I have had this discussion with Sohel bhai in another thread too. In that hread itself I conceeded that Alok's performance in 2007 domestic league has been spectacular. That being said I had alos mentioned that I am still not convinced by him. Maybe the string of failures in the past and the kind of chances he got on the trot despite those regular failures have made me biased against him. I think Alok needs to play in the A team, perform consistently in that level against the other test playing nations before any thought of a recall can be entertained. Performance in our domestic structure should not result in elevation to the national team because of the obvious quality of cricket at the domestic level. As an example someone like Faisal Hossain scores pretty well in the domestic league and he has one of the worst techniques for a player to represent Bangladesh yet. Performance in leagues should result in a call up in the A team. However there are some who perform in the A team but still choke when given a chance for the national side( ie Tusar imran) but I am willing to give Alok the benefit of the doubt only after he performs this well for the A team.
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