Bangladesh "A" team tour of India July-August 2012

[Tiger444]

Six Test players in Bangladesh A for Indian series

By: Mohammad Isam

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has named six Test players in the Bangladesh A squad for the Shafi Darashah Invitational tournament in India. The tournament is a four-day competition hosted by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), which will feature local first-class teams and will run from July 27 to August 14 in Bangalore and Mysore.

However, the BCB didn't announce a captain for the team and it was learned that the decision would be made in "a day or two".

The six Test players in the squad include Shahriar Nafees, Imrul Kayes, Raqibul Hasan, Naeem Islam, Enamul Haque jnr and Shahadat Hossain. Shuvagata Hom, who has played a handful of ODIs, was also picked.

Shamsur Rahman, Mithun Ali and Farhad Hossain, who all scored more than 500 runs in the National Cricket League 2011-12, are in the 15-man squad, while the bowlers include offspinner Sohag Gazi, and seamers Alauddin Babu, Dolar Mahmud and Kazi Kamrul Islam - the latter two aggregated more than 25 wickets in the NCL.

Saqlain Sajib, Rajshahi's 23-year-old left-arm spinner who was one of only three bowlers who took 50 wickets in the NCL, did not find a place in the 15.

Robiul Islam, Nasiruddin Faruque, Arafat Sunny and Al-Amin Hossain were named standbys.

Bangladesh A 15-man squad
Shahriar Nafees, Imrul Kayes, Mominul Haque, Mithun Ali, Shamsur Rahman, Raqibul Hasan, Shuvagata Hom, Farhad Hossain, Naeem Islam, Enamul Haque jnr, Sohag Gazi, Shahadat Hossain, Alauddin Babu, Dolar Mahmud, Kazi Kamrul Islam

http://www.espncricinfo.com/banglade...ry/572500.html

[SS]

Sometimes these news go out so early to cricinfo...even the entire team is not officially finalized by the BCB...it also happened to some other recent events. Before crap info used to just write crap about us and now "we" do it ourselves..crap info endu writers can now relax off angry fans

[Tiger444]

Originally Posted by Equinox
Bangladesh A 15-man squad: Shahriar Nafees, Imrul Kayes, Shamsur Rahman, Rokibul Hasan, Farhad Hossain, Mominul Haque, Shuvagoto Hom, Naeem Islam, Mithun Ali, Shohag Gazi, Enamul Haque jnr, Alauddin Babu, Dollar Mahmud, Shahadat Hossain, Kazi Kamrul Islam

Standbys: Nasiruddin Faruque, Arafat Sunny, Robiul Islam, Al-Amin Hossain

Can't believe they didn't pick Dhiman even after he scored a ton in the practice game. And picking Alaudding and Dollar ahead of Al-Amin for FC games? Terrible decisions.

To be fair, Mithun Ali did really well in the NCL as well. They had about the same amount of runs but Mithun had 3 centuries whereas Dhiman had just 1. Also Dollar performed as well as Al-Amin in the NCL. Alauddin Babu is 1 of our top prospects as the pace allrounder. Kazi Kamrul I believe should not have made it ahead of Al-Amin but maybe it's because they wanted a left arm seamer.

Overall, I think it's a good squad. Of course some players could have made it over others and there could be some debate but in the end I think the decisions were good.

[Gowza]

good that mominul and shuvagata are there. also glad naeem is in there as he's got the capability and the mentality to be solid for us in tests, good to see farhad named to as he's been one of the most consistent over the last few years in FC domestic. happy that babu and sohag are in there to.

this is shamsur's chance to prove he deserves a spot in the national team, if he fails here he can't complain really. imrul and raqibul are interesting ones, imrul with a very poor test record but reasonable ODI, if he performs he puts his name back up there for the test team.

surprised al-amin is a standby and not in the squad, would have been a good chance to see where he's really at.

why wasn't dhiman selected? he's not just the best keeper but the best keeper batsman in the FC format outside of the national team, been one of the best performing batsmen over the last 2-3 years in FC domestics so should have been picked for his batting alone.

no nur or mahmudul, 2 of our best spin prospects.

[nadim 98]

No Kamrul Hossain Rabbi and Al Amin but Kazi Kamrul Islam got picked?

And Mahmudul Hassan is bit unlucky to miss out too

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[playmaker]

kazi kamrul eshob naamgula deikha amar matha ghure

[Rabz]

Glad to see Enamul Hoque is getting another chance.
He has been making his case stronger for a while now.

[Tiger444]

Originally Posted by Rabz
Glad to see Enamul Hoque is getting another chance.
He has been making his case stronger for a while now.

He deserves it since he was the highest wicket taker in the NCL and looked threatening in the BPL. I'm also happy they went with Gazi rather than another SLA. We need to nurture him since we don't have many specialist OB's. It would've been good to see how Nur would do on this tour but don't mind him in the U-19 team.

[fuadomar]

Only one SLA in Indian pitch! No Saqlain sajib!

Originally Posted by Equinox
Bangladesh A 15-man squad: Shahriar Nafees, Imrul Kayes, Shamsur Rahman, Rokibul Hasan, Farhad Hossain, Mominul Haque, Shuvagoto Hom, Naeem Islam, Mithun Ali, Shohag Gazi, Enamul Haque jnr, Alauddin Babu, Dollar Mahmud, Shahadat Hossain, Kazi Kamrul Islam

Standbys: Nasiruddin Faruque, Arafat Sunny, Robiul Islam, Al-Amin Hossain

Can't believe they didn't pick Dhiman even after he scored a ton in the practice game. And picking Alauddin and Dollar ahead of Al-Amin for FC games? Terrible decisions.

[playmaker]

I think Enamul deserves a chance at least. Well, if he performs in the A-team tour then I want him back in perhaps the test squad?

[Jadukor]

I hope Dollar will "appreciate" this time

[hoodlum]

why kazi kamrul??? bad bad bad decision..alamin deserved a spot there..and arafat sunny too...pace bowling department is very weak..i dont know how they will get through indian batting order..

[al Furqaan]

Horrible picks IMO. Saqlain, arafat, al amin, rabbi, all deserved to be there. Only interested to see how momin, farhad, hom, and rajib do. Why on earth dollar got picked is beyond me. Aftab ahmed is a better pacer than him!!!

[M.H.Rubel]

1.In national team we have a big gap in top order in test.This tournament is a huge chance to test some top order.But here is huge gap in top order.Only 3 top order?#1-3
1.Imrul
2.Shamsur
3.SN
Only 3 top order?If one of them get injured then who is going to play at top order further more all 3 tare very erratic in performance.I expected Nazimuddin there.It was a good chance for Nazimuddin to gather some experience and confidence.Even Nasiruddin was a good choice.He had some runs in last carribian tour.Definately they are atleast 1 man deficite in top order.
2.Both Rabiul Islam and kamrul Islam were successfull in last A team tour.Kazi Kamrul,Dollar and Alauddin are selected ahead of. this two!! Does the selectors have intention to give exposure for these players?
Rather i expected Al Amin here.
So i am not happy with the team.

[deshimon]

In Indian pitch we need more spinners. Normally good pacers cann't well in this wicket too. So we should depend on our sppinners.

[Gowza]

having rajib there is ridiculous, let players who earn and deserve to be there be there. what's shahadat done to warrant selection?

[Ajfar]

Originally Posted by Gowza
having rajib there is ridiculous, let players who earn and deserve to be there be there. what's shahadat done to warrant selection?

Exactly. A team always turns out to be for players who gets dropped from the National Team. Players dropped from National team dropped should have to prove their worth in the domestic league. And the guys who performed well in the domestic league but couldn't make the cut for national team need to be rewarded by getting selected for A team.

[Gowza]

Originally Posted by Ajfar
Exactly. A team always turns out to be for players who gets dropped from the National Team. Players dropped from National team dropped should have to prove their worth in the domestic league. And the guys who performed well in the domestic league but couldn't make the cut for national team need to be rewarded by getting selected for A team.

spot on, unless the ex-national didn't get an extended run or they are on the comeback then they shouldn't be in the A team, as you say A team should be for those who have done well in domestics that are on the fringes of the national team but need to be tested at a higher level.

[sheikh]

Originally Posted by playmaker
I think Enamul deserves a chance at least. Well, if he performs in the A-team tour then I want him back in perhaps the test squad?

In place of.....?!!

Given the performance of Sunny ..there is no chance for a third LA spinner to get into the test team ATM... they can only pray like a vulture.

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by Gowza
having rajib there is ridiculous, let players who earn and deserve to be there be there. what's shahadat done to warrant selection?

In the selectors mindset, Shahadat is already penciled in as the leader of the attack for the first WI test, barring injury. Thus they want him to warm up by playing as many FC matches as possible. Not saying its the right move or not, but in the context of our current pace resources, its hard to argue otherwise. I mean Nazmul might be our leading pacer in the longer version!

Its the same reason they kept selecting Ash for the A team. In fact Ash would be captaining this side, if hadn't been for the Ireland T20 series. As Ajfar noted, we use the A team as a national team-reject pool. In fact we've done it so consistently thats what I thought A teams were for!

[Maysun]

The batting lineup is good and strong, can't say about the bowling..

[Sohel]

Rokibul Gayle's there as is Rajib Akhter, but no Md Kohlimuddin? At least take Myshukur or bring Golla and Rajin out of retirement.

INJUSTICE I say!

[MSM B2C]

My line Up:

1. Shahriar Nafees
2. Imrul Kayes
3. Raqibul Hasan
4. Naeem Islam
5. Mominul Haque
6. Mithun Ali
7. Farhad Hossain
8. Alauddin Babu
9. Shahadat Hossain
10. Sohag Gazi
11.Enamul Haque jnr

[reyme]

Al Amin crush U-19
Pace bowler Al Amin Hossain single handedly crushed the World Cup bound Under-19 national team as the Invitational Board XI handed the youngsters a humiliating 19-run defeat in the
low scoring practice
match in Khulna on Sunday. On a grassy wicket that comprised of moistures, Board XI were restricted to just 87 runs and it looked like an easy target before Al Amin wrecked through the opposition line-up as he grabbed 7-16 to end U-19’s innings on just 68 runs. The Board XI, comprising of players who were left out of the Bangladesh A team’s India tour, were able to play
only 25 overs as Dewan Sabbir grabbed 5-11. Mahmudul Hasan was the only batsman to show his authority over the youths as he scored 41 runs. Sabbir’s five-for was overshadowed by Al Amin’s seven-wicket haul as U-19 were bowled out in 26.3 overs. The result came as a wake-up call for the junior Tigers as they are expected to play in similar conditions in the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Australia in August.
— New Age

[reyme]

Leaving out Al Amin and Saqlain was a sin.
Dolar and Kamrul over these 2? Seriously?