shahadat, Rubel, Shakib, Sohag and Riyad as the bowlers. No point picking an army of spinners then finding that the pitch isn't all that helpful to spin.
Also I would have preferred Nazmul Hossain over Rubel but that was never likely to happen given the way Nazmul was treated in the past.
I think the new ball will swing and the top order batsmen are going to be truly tested by the WI pacers and if they are not on their A game then this could be over in 4 days.
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