Your Eleven for New Zealand Tour 2019

[Max100]

Originally Posted by Mas_UK25
For BD in ODI’s.

For me:
Tamim Iqbal
Liton Das
Yasir Ali
Mushfiqur Rahim
Shakib Al Hasan
Sabbir Rahman
Mahmudullah
Mehedi Miraz
Mashrafe Mortaza
Khaled Ahmed
Mustafizur Rahman

yasir ali not in the squad. he performed in BPL T20, that doesnt mean he is a good ODI player, let him play t20 first. khaled is for test

we have rubel for ODI

[Rifat_02]

Originally Posted by Max100
yasir ali not in the squad. he performed in BPL T20, that doesnt mean he is a good ODI player, let him play t20 first. khaled is for test

we have rubel for ODI

But then Sabbir and Taskin (For Tests also) got selected for ODIs after BPL

And Yasir Ali has runs at every level not just BPL

[Roey Haque]

Squad aside, this is what I would go with for ODI if I had full selection authority.

Tamim
Kayes
Soumya
Rahim
Shakib
Riyad
Nurul (wk)
Mashrafe (c)
Mustafiz
Nayeem
Rubel

And even though we are not playing T20s in NZ, I want to take the opportunity to think of a T20 XI

Junaid
Liton (wk)
Yasir
Rahim
Shakib (c)
Riyad
Afif
Saifuddin
Mustafiz
Nayeem
Rubel

[hoodlum]

For first ODI:

1. Tamim
2. Soumya
3. Liton
4. Mushfiq
5. Shakib
6. Mahmudullah
7. Sabbir
8. Mashrafe
9. Rubel
10.Taskin
11. Mustafiz

* Saifuddin and Nayeem can replace Sabbir and one of the fast bowlers between Rubel and Taskin in the second ODI.

[ToBeFair]

Imrul very disappointed for missing NZ tour

https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/ar...�-পড়তে

[Shingara]

Why Sabbir ?
Same players again and again ?

Da fuq ?

[i_am_ringo]

Originally Posted by ToBeFair
Imrul very disappointed for missing NZ tour

https://www.prothomalo.com/sports/ar...��ড়তে

Mister Bechara.

Someone please show some sympathy, some empathy, some pathetic pathy. He is in home-o-pathy.

[ToBeFair]

এই যে বাদ পড়া আর ফেরা, নির্বাচকেরা কখনো বলেছেন না সমস্যাটা কোথায়, কিংবা তাঁর কোন কোন ব্যাপারগুলো বদলাতে হবে। ইমরুল বলছেন, ‘এটা যদি পরিষ্কার করে, তাহলে তা নিয়ে কাজ করতে পারি। আরও বেশি পরিশ্রম করতে পারি। এটা পরিষ্কার হলে বুঝতে পারতাম, কেন দলে থাকছি না, বা কেন বাদ পড়ছি। নিজেও জানি না, হয়তো দলের সমন্বয়ের চিন্তা করেছেন, একই পজিশনে অনেক ব্যাটসম্যান থাকায় আমাকে দরকার নেই। এই জায়গায় হয়তো আমি তাঁদের (নির্বাচকেরা) ভাবনায় নেই।’

Dear Imrul:

Probably selectors have not been fair to you. However, why do you expect them to point out your problems? You have been playing professional cricket for over a decade. We layperson understand your problem. You are vulnerable against quality pace. You seem jittery early in your innings. Have you worked on them to sort out? Are you happy with your BPL performance? I am one of your biggest fans and I am VERY UNHAPPY.

Victim mentality never helps. Life is hard. When you are down, you will have to pick youself up, no one else will. Work on your obvious shortcomings.

Work hard. Aim high. Don't settle for mediocrity. You are unlikely to be picked up for WC, but who knows? Work hard to rectify your glitches and be ready, technically and mentally.

Sincerely, A well wisher of you

[Rinathq]

The guy who scored the highest runs in the last New Zealand tour apparently is weak against seam. he wasnt facing "quality pace" I guess... It was an all spin attack.

But of course he should be dropped because he isnt a young blood. Who cares if he scored 2 tons and 2 half tons in 8 innings with an avg of 60+ and SR of 90+ in 2018. But hey they all came against Zimbabwe. On the other hand, Soumya racked up his stats against India, Australia and England

[Rifat_02]

I wonder which is the bigger joke , Kayes getting dropped for Sabbir despite having one of the best records in NZ for BD or Taskin getting picked in Tests after having a test bowling average that is nearer to three digits because he has 'pace' and he has wickets in BPL.

The main players are going to get picked anyway, the quality of selection should be judged on these fringe players and it's been a disaster this squad selection

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by Rinathq
The guy who scored the highest runs in the last New Zealand tour apparently is weak against seam. he wasnt facing "quality pace" I guess... It was an all spin attack.

But of course he should be dropped because he isnt a young blood. Who cares if he scored 2 tons and 2 half tons in 8 innings with an avg of 60+ and SR of 90+ in 2018. But hey they all came against Zimbabwe. On the other hand, Soumya racked up his stats against India, Australia and England

Soumya is a much bigger talent than Imrul. I'm OK with that decision. Should Soumya fail, we will know that Imrul should play in the WC.

Also, in England, 320 is a minimum par score on most tracks. With Tamim-Imrul, we are guaranteed a tuk-tuk start. We cannot afford that. We need at least Soumya or Litton or Anamul to go boom boom and Soumya is the most talented of that lot.

[Rinathq]

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
Soumya is a much bigger talent than Imrul. I'm OK with that decision. Should Soumya fail, we will know that Imrul should play in the WC.

Also, in England, 320 is a minimum par score on most tracks. With Tamim-Imrul, we are guaranteed a tuk-tuk start. We cannot afford that. We need at least Soumya or Litton or Anamul to go boom boom and Soumya is the most talented of that lot.

I was just using soumya's example to show that isn't just Kayes who built up on stats by playing Zim. Soumya did as well and actually more then Kayes. Kayes lost to child molester to be honest as Mash said it himself that he had to pick between the 2.

I am ok with soumya's selection too as he has performed decently last year in ODIs.

[ToBeFair]

Mash unfortunately never liked Imrul Kayes. He was even very reluctant to play Imrul in the Asia Cup but Imrul played anyway at the insistence of Papon.

The fact of life is Captains always have their own preferences. Kohli, for example, on many occasions insisted on choosing the wrong player over the obvious choice and even went to lose matches. Our Captain is definitely not at the level of Kohli and thus the management should have had the final say, but the management too has always treated Imrul like a step son

Had Imrul performed at least in one of the two ODIs against WI, he would have been in NZ tour. That he failed twice, and also did not make a strong showing in BPL, allowed the management and the captain to shamelessly choose the child molester over him

What Imrul should do now is practice hard and be ready for WC. His life story has been making comebacks due to failure of others My gut feeling says both Soumya and Shabbir will fail miserably in NZ, and my boy will be back for WC

If I were the selector, my WC squad would be:

Starting XI
Tamim, Imrul, Soumya, Yasir Ali, Mushy, Shakib, Riyad, Mehidy Miraz, Mashrafe, Rubel, Fizz

Bench
Naz Apu, Abu Zayed, Liton, Mithun (or may be someone else)

- For someone to be a strong finisher, you need a batsman who is very confident and can play strokes without getting out. We never had such batsman who could do it consistently. Will Shabbir be a finisher? No he won't. He will always be one match performer.

- Same can be said about our openers. We dream of 320+ scores with an explosive opening partnership, but the reality is, opting for explosive opening more often than not results in 10-3. Our probability of scoring over 300 increases when we have cautious opening stand - like 40-0 in ten overs. We can dream for explosive opening like India's Rohit-Dhawan, but you will NOT get Rohit Dhawan results from Tamim-Soumya. Thus, safe batting and cautious start is our best option, and it should be supported by intelligent bowling and sharp fielding.

[i_am_ringo]

Originally Posted by ToBeFair
Mthe management and the captain to shamelessly choose the child molester over him

Originally Posted by Rinathq
Kayes lost to child molester to be honest as Mash said it himself that he had to pick between the 2.

Small correction but not a small correction.

You guys are misusing this word. The word you guys used means something very different. Please look it up and you will understand. Please use some other gali of your choice next time

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by Rinathq
I was just using soumya's example to show that isn't just Kayes who built up on stats by playing Zim. Soumya did as well and actually more then Kayes. Kayes lost to child molester to be honest as Mash said it himself that he had to pick between the 2.

I am ok with soumya's selection too as he has performed decently last year in ODIs.

Imrul is very much a back-up opener, and not a terrible one at that. He will most likely be on the plane to England so nothing to worry about. Imrul is weak against the moving ball and we expect some lateral movement in NZ and ENG, so again its not a huge deal that he's been left out.

I think Mosaddek with those 2 recent knocks in BPL is showing that he would have been a much better pick than Sabbir.

[reyme]

Sabbir is the best choice at #7 .

[R0ssei]

Shafiul included for ODIs , Ebadat for Tests

Source: BCB Media Release

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by reyme
Sabbir is the best choice at #7 7/11 .

there I fixed the post

[tonmoy.dhaka]

Originally Posted by R0ssei
Shafiul included for ODIs , Ebadat for Tests

Source: BCB Media Release

Why Shafiul..

They could have even picked the uncapped off-spinner for ODI (Nahidul). He looks decent at keeping the runrate in check.

[R0ssei]

Originally Posted by tonmoy.dhaka
Why Shafiul..

They could have even picked the uncapped off-spinner for ODI (Nahidul). He looks decent at keeping the runrate in check.

The team already has 3 spinners: Shakib, Miraz & Nayeem, but only 2 genuine pacers: Fizz & Rubel + 1 all-rounder: Saifuddin.

But I've to say this that the Test squad looks stronger than the ODI.

[R0ssei]

From the selection, this is my test squad:

1. Tamim Iqbal
2. Shadman Islam
3. Mominul Haque
4. Mushfiqur Rahim
5. Shakib Al Hasan
6. Mahmudullah
7. Mehidy Hasan
8. Nayeem Hasan
9. Ebadat Hossain
10. Khaled Ahmed
11. Abu Jayed Rahi

It's a bit bowling heavy, but Nayeem's batting average is 21.5 when both Liton and Mithun are at mid-20's.

[Rinathq]

Test team pretty decent actually. My final 11 would be

Tamim
Shadman
Mominul
Mushy
Shakib
Liton
Riyad
Miraz
Rahi
Fizz
Ebadat

Hopefully Mushy doesnt keep wickets and I believe Liton will score runs down the order.

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by Rinathq
Test team pretty decent actually. My final 11 would be

Tamim
Shadman
Mominul
Mushy
Shakib
Liton
Riyad
Miraz
Rahi
Fizz
Ebadat

Hopefully Mushy doesnt keep wickets and I believe Liton will score runs down the order.

Mosaddek in place of Riyad would have been perfect.

[BengaliPagol]

Originally Posted by R0ssei
From the selection, this is my test squad:

1. Tamim Iqbal
2. Shadman Islam
3. Mominul Haque
4. Mushfiqur Rahim
5. Shakib Al Hasan
6. Mahmudullah
7. Mehidy Hasan
8. Nayeem Hasan
9. Ebadat Hossain
10. Khaled Ahmed
11. Abu Jayed Rahi

It's a bit bowling heavy, but Nayeem's batting average is 21.5 when both Liton and Mithun are at mid-20's.

Good idea to put Miraz at 7. Considering that Nayeem is also a decent bat.

However I am tempted to put Liton at 7 simply cos the flair he has with the bat at times can prove to be game changing, especially against pace bowling and the shorter boundaries in NZ.

Also I think you forgot Mustafizur?

1. Tamim Iqbal
2. Shadman Islam
3. Mominul Haque
4. Mushfiqur Rahim
5. Shakib Al Hasan
6. Mahmudullah
7. Liton Das
8. Nayeem Hasan
9. Ebadat Hossain
10. Abu Jayed Rahi
11. Mustafizur Rahman

[Tiger Manc]

Originally Posted by Rinathq
Test team pretty decent actually. My final 11 would be

Tamim
Shadman
Mominul
Mushy
Shakib
Liton
Riyad
Miraz
Rahi
Fizz
Ebadat

Hopefully Mushy doesnt keep wickets and I believe Liton will score runs down the order.

That's a good lineup. If Mushy does keep wickets, I would have Liton at 4.