Your team for the 2nd Test

[shakibrulz]

Gather around fellas, and select your XI as usual
Mine:
Tamim (if fit, or Ash to open and Anamul to drop down at 3)
Jahurul
Ashraful
Mahmudullah
Mominul
Mushfiqur+
Nasir
Gazi
Razzak (le sigh)
Rubel
Robiul /Sunny

Harsh on Anamul, but has to miss out if Tamim's fit. Ditch both SRK and Abul, get in Rubel and Robiul, or Sunny if it's a dustbowl (which I do expect).

[Habib]

1. Tamim
2. Jahurul
3. Ashraful
4. Mominul
5. Mushfiq
6. Nasir
7. Riyad
8. Gazi
9. Razzak
10. Rubel (if fit, otherwise Abul)
11. SRK

[shakibrulz]

Should stop letting Riyad hide at 7 imo. Either bat in the top order and make runs or GTFO.

[Habib]

Originally Posted by shakibrulz
Should stop letting Riyad hide at 7 imo. Either bat in the top order and make runs or GTFO.

Shakib isn't back yet. So he stays.

[Holden]

Originally Posted by shakibrulz
Should stop letting Riyad hide at 7 imo. Either bat in the top order and make runs or GTFO.

couldn't agree more,

[ms01]

1) Tamim Iqbal
2) Jahurul Islam
3) Mohammad Ashraful
4) Mominul Haque
5) Mushfiqur Rahim
6) Nasir Hossain
7) Mahmudullah Raid
8) Sohag Gazi
9) Abul Hasan
10) Abdur Razzak
11) Rubel Hossain/Shahadat

[cricbook]

Originally Posted by ms01
1) Tamim Iqbal
2) Jahurul Islam
3) Mohammad Ashraful
4) Mominul Haque
5) Mushfiqur Rahim
6) Nasir Hossain
7) Mahmudullah Raid
8) Sohag Gazi
9) Abul Hasan
10) Abdur Razzak
11) Rubel Hossain/Shahadat

Yap.... Im with u..

[Naimul_Hd]

1. Tamim
2. Jahurul
3. Ashraful
4. Mominul
5. Mushy
6. Riyad
7. Nasir
8. Abul
9. Shohag Gazi
10.Razzaq
11.Robiul

Out: Anamul, Sunny, SRK
In: Tamim, Razzaq, Robiul

[crikss]

Changes will be Anamul, SRK, Sunny

IN - Tamim, Razzaq, Rubel / Robiul

But 3 changes

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by crikss
Changes will be Anamul, SRK, Sunny

IN - Tamim, Razzaq, Rubel / Robiul

But 3 changes

Done!

[Bonglababu]

Tamim, Razzak and Nazmul(or Rubel) are my choice.

[zahidnyc]

Best 11 bangladesh can have

1 tamim iqbal
2 jahurul islam
3 anamul haque
4 mohammad ashraful
5 mahmudullah riyad
6 musfiqur rahim
7 nasir hossain
8 sohag gazi
9 shaddat hossain
10 abdur razzak
11 rubel hossain

[al Furqaan]

I guess there really isn't room to keep Anamul in the XI based purely on performance. But everyone should ideally get several chances before being discarded. How many chances did Imrul get? But I guess there was no competition back then.

My ideal lineup would be for the near term future:

Tamim
Jaharul
Ashraful
Anamul
Shakib
Mushfiq
Nasir
Mominul
Gazi
Taskin
Nazmul/Shafiul

Enam Jr, Rubel, Riyad, and Marshall will warm the bench.

This side bats all the way down to 9 without compromising on bowling strength. Nasir I feel is an underused bowler, and along with Ash and Momin, provide enough part timers. It is time to unleash Taskin because we simply don't have any other pacers. I would only play him in Tests and sparingly in ODIs if at all to keep him fresh. We don't play enough Tests to worry about overusing him and injuring him. We have BPL to get him injured.

[Holden]

Originally Posted by al Furqaan

My ideal lineup would be for the near term future:

Tamim
Jaharul
Ashraful
Anamul
Shakib
Mushfiq
Nasir
Mominul
Gazi
Taskin
Nazmul/Shafiul

Enam Jr, Rubel, Riyad, and Marshall will warm the bench.

This side bats all the way down to 9 without compromising on bowling strength. Nasir I feel is an underused bowler, and along with Ash and Momin, provide enough part timers.

The problem I have with this sort of line-up is we are never going to bowl a side out with 3 bowlers+Shakib+part timers.
In our Test history we have only taken 20 wickets 4 times; twice against a young Zimbabwe team and twice against WI "C" Team. Since then the total wickets we've taken in each match is: 18, 8, 12, 13, 11, 12, 10, 15, 12, 15, 5, 13, 14, 9, 8. It simple isn't good enough.
I think the reason for such a record is a combination of poor quality bowling and fielding attacks, and most of the matches were played on flat batting pitches.
I think to counter this what we have to do is play 4 bowlers+Shakib. This may reduce the batting strength however as we usually play on batting paradises and our Test batting is pretty decent we should be able to handle it. The bowling attack should in theory be bolstered.
I know that our pacers seem to be pretty useless and so people may think about swapping a pacer for a batsman, but I think this is negative thinking. Instead we should support the pacers and give them ample opportunities to perform. If they are still not performing to Test standard then we should drop them and give other pacers a chance. Hopefully we will stumble on some who are up to the task (maybe Taskin, Babu, Nazmul, Shafiul etc).

[Tiger Manc]

1. Tamim
2. Jahurul
3. Ashraful
4. Mominul
5. Nasir
6. Mushfiqur
7. Mahmudullah
8. Sohag
9. Elias
10. Abul
11. Rubel

[Naimul_Hd]

Originally Posted by Tiger Manc
1. Tamim
2. Jahurul
3. Ashraful
4. Mominul
5. Nasir
6. Mushfiqur
7. Nasir
8. Sohag
9. Elias
10. Abul
11. Rubel

Unfortunately, Nasir can bat once

[Tiger Manc]

Originally Posted by Naimul_Hd
Unfortunately, Nasir can bat once

Lol oops! I put Riyad at 5 originally, but then realised I wanted Nasir at 5. Forgot to put change #7 to Riyad.

[Murad]

Ashraful in everyones eleven. Lol

And not a single person wrote his name as 'Ashrafool'.

[Nadim]

Originally Posted by Murad
Ashraful in everyones eleven. Lol

And not a single person wrote his name as 'Ashrafool'.

Lol sobai bhodro hoye geche

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by Murad
Ashraful in everyones eleven. Lol

And not a single person wrote his name as 'Ashrafool'.

dont worry..pretty soon people will kick him out again and fool will come back

i am surprised to see everybody droping anamul, i guess ATM there is no place for him, but he shouldn't be dis hearted as the number 3 spot is still up for grabs..Ashrafool wont stay there for long

[kalpurush]

Originally Posted by Night_wolf

..Ashrafool wont stay there for long

After scoring more than 200 runs, we should show him a bit more respect, shouldn't we?

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by kalpurush
After scoring more than 200 runs, we should show him a bit more respect, shouldn't we?

i would show more respect when he scores consistently..after years of disappointment 200 may be enough for you but not me

and he himself gets the fool title, did you saw how he got out?..isn't it the same thing we are seeing for 10 years?..wont i call a player fool who plays reverse sweep of the 1st ball of the day?

[simon]

If Tamim fit, Bijoy out :-(
Shahrukh & Kanchon out, in Raj Rajjaq, & rubel/ Robiul

[shakibrulz]

Originally Posted by Murad
Ashraful in everyones eleven. Lol

And not a single person wrote his name as 'Ashrafool'.

Because although his inclusion wasn't justified, he capitalized well on the chance he got. Doesn't make years of tailender like batting go away. And if he could change that at least now, I'm sure he'd earn most people's respect. That's how it usually works.

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by shakibrulz
Because although his inclusion wasn't justified, he capitalized well on the chance he got. Doesn't make years of tailender like batting go away. And if he could change that at least now, I'm sure he'd earn most people's respect. That's how it usually works.

His inclusion wasn't justified, but we usually have 2-3 players in the XI who aren't. The replacement for Ashraful would have most likely been Raqibul. I think Marshall was called up before Ash, and if not then he should have been the most likely replacement. Other names that come are Mehrab Jr. Ash was selected on the same basis he always his, his potential to score big. So far, it seems that he's added a little common sense to that potential.

This is of course a controversial debate no different than big government v small government or welfare capitalism v US-style capitalism. In the end its a philosophical issue as to determine which is better, a team packed with consistent hard workers, or one with consistent hard workers and one or two Eidie players. I always choose to opt for the latter in most circumstances.