Are you ready for little spin ?

[acbizz]

Three spinners included in the preliminary squad of 20.
Rafiq + off spinner Fahim Muntasir and leg spinner Mosaddek Hossain

It's look like spin will be our main weapon.

here is the preliminary squad :

Hannan Sarkar, Javed Omar, Habibul Bashar, Rajin Saleh, Alok Kapali, Mushfiqur Rahman, Khaled Mashud, Khaled Mahmud, Mashrafee-bin-Mortuza, Tapas Kumar Baishya, Mohammad Rafique, Tushar Imran, Hasibul Hossain, Alamgir Kabir, Moniruzzaman, Anwar Hossain Munir, Tariq Aziz Khan, Fahim Muntasir, Mohammad Salim and Mosaddek Hossain.

[Mridul]

how many spinners do u think are gonna play in final 11?

[Shafi]

I and Mridul bhai has a long fight on probable Bd 11 side, can u recall it Mridul??

Unfortunately that thread is lost.
Anyway I've just read that BD is going to make a pitch where the ball is coming a bit high. Because our captain thinks that our batsman can easily leaves those balls which comes off sufficient heights.
Thanks
Shafi

[Mahmood]

We need a pitch like Multan, so yes, bring on the slight grassy pitch.

[Sham]

One is, no one really impresses with the bat in the practice games and the selectors use this to put Mushfiq in at 6, thereby creating places for two spinners. In that case, the team will look like the following:

Hannan
Golla
Sumon
Rajin
Kapali
Mushfiq
Mashud
Mahmud
Mashrafe
Rafiq
Fahim

Mushfiq and Masri will be the new ball bowlers with Fahim and Rafiq doing the spinning.

Or two, someone like Aftab or Moniruzzaman or Nazimudding really impresses with the bat and gets inducted into the middle order, in which case we leave out Fahim and play just the one spinner. In that case, our team will be

Hannan
Golla
Sumon
Rajin
Aftab/Nazim/Monir
Kapali
Mashud
Mahmud
Masri
Rafiq
Tapash/Mushfiq

[Mridul]

Shafi bhai.....yes we can recall it....

My best 11 would be exactly like Sham's one...if there is no grass in the pitch......but if there is grass in the pitch....and the wicket has bounce.....there is no chance Fahim can play.......I am gonna replace Fahim with Tapash....therefore my 11 is:

1. Hannan
2. Javed
3. Habibul
4. Rajin
5. Kapali
6. Mahmud
7. Mushfiq
8. Mashud
9. Mashrafe
10. Tapash....(Fahim; if there is no grass on the pitch)
11. Rafique

[Sham]

I just don't see us going in with three seamers + sujon. If we only have five batsmen, i think we will probably pick two seamers + sujon and two spinners. Or we are gonna have a specialist batsman at 6 and play two seamers + sujon and one spinner. I could be wrong, but four seamers doesn't seem likely.