Testing before play series first
The selectors on Sunday night announced a team
only for the third ODI against Zimbabwe which will be held at the Sher-e-Bangla
National Stadium in Mirpur tomorrow as they are planning to go for some
experimentation in the last two games. And the testing will go on only if the
Tigers confirm the series tomorrow after the hosts won the first two matches in
Chittagong convincingly.
If everything goes according to plan, the team management then
may give rest to skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza. It's however yet to confirm
whether he will be rested for one match or two. The team think-tank wants to
try out three to four players in the last two games keeping World Cup in mind
if the hosts win the third ODI as expected. Left-handed opener Tamim Iqbal is
suffering from a hamstring injury, but according to sources it's not serious.
Mashrafe not only successfully led his side to the 2-0 lead but
also was adjudged player-of-the-match, which he earned after a four-year break,
in the second game. But for the team management the most encouraging fact was
that the bowler didn't receive any injury. And according to sources it's now
all but confirmed that the Narail Express will lead the team in the World Cup
next year in Australia and New Zealand if he remains fit. Before the World Cup,
Bangladesh are likely to play a tournament in Dubai along with Zimbabwe and the
four Associate qualifiers -- Afghanistan, Ireland, Scotland and the UAE -- in
January.
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