No.5 spot for mashud? Not in my opinion. You need batsmen at 5 and 6 who can accelerate, can improvise if needed and generally are good strokemakers. I think Ashraful at 5 and combination of aftab/alok ( depends on his form and availability ) at 6 are more suited. Mashud however, in my mind can be a terrific no.4, a spot currently occupied by Rajin. Mashud is a grafter like rajin, can use his experience and patience to anchor the lower middle order. That means resting Rajin for one dayers? I know its a stretch. If we can treat Mashud as a genuine batsman, which he is, and send him regularly at no.4, it will be more beneficial to us. Then we can have two more regular batsmen to follow at no5 and no6. That still leaves us with five spots! We can take all five specialist bowlers or four bowlers and one all rounder. What do you think?
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