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Originally Posted by godzilla
^ picking him as a death bowler option ... Do these people know how he bowls, lol? Someone send him the video of niahadas trophy final
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Though a different format, Soumya bowled at death during recent A-team one-day matches against WI-A. He has shown good control over yorker/wide yorker during those matches, something that our other pacers often struggle with.
Mustafiz, in particular, is giving lots of headache to the team management. He has been tweaking his bowling to master inswing. But that seams to have resulted in loss of control over his line-length. He has been expensive even in practice matches, giving away wides. While they can't leave Musta out of the squad, I think they want to have as many other options as possible, while Musta sort out his bowling.
Ideally, they should go with Taskin, Hasan, and Shoriful, with Saifuddin as the fourth pacer. But Saifuddin current form (or even his form before injury break) is not assuring. Thus Soumya is coming in consideration as the fourth pacer.
There are talks about leaving Saifuddin out all together, making space for both Hasan and Shoriful to return, while Ebadot keeps his place in the squad as well. However, I don't think Shakib will again gamble on someone raw like Ebadot, if his other pacers are fit. More than likely, Ebadot will be on standby list, if both Hasan and Shoriful are fit to return.