Bangladesh announced playing XI for the Twent20 against New Zealand

[Miraz]

Bangladesh name team for T20 against New Zealand

The Bangladesh team for the T20 International against New Zealand at Seddon Park, Hamilton tomorrow (Wednesday, 03 February):

1. Tamim Iqbal
2. Mohammad Ashraful
3. Aftab Ahmed
4. Shakib Al Hasan (captain)
5. Roqibul Hassan
6. Mahmudullah
7. Naeem Islam
8. Mushfiqur Rahim (vice captain/wk)
9. Shahadat Hossain
10. Shafiul Islam
11. Nazmul Hossain

12th Man: Imrul Kayes

Note: The match starts at 12pm Bangladesh Standard Time (+6 GMT) and will be LIVE on Sky Sports



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[Miraz]

Not sure whether Sky Sports UK will broadcast the match!!! It's probably Sky Sports New Zealand.

Surprised to see Roqibul and Shahadat in the XI. There should have been Razzak and Rubel in their place to make it a balanced side.

[MohammedC]

Who will open with TI?

Ash or Aftab

[Nadim]

Rok

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[beshideshi]

Haha, Raqibul. I hope he does well. Dont want to see his unbelievably stupid looking attempted reverse sweeps which ends up in a fielders hand.

Well, apart from Raqibul, a very interesting squad. Ash to open, Aftab back in, three pacers, 1 SLA. This is going to be fun to watch.

[_Rafi_]

Surprise!surprise!
Raj out of the team!
Rock still in a t20 team!
No opener meaning Ash or Aftab or may be Nayeem wl open with Tamim.
Shahadat in t20 team!

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[yaseer]

Again Raqibul?
Where is Lipu? T20 WC er por eto golabaji korlo....Lipur kothar dekhi kono pattai nai.

[Omio]

I like the playing XI, but why is Rok there. He shouldnt be in the team.

[Ashfaq]

Where's Rajjak?? Waht the heck is Rockibul doing in a T20 line up?

[Purbasha T]

OK, one grafter. Easy people. At least we have Aftab meaning one slowman less. So be happy about that. We know Rock can play shots intermittently, let's see if he can do it more with his timing and placement in the bouncy pitches (he's too weak physically, that's why slow pitches don't help his cause..would be interesting to see whether the fast pitches do). Anyway, 16.5 hours more.

[dolcevita]

Rok !!!! Its not test match

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[simon]

I am not satisfied with the squad,because of Raqibul & Shahadt.
Well atlst Shahdt may hit a few.
I wanted to see Junaed in place of Raqib.

[detshoitan]

im so upset to see Rakiba playing in t20???? wat in the world is wrong with the selectors/coach????? they dropped Junaid for Rakib????? dropped Razzak for Saiful???? omg bangladesh mgt has gone crazy eating all this "gush" money....rakib shouldn't even play test....he should retire....watch this dude will eat 50 balls while scoring only 4 runs....

[Roni_uk]

[QUOTE=simon;1063697]I am not satisfied with the squad,because of Raqibul & Shahadt.
Well atlst Shahdt may hit a few.
I wanted to see Junaed in place of Raqib.[/QUOTE]

Ditto. Don't mind Shahdat, he seemed to be in good form during Test.

Roqibul golden chance to prove all fans wrong!

[nannu]

where is our best T20 player razzak?

[nannu]

very poor team selection. my change will be

junaed for rokibul
and razzak for nazmul.

[Fazal]

Who cares in dudh Bhat game.
You don't need a real bowler to bowl, because regardless how good a bowler he is, he will be hammered anyway.

It really doesn't matter wheather Ashraful, Juniad or Rakibul is playing, because if they follow the rule of dudh bhat game, any batsman should be able to close their eye and hack the bat... if he is lucky it will a 6 and flying kiss from the fans and if he is unlucky it will be "ohh well... good try".

So I say let the kids (lthe lucky one who won the lottery to play) play and have a good time before the real game starts....

Whether its Ashraful, Juniad, Rakibul, Nazmul or Razzak it really doesn't matter much... unless ofcourse its the other Razzak or Afridi...
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Regardless what they do, I hope they don't mistakenly think its a audition for TEST and play like that. Its not only Rokibul who is guilty of that... actually its some of our so called dashing batsman who are more often guilty of that i.e. mixing up wrong strategy for different type of game (T20, ODI and TEST).

[riad]

I think Rok is in as insurance premium. Hope we don't have to claim insurance at the end.

Originally Posted by Omio
I like the playing XI, but why is Rok there. He shouldnt be in the team.

[Tendulkar_Mcgrath]

Shaiful will be expensive!!! But NZ condition is good for pace bowlers....so its all right
Why Roqibul!!!!!!!!!...huhh...

WELCOME BACK AFTAB....PLease show the old rocking AFTAB to us again!!

[Raynman]

Originally Posted by Fazal
Who cares in dudh Bhat game.
You don't need a real bowler to bowl, because regardless how good a bowler he is, he will be hammered anyway.

I wonder why IPL shelled out so much money for Shane Bond then.

Good bowlers do make a difference. Between 7 an over to 13/14 an over. Its a different scale then Test and ODI.

I sure hope the team doesn't approach today's game with this dudh bhat attitude that yielded the embarassing results vs. IRE and a second string WI.

Don't worry, a couple of more weeks and you'll get your tuk tuk cricket fill.

[SMHasan]

Roqibul in the T20 team? হায়রে বাঙ্গালী তোরা আজও মানুষ হইলি না......

BTW, the match is on Supersport http://www.supersport.com/content.as...tent&view=full

[Fazal]

Originally Posted by Raynman
I wonder why IPL shelled out so much money for Shane Bond then.

Good bowlers do make a difference. Between 7 an over to 13/14 an over. Its a different scale then Test and ODI.

I sure hope the team doesn't approach today's game with this dudh bhat attitude that yielded the embarassing results vs. IRE and a second string WI.

Don't worry, a couple of more weeks and you'll get your tuk tuk cricket fill.

I am afraid my friend we will witness "tuk tak" cricket few days too early..... our midifed version of this T20 is "Audition for TEST".

And about Bond? Let us have one first then lets worry why X is selected intead of our Bond. Untill then "Jei Lau shi kodu" ... there is not much difference between that bowlers that we have to choose from... so this "hai hutash" is kind of funny to me...

[HereWeGo]

What is it about Raqibul that Jamie Siddons love so much??
I mean Rock for T20 ? really? I mean Really????

BTW Saqlain Sajib got another 6fer yesterday....how long will he be ignored?

[MMR]

Can sum1 give a clear idea about the match timings.
I want to know the exact at what (BD) time the match will be held!!!
plz hlp!!!

[hbk619]

all hail to the team management