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Old November 8, 2012, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by WarWolf
My overall feeling is not happy about the team selection.

Let me start by positives.
1. Having the courage to drop Ash for this series.
2. Bringing Shohag in the 14.

Now negatives.
1. Bringing Abul to play test matches. He has played only 6 FC matches and didn't show any promise in longer version. I am afraid Gayle and company may just slaughter him. This could be the end of a promising bowler.

2. Weakest possible pace attack. We all know Shahadat. Majority of his international wickets came from short deliveries. I don't think he would be able to be much successful against this WI team by using that weapon. Rubel is a good bowler by BD standard. But he may need time to come back to rhythm and probably not 100% fit yet. The less said about Abul the better.

3. Keeping Riyad in the side. Some people might disagree with me about this point. Riyad is a negative mindset player and not in good form right at the moment. He has better average than most of the BD players in test. But almost none of them came under pressure time. I am afraid Nasir might have to sit down to give Riyad a place in the team.
riyad being VC messes up selections really. VC should go to tamim or shakib as they're definite fixtures all the time. riyad has had his moments but he's been on a downward spiral for awhile and being that he's VC means he'll get an auto selection when he isn't performing enough to be given that. i'd pick nasir over riyad especially in tests and ODIs. there is a good chance we will go into the first test with 3 spinners and 2 pacers, 5 specialist bowlers 3 of them spinners so riyad isn't needed especially with nasir and riyad in the team who can also provide spin. atm riyad hasn't established himself as a bowler or a batsman which is a bit of a problem as to be a test allrounder you really need to be specialist quality in both those suits.

now mushy has also been on a downward spiral as of late, the difference is he's the keeper and the selectors aren't looking at bringing in another keeper so mushy will be safer whether captain or not, as a keeper batsman he offers the most potential other than possibly anamul but he's needed in the top 3.
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