The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) yesterday announced the Bangladesh A team for their first four-day match against Zimbabwe A at the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox’s Bazar from 14-17 September.
National selector Minhajul Abedin believes the upcoming home series for the second string national side to be vital for the discarded national team players. The former national skipper considered it as a big platform for the players.
“Playing for the A team will help those who eyes to play for the national side. We are giving priority to the Zimbabwe A series as it is being played at home and as because they (Zimbabwe) will have six to seven players from their main team. This series is very important for few new players as well. I believe this is going to be an exciting series,” said Minhajul to the media at SBNS yesterday.
Minhajul informed, the national selection panel tried to accommodate both experienced and freshers in the side for afore mentioned reasons.
Upon queried of how realistic the chances are for the players (Marshall Ayub, Rokibul Hasan, Naeem Islam and Shahadat Hossain) who look to retain their place in the Tigers line-up, Minhajul said, “A player performing does have the chance to get back. We observed them during the practice sessions and to be honest their fitness looked good.”
Meanwhile, among the new faces the brightest future prospect is under-19 batsman Sadman Islam who had a superb U-19 World Cup in Dubai earlier this year.
