[rafiq]

OK, enough of the gloom and doom. Let's do what we do best - pick our best eleven, back it up with reasons and watch helplessly as the selectors do something completely different!

Given that the wicket may be the same one as the 2nd test, I think we need 3 pacers and 2-3 spinners including the part-timers. We also need to take a batsman at 6 instead of so-so and or untested allrounders. So here is my team:

Hannan
Nafees
Bashar
Rajin
Alok
Moniruzzaman
Mashud
Sujon
Rafique (if injured - Manjarul Islam Rana)
Tapash
Monir

not used: Mushfiq, Rana (or Rafique if injured), Jamal - these guys can come in the later matches as necessary. I'm excited to see what Rana, Nafees and Moniruzzaman can do, but would like to pass on Mushfiq and Jamal - that's just too much for one series.