Players You Never Want To See Play For Bangladesh Again - Page 4

mufi_02 · #76 May 24, 2012, 09:44 AM

Top 5 so far --

1. Shahadat Hossain - Not surprising because the wound is still fresh. As a spin-dominant team, we will never play more than 3 seamers in any condition. For T20 and ODI, Mash/Rubel are automatic pick. In pace-friendly conditions, third seamer will be tried and Nazmul/Shafi will fight for that. There are upcoming pacers like Alauddin Babu, Abul Hossain Raju, and Al Amin. This makes it very hard for Shahadat to make it into the team. But our selectors and traditionalist might favor him because he has more experience than all except Mash. I think its the beginning of the end for him. He needs to have 1-2 extraordinary domestic seasons and A tours. That's the only option he has left.

mufi_02 · #77 May 24, 2012, 09:53 AM

2. Md. Rokibul Hassan - A promising player who was thought to be the answer for our vulnerable middle order. He had good start in his career and averaged 30+ in his early days but slowly faded away. He is a slow player who likes to put a value on his wicket and grinds it out in the middle. Thus test format should be his format. But after 9 test, his avg is only 19.76 and in 18 innings has only 1 half century. In ODIs, avg is 27 but in this modern day of ODI where 250-270 are considered par scores, his SR is only 61. He was dropped but was left in the wings in A tours. But his recent scores against WI A team was 27,5,28,0,0,11,9,11. Same as Shahadat, he needs to perform heavily in NCL and DPL. I think he will be left out of BPL again.

mufi_02 · #78 May 24, 2012, 10:01 AM

3. Alok Kapali - very different player than Rokibul Hassan but his stats is even poorer. Test and ODI avg is 17 and 19 respectively. Bowling is also very poor. He is known for his big hitting and showed few glimpses in the now defunct ICL. But in reality he is bits and pieces type of player. He really doesn't know his role in the team. Sometimes plays a pure batsmen and other times taken as a handy bowler but barely contributes in either department. I think he needs to concentrate on either batting or bowling. His batting lacks proper technique but depends heavily on power, much like Dhoni or Yusuf Pathan. BPL is the platform him. He needs to perform like Yusuf Pathan did in earlier versions of IPL. Then he can make into national T20 side. No future for him Test or ODI side.

Rubu · #79 May 24, 2012, 01:33 PM

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Tiger444 · #81 May 24, 2012, 02:37 PM

Great analysis Mufi bhai. You pretty much covered everything there. The main thing that hurt those 3 you mentioned was the fact that they didn't improve enough. They all showed promise in the beginning but unfortunately failed to sustain the success.

Shahadat, in my opinion, is a goner. I'd be very surprised if he plays for Bangladesh again. He's still way too expensive for the shorter forms after all these years and just doesn't pick up enough wickets in Tests after all these years. And then last year he had an average of about a 200 in Tests which was much worse then our other pacers. By now he should've been leading our attack but still bowls the most immature out of all our pacers. It's time we invest in the likes of Babu, Abul, and Al-Amin. Then of course within the national team we should continue to look to develop Mash, Rubel, Nazmul and Shafiul.

Alok and Rokibul are pretty much goners as well. They of course didn't help themselves as well but our middle order is a lot more crowded then the top. Mushy, Shakib, Riyad, and Nasir are all regulars in the team and it'll be tough to uproot them. Even if 1 of them get injured, you got Shuvagata and Mominul sitting on the sidelines waiting and they're both big time talents as well. Not to mention, Shabbir will soon come in to the ranks. So our middle order is not really a worry.

mufi_02 · #82 May 24, 2012, 02:53 PM

4. Mohammed Ashraful Matin - Without a doubt, the most gifted and most talented player in this list. And also without a doubt, the biggest disappointment in our cricket to date. Before Shak, Mash, TI, Mushy...Ash was the face of BD cricket.

Its hard to identify where it all went wrong. Multiple coaches tried with him and he himself employed different techniques but was never able to find that consistency. But I strongly believe that he still has something left to contribute to our cricket. He needs to follow Afridi Model. They are both aggressive stroke player with little brain. In T20/ODI he can come as a slogger/finisher but his main role should be bowling. If Nayeem/Riyad/Forhad Reza can be tried in that role, than why not Ash? His bowling is good and he is able to take wickets. He took wickets in DPL and now picking up regular wickets for Kent in early spring English conditions. Let's try the Afridi model and see if it works. I want to see him again.

mufi_02 · #83 May 24, 2012, 03:02 PM

5. Shahriar Nafees - Another ICL rebel. Nafees' stats are good comparing to BD standards. 27/32 avg in Test/ODI. But the stats are little inflated due to his tendency to score big mostly against the minnows. In bowling friendly conditions, he lacks technique to survive. If pacers keep bowling at the fifth stump to him, he is bound to edge to keeper and slips. That's why in recent Pak tests, he tried to be aggressive and took advantage of the close field placing. He scored quick 20-30 and gained confidence. That was an innovative strategy.

He is not a stroke player as well and his SR of 70 in ODI shows that. He is an opener and number 3 batsmen. This place is fought by Imrul/Nazim/Jahurul/Anamul/Hom/Junaid Siddique. He needs to sort out his technique and needs to up his SR. Otherwise, he will fade soon because the upcoming talents has lots of promise.