When will Mushfiq be removed?

[MHRAM]

So who really is the ideal replacement for Mushy?

Liton? Fair enough
Anamul- Top order batsman, doesn't keep regularly
Nurul- We have seen his struggles in INTL cricket with bat. Not such a great List A performance
Jahurul- Not upto the mark
Dhiman Ghosh- Not a good batsman

Leave alone keeper batsman, we don't have any batsman in our domestics who has the same ability as Mushy. Mushy can play both pace and spin at ease, runs hard between the wicket, excellent in rotating the strike. That makes him the ideal middle order batsman.

[Kohli_Sox]

Originally Posted by MHRAM
So who really is the ideal replacement for Mushy?

Liton? Fair enough
Anamul- Top order batsman, doesn't keep regularly
Nurul- We have seen his struggles in INTL cricket with bat. Not such a great List A performance
Jahurul- Not upto the mark
Dhiman Ghosh- Not a good batsman

Leave alone keeper batsman, we don't have any batsman in our domestics who has the same ability as Mushy. Mushy can play both pace and spin at ease, runs hard between the wicket, excellent in rotating the strike. That makes him the ideal middle order batsman.

I can understand where you guys are coming from but we have to live in the present. BD team past that sort of things when you can get selected based on past performance like Ashraful era. No one's spot is guranteed and by the looks of confiqur, he thinks hes untouchable. People talk about Anamul's footwork but forget about his ODI and LOI records. Anamul is not a test candidate but certainly a limited overs candidate. We are actually not void of keeper batsman. If mushfiq fails tomorrow that should be the curtain for him. We need to move on.

[sakib12]

Originally Posted by Kohli_Sox
I see confiqur army is in out in full force. Hes done with his peak. This guy is finished. He even literally dropped bairstow if you look at his reaction. Not sure how to catch that but somehow stuck and thanks to almighty for that otherwise the match would have been over. In the current line up he has no place. Also dont understand people saying nurul cant bat. Based on what? Richard McInnes, probably you dont know who, recommended Nurul Hasan as one of themost talented bats when he was around. This guy does not get enough chances to show what hes capable of because of this continuous selection of confiqur. Give him a rest and give him a chance to get back his form. In the meantime try nurul or someone else I dont care

I fully agree with this we havent seen nurul bat enough he has not been given an adequate chance to show his prowess

[One World]

So, what should be the criteria which will measure adequate chances?

[Rinathq]

This thread is hungry for a humble pie... you guys want large or extra large? what about whipped cream on top?

[One World]

Never doubted his ability to bat.

But he occupies a position important for the team as we are getting better and better in bowling department.

We need a better Keeper and this is beyond any argument.

[Fazal]

Humble pie? For what?

Last time I checked this is still a Mushfiq thread, not Mashrafee thread.

[Kingslayer]

Originally Posted by rinathq
This thread is hungry for a humble pie... you guys want large or extra large? what about whipped cream on top?

You are still living in the 2000s. A few good scores after all these failures from mushy won't cause anyone to say that they were wrong about asking for benching him and giving others a chance. Mushfiq CANT be the next ashraful because our bench strength now is much better than back then

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by godzilla
The drama is real ...As a batsmen not so much. Just a couple of months ago, he was making RUNS. Just out of form with the bat like SS, Current out of form Sabbir, Tamim this series so far. But I do have to agree with his sweep shot selection. In fact he should stop playing that for a while. It's getting the team and himself nowhere.

I was too young to ever see Athar Ali play but Aftab and Ashraful in form? Really now ... These 2 were never IN FORM. It was always a hit or miss with them. Comparing apple with oranges here o.O

Either you are in ultimate denial or you don't follow BD cricket. The highlight part is the BIGGEST LIE I have read in this thread. Talk about defending "Trump Style". Double down. Ignorance can't be an excuse. Talking about Tamim and Sabbir out of form in this series. hashaila Godzilla hashaila. How many series is Mushfiq is out of form? Joking has a limit.

Couple of MONTHS? I'll give you the entire year of 2016 to look for a decent score by the golden boy. He has come down to no better than Eid-ful. He will score in one match and then 20 matches of free ride. That is what you guys can come up with. Well, sleep well.

[simon]

tacharao Mushfiqur ekjon MA paash.
BD e MA paash kora kono WKeeper asey ? Naai, shutorang Mushy i shera.

[Rinathq]

Originally Posted by Kingslayer
You are still living in the 2000s. A few good scores after all these failures from mushy won't cause anyone to say that they were wrong about asking for benching him and giving others a chance. Mushfiq CANT be the next ashraful because our bench strength now is much better than back then

Ok here is the thing, no one is saying that his keeping is fine. We know its not. Its below average right now. But for ODI and T20s, no one wastes a valuable slot for a specialist keeper unless they have some batting to offer. Look at the 8 other teams... But right now, U cannot suggest to replace him without actually having someone that can match his batting. Yes his batting hasnt been anything special lately but he still scores at a much faster rate then Anamul, has far less scoring restrictions then Liton and anyone else doesnt even come close to him. For tests its a different scenario. If I am not wrong, Liton is under consideration for the test team because dropped catches can mean so much more. Liton did keep in the last few matches we played so i assume they are going to continue doing that. His scoring restrictions are lesser of an issue for test cricket.

[Jadukor]

Never thought i would agree rinathq but i do

[Rinathq]

Originally Posted by Jadukor
Never thought i would agree rinathq but i do

hey hey... the Riyad fanboys should always roll together

[Navo]

If Anamul is hungry for it, as Nasir clearly was in the last match, I can't see why he can't at least be in the ODI and T20I squad.

Yes Mushfiq has improved as a batsman over the past couple of years but that was after umpteen failures. I mean, after Mushfiq's first 30 innings he averaged only 21 at a SR of 52.6 - and that too with 6 not outs! Compared to that, Anamul has acquitted himself well. Given that Mushfiq's position is the one that we desperately need to groom replacements for, why can't we have at least Anamul (if not Liton and Nurul) around?

[Gowza]

I don't think anamul is good enough with the gloves tbh, I mean if he makes the team anyway based on batting then maybe he should keep instead of mushy but I wouldn't bring anamul in due to keeping, would rather bring liton in if that's what we're doing.

[Navo]

Originally Posted by Gowza
I don't think anamul is good enough with the gloves tbh, I mean if he makes the team anyway based on batting then maybe he should keep instead of mushy but I wouldn't bring anamul in due to keeping, would rather bring liton in if that's what we're doing.

That's fair enough. I think that we need to have a substitute wicket keeper training with the team on a regular basis; one that gets to practice keeping to Taskin, Mustafiz and Shakib in particular. On most days we bowl better than we bat - we can't continue to be let down by our keeper.

[Nadim]

Was never out of form

[jeesh]

Thats true. Was just getting out to bad shots.

I guess little man showed us today why we need him.

[NoName]

Didn't go for any fancy shots today

[Rinathq]

Koi Tomra... Pie Kheye jao.. Thanda hoye jabe...!!!

[Night_wolf]

2 3 ta catch falalei pie chure marte abar sobai chole asbe

[Nadim]

A bad day for confiqur fans until he flops in the next innings;first test

[Habib]

Drop Confiqur!!!!! Bring in Liton/Nurul/Vijay !!!!

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by Nadim
A bad day for confiqur fans until he flops in the next innings;first test

wicketkeeping kintu akhono baki ache, or upor kisu manus khepa kintu khali batting er karone na, series deciding stumping/catch feledilei mushfik er matha chaite sobai chole asbe

[tanvir_nus]

All haters... you guys are having bad days one after another lol... Taskin and now Mushfique...
Form is temporary but class is permanent... get that into your thick head...