Bangladesh team gets in trouble most often because of our batsmen's, especially Bashar, Ashraful, and Aftab's, tendency to play too many shots. The team needs more players like Rajin Saleh who are willing to grind out runs. So, a flashy batsman like Al Shahariar, naturally, won't be considered for the national team if the need arises for a replacement. That's why I think a more sedate batsman like Sarkar has better chance to be selected. However, I agree with Admin that Sarkar should be given the chance to play atleast one more season in the domestic circuit to figure out his problems thoroughly.

For the people, who are wondering why I am so hyped up about some 19/20 years old cricketers, here is what our Aussie HP manager has to say-

My XI would be:

Ehsanul Haque
Nazmus Sadat
Tamim Iqbal
Faisal Hossain (W.K)
Nasiruddin Faruque
Mahmudullah
Tushar Imran
Hasibul Hossain
Alamgir Kabir
Abdur Razzak
Monir Hossain.

Do you think it's good?It's my first WAT's team.

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Karthik Venkatesan

Karthik, I never heard of Faisal Hossain keeping wickets.

Well,in the qualifiers list,under the st(stumpings) it says that he has performed some.So seeing that he is a keeper and has a good a average he should be selected.

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Karthik Venkatesan

Here is my 11(By Batting Order)

* See my other post down.

Looks like Rifat can't find qualified older players for the team either

I am not changing my first team, but since the Admin is dead set to have a team of older players, here is a combination that may meet his requirment-

Al Sahariar (28 yrs)- RHB
Nazimuddin (20 yrs)- RHB
Tushar Imran (22 yrs)- RHB, part time OB
Faisal Hossain (27 yrs)- LHB
Ehsanul Haque (26 yrs)- RHB, part time RM
Manjural Islam Rana (22 yrs)- LHB, SLA
Golam Mabud (21 yrs)- WK, RHB
Abdur Razzak (24 yrs)- SLA
Tapash Baisya (23 yrs)- RFM
Hasibul Hossain (29 yrs)- RFM
Shafaq Al Zabir (20 yrs)- LMF

All here are experienced campaigners in the domestic front.

Hi Rifat, check out this cricinfo link for the bowling statistics:

Best Bowling: Average.

Best Bowling: Most wickets

Best Bowling: Economy

Best Bowling: Strike Rate

I hope this helps you with your choices, but be sure to cross reference it with admin's original list of A-Team qualifiers.

Vrock

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James May

Here is my revised 11(By Batting Order)

1.Tamim Iqbal
2.Gazi Salahuddin
3.Ehsanul Haque
4.Faisal Hossain
5.Nasiruddin Faruque
6.Nazmus Sadat
7.Saghir Hossain (Wkt)
8.Mushfiqur Rahman
9.Yasin Arafat
10.Shafaq Al Zabir
11.Hasibul Hossain

*I think this should be the A-team. It has both youth and experience but more youth. Very talented cricketers.

My Xi

Very simular to Rifat XI

1.Tamim Iqbal
2.Gazi Salahuddin
3.Ehsanul Haque
4.Faisal Hossain
5.Nasiruddin Faruque
6.Tusher Imran
7.Saghir Hossain (Wkt)
8.Mushfiqur Rahman
9.Yasin Arafat
10.Shafaq Al Zabir
11.Hasibul Hossain

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