Tapash & Monju + Alok
Tapash Kumar should be included in the future test squad side - as the no. 6 batsman (at least until we get a steady & proper specialist batsman at the test level for this position). This way, we will also not have to think about including 3 pacers in the side as Tapash is a pacer himself.
Monju's name has been included in Wisden record books for scoring a duck for staying at the crease for over an hour (maybe 69 or 67 minutes to be exact). TV Commentator Tony Greg had told that Wisden keeps the record of this and that so far only 17 batsman including Monjurul Islam's name is (to be) there.
From Alok Kapali's solid defense and occassional shots off the bad balls had me thinking that he would be the top scorer for Bangladesh with 39. But, from nowhere Tapash Kumar had come along and scored his maiden fifty.
And thus, Tapash Kumar has included his name in the ELITE LIST OF SCORING TEST FIFTIES FOR BANGLADESH.
Other batsman in this Elite List are:
1) Habibul Bashar Sumon
2) Aminul Islam Bulbul
3) Javed Omar Belim
4) Al Shahriar Rokon
5) Mehrab Hussain Opee
6) Hannan Sarkar
7) Mohammad Ashraful (for his hundred; not fifty)
8) Tapash Kumar Boisya.
Notice here that no other bowler - or rather who is in the Bangladesh side as a bowler, got a test fifty so far. That is, all the rest of this list are SPECIALIST BATSMAN.
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