Best Bangladesh Test XI

[Kohli_Sox]

Pick the best Bangladesh Test XI that you have seen. My XI :

Tamim Iqbal
Rajin Saleh
Habibul Bashar (captain)
Aminul Islam
Shakib Al Hasan
Mushfiqur Rahim
Mahmudullah
Mohammad Rafique
Mashrafe
Enamul Haque Jr.
Rubel Hossain

Reserves: Mohammad Ashraful, Khaled Mashud, Shahadat Hossain

[TigerEz]

Tamim Iqbal
Shahriar Nafees
Nazimuddin/Junaid Siddique
Jahurul Islam
Mushfiqur Rahim
Shakib al Hasan
Mahmuddullah Riyad/ Nasir Hossain
Mashrafe bin Mortaza/Elias Sunny
Nazmul Hossain
Rubel Hossain
Robiul Islam

See all those Pacers!!! u take all those pacers at once, no teams batting line up's pants r gonna be dry!

[Zeeshan]

ei thred ta bengali pagol bhaia khulle ki bhalo hoto 9 ki?

[Kohli_Sox]

Originally Posted by Zeeshan
ei thred ta bengali pagol bhaia khulle ki bhalo hoto 9 ki?

He'll hopefully. This thread is only for discussing Bangladesh Test XI of all time

[Gowza]

hard to put mushy higher than #7 if he's keeping, would recommend #6 be the very highest if he is to keep wicket.

[Sohel]

The best is yet to come but based on those who have played so far:

1. Tamim
2. Zunaid
3. Bulbul
4. Ashraful
5. Shakib (C)
6. Mushfique
7. Riyad
8. Mashud (WK)
9. Mashrafe
10. Rafique
11. Shahadat

Nasir hasn't played enough tests but he'll be there for sure. Daulat Zaman, Yusuf Babu and Nazrul Qadir Lintu never played tests but I bet they'd have been up there if they had.

[al Furqaan]

Bulbul over HaBa, Sohel bhai?

[Sohel]

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
Bulbul over HaBa, Sohel bhai?

Shoot me but I don't do streaky players, no matter how long it takes before that luck runs out and the truth is finally exposed. I cannot recall a single one of his test innings where he didn't get at least 3 lives and 6 half-lives. Now, I appreciate the fact that he was getting runs when everyone around him were totally out of depth, but that won't put HaBa in my team EVER.

I put Imroze as my opener instead of Mofees because as crappy openers go, he's likely to survive longer. I don't want to hear about his fluke heroics against Australia ever again.

[Navo]

Why not Tamim's brother Nafis Iqbal as the 2nd opener?

[F6_Turbo]

Akram Khan and his 17 runs a pop being criminally overlooked

[Kohli_Sox]

Originally Posted by Sohel NR
Shoot me but I don't do streaky players, no matter how long it takes before that luck runs out and the truth is finally exposed. I cannot recall a single one of his test innings where he didn't get at least 3 lives and 6 half-lives. Now, I appreciate the fact that he was getting runs when everyone around him were totally out of depth, but that won't put HaBa in my team EVER.

I put Imroze as my opener instead of Mofees because as crappy openers go, he's likely to survive longer. I don't want to hear about his fluke heroics against Australia ever again.

Sohel bhai, interesting observation on Bashar. He was a little bit unsure at start of his innings of his footwork but mainly he was strokemaker and used to get his runs fairly quickly and many times took the team out of trouble. It's true it would have been better if he could transform his fifties into hundreds but he was one of the best pullers and best player of short pitch bowling in the team at that time

[BengaliPagol]

Originally Posted by Zeeshan
ei thred ta bengali pagol bhaia khulle ki bhalo hoto 9 ki?

Bhalo bholso bhai

[Naimul_Hd]

Surprised to see no one selected our one and only Test batsman, " Javed Omar Belim Golla" who holds the record of 'carrying bat through the innings' against Zim.

My BD Test XI as of today:

1. Javed Omar
2. Tamim
3. Habibul Bashar (C)
4. Aminul Islam
5. Shakib Al Hasan
6. Mahmudullah
7. Khaled Masud Pilot
8. Mashrafe
9. Md. Rafique
10. Rubel Hossain
11. Enamul Haque Jr.

[TimAus]

As an outsider the Bangladesh side in the Bashar era (this includes guys like Omar, Ashraful, Kapali, Mashud, Rafique) were hopeless easy beats. These guys might have been the best players then and they played for a while but I reckon the current stock of players are better than each one of them. To be fair I didn't see a lot of them apart from one series in the Northern Territory in Aus but they weren't worth watching in those days.

I did a thread a little while ago about the "statistical best XI" for Bangladesh. Hopefully in 10 years there are none of the old names on it. May sound harsh, even disrespectful, but seriously they weren't up to international standard.

[Isnaad]

1. Tamim Iqbal Khan
2. Javed Omar Belim Golla
3. Mohammad Ashraful Motin
4. Habibul Bashar (C.)
5. Shakib Al Hasan Moyna
6. Mushfiqur Rahim
7. Mohammad Mahmudullah Riyad
8. Mohammad Rafique
9. Mashrafe Bin Mortaza
10. Enamul Haque (Jr.)
11. Shahadat Hossain

[F6_Turbo]

Originally Posted by TimAus
As an outsider the Bangladesh side in the Bashar era (this includes guys like Omar, Ashraful, Kapali, Mashud, Rafique) were hopeless easy beats. These guys might have been the best players then and they played for a while but I reckon the current stock of players are better than each one of them. To be fair I didn't see a lot of them apart from one series in the Northern Territory in Aus but they weren't worth watching in those days.

I did a thread a little while ago about the "statistical best XI" for Bangladesh. Hopefully in 10 years there are none of the old names on it. May sound harsh, even disrespectful, but seriously they weren't up to international standard.

Dont think you're being disrespectful at all...not sure you'll find anyone disagreeing with you. If in a decades time, any of the old names are still being put in 'all time teams', there will be mass suicides in Bangladesh

But to cut those guys some slack...some of the older players were past their best, when Bangladesh finally made it into international cricket proper...and they received nothing like the kind of support the current crop do(be it financial, training, mental or otherwise).

[Kohli_Sox]

Originally Posted by TimAus
As an outsider the Bangladesh side in the Bashar era (this includes guys like Omar, Ashraful, Kapali, Mashud, Rafique) were hopeless easy beats. These guys might have been the best players then and they played for a while but I reckon the current stock of players are better than each one of them. To be fair I didn't see a lot of them apart from one series in the Northern Territory in Aus but they weren't worth watching in those days.

I did a thread a little while ago about the "statistical best XI" for Bangladesh. Hopefully in 10 years there are none of the old names on it. May sound harsh, even disrespectful, but seriously they weren't up to international standard.

Originally Posted by F6_Turbo
Dont think you're being disrespectful at all...not sure you'll find anyone disagreeing with you. If in a decades time, any of the old names are still being put in 'all time teams', there will be mass suicides in Bangladesh

But to cut those guys some slack...some of the older players were past their best, when Bangladesh finally made it into international cricket proper...and they received nothing like the kind of support the current crop do(be it financial, training, mental or otherwise).

Disagree there with Rafique. Rafique was class SLA esp. in Tests. Yes, he averages 40 and took 100 wickets in 33 Tests but those figures don't sum up his actual bowling partly because at those times Bangladesh used to bowl One Innings only and given those limited chances, Rafique showed his skills. He has 7 times 5 wickets haul with economy of under 3. At those times he was there up with Daniel Vettori and was classified as one of the best SLAs around.

[Ajfar]

Originally Posted by Navo
Why not Tamim's brother Nafis Iqbal as the 2nd opener?

He didn't play enough tests and from the look of I'm not sure if he ever will.

I would like to see a thread for 'Worst BD Test XI'. I'm pretty sure Imrul Kayes will make everyone's list.

[MarufH]

1. Tamim
2. Athar*
3. Bashar
4. Mushy
5. Bulbul (C)
6. Shakib (VC)
7. Mahmudullah
8. Pilot (WK)
9. Rofique
10. Mashrafe
11. Talha (Prior to injury)

*I know Athar didn't play but I think his temperament would suit best for test cricket.

[roman]

Originally Posted by MarufH
1. Tamim
2. Athar
3. Bashar
4. Mushy
5. Bulbul (C)
6. Shakib (VC)
7. Mahmudullah
8. Pilot (WK)
9. Rofique
10. Mashrafe
11. Talha (Prior to injury)

Atahar never played test brother..

My XI

1 Tamim
2 Zunaid
3 Bashar
4 Bulbul(c)
5 Shakib(vc)
6 Mushfiq
7 Riyad
8 Rafiq
9 Mashrafe
10 Rubel
11 Shahadat (me selecting him indicates we have not too many quality bowler)

[Naimul_Hd]

Originally Posted by MarufH
1. Tamim
2. Athar*
3. Bashar
4. Mushy
5. Bulbul (C)
6. Shakib (VC)
7. Mahmudullah
8. Pilot (WK)
9. Rofique
10. Mashrafe
11. Talha (Prior to injury)

*I know Athar didn't play but I think his temperament would suit best for test cricket.

Then 'Minhajul Abedin Nannu' would have made it too cause he was the most technically sound and intelligent batsman who never played Test match. It was such a shame that he was neglected by selectors while his other team mates Aminul, Akram, Durjoy got chance to play test matches.

[Kohli_Sox]

Originally Posted by Naimul_Hd
Then 'Minhajul Abedin Nannu' would have made it too cause he was the most technically sound and intelligent batsman who never played Test match. It was such a shame that he was neglected by selectors while his other team mates Aminul, Akram, Durjoy got chance to play test matches.

Another player who might have done well if given more chances was Shahriar Hossain Biddut; liked the way he used to play square cuts and off drives

[Naimul_Hd]

Originally Posted by Kohli_Sox
Another player who might have done well if given more chances was Shahriar Hossain Biddut; liked the way he used to play square cuts and off drives

Biddut was one of my favs. He was such a sweet timer of the ball. Still remember his back to back century against MCC.

[roman]

Biddut got his chances but didn't capitalize those. He had what it takes to be an opener but somehow managed not to use it. Same goes for Opi, Rokom. Maybe they were not serious, family reasons or whatever the case maybe, at the end of the day its our cricket that suffered.

[Rinathq]

Tamim
Javed
Bashar (c)
AminuI Islam (vc)
Shakib
Pilot
Riyad (W)
Mashrafe
Mohammed Rafique
Enamul Huq Jnr
Shahadat Hossain