Dropping Zunaed and Rajib is harsh but totally understandable in light of our so called cricket culture and its lust for short-term 'solutions', no matter how counter-productive such inconsistencies may be for our overall development.
Bringing Rajib into the attack during the
20th over despite early signs of 'the plan' backfiring was not his decision. Yet, he gets scapegoated for it while MaMu is yet to complete his dose of active rest IMO.
Zunaed, like ALL other batsmen in the team except Tamim, has done poorly trying to play the sort of cricket he never has before in the shorter version or long for that matter. Especially tough for one of the best OD/T20 strokemakers we've ever seen, period.
Poor kid didn't get to play even 5 matches in a row before being also scapegoated, while a couple of more experienced batters in the team still cannot average in the double figures over their last 10 plus matches in terms of consistency measured by dropping their highest and lowest scores during that recent period !!!
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"When the finger points at the Moon, the fool looks at the finger." - Confucius
ShaNa (last 10 ODI innings):  - 2 - - 12 - 1 - 9 - 7 - 33 - 6 - 12. That is an ODI average of 8.2. If we are to measure his recent consistency/dispersion, lets drop the lowest score of and the highest of 33, and we'll end up with an average of 6.13 ... Where's the consistency ? Especially from a "top order" batsman ! BACK IN FORM my foot ! The only thing he has been consistent about is the manner in which he throws his wicket away after looking pretty good initially. Having a poke outside off with no movement of the feet is a compulsion he needs to overcome. Even if that means not facing the new-ish ball by batting further down the order. Let's talk about that BACK IN FORM crap after at least 10 more, NON-MINNOW matches, shall we?
He is undoubtedly our favorite minnow-basher and as a Josephite, he speaks English well enough, but those don't mitigate the facts any. He failed to perform in the full-strength NCL and his Captaincy there was total crap also BTW.
Having said all that, his defense is more compact than ever and his footwork has also improved alongside his fielding quite a bit. I pray he continues to improve and becomes a steady contributor in our middle order or at # 3, and not by default or comparison to other, more pitiful performances.
Moyna (last 10 ODI innings): - 50 - 5 - - 15 - 2 - 6 - 15 - 10 - 6. That is an ODI average of 10.9. If we are to measure his recent consistency/dispersion, lets drop the lowest score of and the highest of 50, and we'll end up with an average of 7.38 ... GREAT consistency, eh ?
Maybe Moyna will become a good Captain someday, but that day is certainly not now by any stretch of the imagination. Batting-wise, he needs to clean up his technique considerably. Maybe a better-fitting helmet and tips from a cleaner-hitting and constantly improving Farhad Reza - 11.0 over the last 10 ODIs, 9.5 in terms of consistency/dispersion - will help.
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Farhad Reza, one of the cleanest hitters of the ball irrespective of the type of excitable temperament EVERYONE in the team suffers from, continues to get the shaft as our team gets deprived of his valuable heavy hitting and the subsequent runs on the board. The poor kid hasn't had the chance yet to play even 10 matches against a non-minnow side yet.
MH Rubel who cannot bat for $hite but those possibilities with the ball gets our selectors to persist with him. I frankly don't see Farhad with his improved bowling to do any worse. Another story.
When will we give our newly selected players get a good run of play, say at least 10 matches on the trot against good sides?