Well, I have been waiting a long time for our team to reach full strength. I am hoping India series will get our team in the right condition for the ensuing Zimbabwe series.
This would be the test team of my dreams against India (i know we do this every time but hey I need to take my mind off from what is going on!):
Javed Omar
Nafis Iqbal
Habibul Bashar
Rajin Saleh
Aftab Ahmed
Md. Ashraful
Khaled Masud
Mohammad Rafique
Manjarul Islam Rana
Mashrafe bin Murtoza
Shahadat Hossain Rajib
The prospective bowling attack in particular is very exciting. We may actually go into a test with 4 bowlers all capable of taking wickets and hustling the batsmen. Considering the famous batting strength of the Indians, we better have more than one or two strike bowlers. Or else we will be rolled over in no time. I would have ideally liked the batting department to have the services of a 7th specialist batsmen. But 6 specialist batsmen with Masud, Rafique and Rana to come down the order doesn't look too bad.
It all looks good on paper, but lets see. Mashrafee will be coming off from a long break (down side- may need time to get his rhythm back, upside- fresh limbs), and Rajib will be making his debut (if he is given a shot!) so will be short on experience.
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