BCB president: Mahmudullah nonetheless in Bangladesh’s World Cup plans
Mahmudullah stays in rivalry for the World Cup, in response to BCB president Nazmul Hassan, though he has not performed an ODI since March. Hassan has instructed that the skilled middle-order batter might be among the many group that performs within the ODI sequence towards New Zealand later this month.
Bangladesh have performed 11 ODIs since Mahmudullah’s final look. At the time he was first ignored, the selectors mentioned he had been “rested“, however they continued to go away him out of subsequent squads, together with the one for the continued Asia Cup.
He averaged 43.8 in 13 innings within the 12 months main as much as his exclusion, however scored his runs at a strike price of 70.75, properly beneath his profession determine of 76.17.
Towhid Hridoy is recognised because the batter who has successfully taken Mahmudullah’s place, though Bangladesh are nonetheless not sure over whom to play at No. 7. The presence of two allrounders in Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz permits them to select both an additional batter or an additional bowler, and so they have gone forwards and backwards between these two choices. In their most up-to-date Asia Cup recreation towards Afghanistan, they promoted Mehidy to open – he scored a century earlier than retiring damage – and picked two frontline batters – Shamim Hossain and Afif Hossain – at Nos. 7 and eight.
“I think he is [in the selectors’ thoughts],” Hassan mentioned on Monday. “I don’t see why not. Our players are injury-prone like [Najmul Hossain] Shanto and Miraz yesterday. Mustafizur [Rahman] suffered in the first game. We need continuous replacements. We won’t be able to cover the World Cup with eleven players. There’s no need to take the standby players lightly.”
Hassan mentioned Bangladesh have needed to veer from their preliminary plan of naming the identical squads for the Asia Cup and World Cup on account of accidents. “The Asia Cup squad was supposed to be the World Cup squad,” he mentioned. “But we have had to make several changes. Ebadot [Hossain] would have been in the squad if he was fit. Tamim [Iqbal] and Litton [Das] would have also been in the squad.”
Hassan mentioned Bangladesh would announce their World Cup squad after the New Zealand sequence, which ends on September 26. September 5 is the deadline for groups to call their squads, however they’ve some leeway to make modifications thereafter.
“We have to give them [the ICC] a squad for logistical reasons,” Hassan mentioned. “I think the main squad has to be submitted on September 27. You will all know after we see them in the New Zealand series. I think those who are in Dhaka will get to play against New Zealand.
“We have not been capable of implement our plan. Tamim Iqbal and Litton Das had been imagined to open within the Asia Cup however they don’t seem to be within the group. I do not know if they’ve been declared match. We cannot make a group with out them, can we? You have to grasp our challenges. We have 17 gamers within the Asia Cup squad.
“The six in Dhaka are also capable players. Tamim and Litton will enter the fray, which makes it 25 players. We have to leave out ten players. Who to leave out? It won’t be easy. Can we leave out those who are performing? We don’t have to leave out anyone now.”