So, England joined Ireland, Zimbabwe, and UAE to taste BanglaWash in a T20I series!!!
It was simply ridiculous to see them playing with only four specialist batters + Moeen Ali. It could have been a very different story had they brought two more specialist batters, instead of having Sam Curran batting at #6.
Still kudos to Shakib and Co, whitewashing the world champs!!!
What's the verdict on the opening pair? I think Rony looked good against English pacers, including Archer. However, his discomfort against Adil Rashid was very apparent. When we play against Afghanistan, imo, it will be better to open with Liton-Shanto, and have Shakib or Hridoy at #3.
Afif has become a baggage for the team. He's clearly not a good fit at #6 or #7 when opposition have good spinners. Instead of keep carrying him in the team, team management should send him back to DPL, to work on his skills against spinners.
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