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Tigers bank on young guns

Bishwajit Roy, from Birmingham
When Bangladesh and South Africa launch their ICC Champions Trophy campaign at Edgbaston today both teams will be keen to bury their recent poor run of form.
Maybe Bangladesh will not mind another bout of rain, which has already forced the first game here into a second day, but South Africa will desperately look for brilliant sunshine.
The Tigers, who hold the dubious record of most one-day matches without a win, will try to draw inspiration from their memorable England 1999 World Cup where they toppled Pakistan in one of the biggest upsets in the abridged version of the game.
But going by their recent performances in the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, where they badly lost their four games against the three Asian superpowers, the task ahead against the bruised Proteas, who reached England following a 5-0 whitewash at the hands of the Lankans, seems a gigantic one.
And no one knows it better than Rajin Saleh does who will be the youngest captain in the ICC Champions Trophy when he stands beside South African captain Graeme Smith for the all-important toss.
The 21-year old batsman from Sylhet, who took over from injured Habibul Bashar, however was not overawed by the fact but wanted to put the Sri Lanka debacle behind in the 12-team competition.
"I have been the vice-captain for quite some time, so it is nothing new for me and I don't feel the pressure because of the players around me and after a reasonably good buildup," said Rajin at a press conference yesterday.
He said that young batsman Aftab Ahmed was set to make his one-day international debut against the South Africans.
"Aftab who had a good tour of England with the Under-19s and played well in the practice matches will fill an important role in the absence of Bashar," said Rajin.
Besides, Aftab's Chittagonian mate and hard-hitting opener Nafees Iqbal will make his senior team return after a brief appearance against England in the home series last year.
But the Bangladesh think-tank announced a 12-member list, which includes another uncapped right-arm pacer Nazmul Hossain.
Coach Dav Whatmore might opt for left-arm spinner Manjarul Islam ahead of Nazmul with allrounder Mushfiqur Rahman available after an injury break during the warm up matches.
"We have some young cricketers who have come through and they've done well and I hope they will try to make an impression. In one-day cricket anything can happen, so our focus will be to play our game," he said.
Experienced paceman Tapash Baisya said that he was ready to defend any total beyond 230.
"We want at least 230 on the board. We know we have a limited bowling attack but I can assure you we are confident of using the friendly English conditions to make a match of it," said the right-arm pacer.
Former Bangladesh captain Khaled Mahmud also echoed Tapash's sentiment.
"I think the bowlers have the
ability to contain the South African batsmen in these conditions provided our batsmen give us a fighting total of 250," said the diminutive all-rounder, who was adjudged man-of-the-match in the Bangladesh's historic victory against Pakistan in 1999. SQUADS
BANGLADESH (from): Rajin Saleh (captain), Mohammad Ashraful, Javed Omar Belim, Nafees Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Khaled Mashud (wkt), Mushfiqur Rahman, Khaled Mahmud, Mohammad Rafique, Manjarul Islam Rana, Tapash Baishaya, Nazmul Hossain (12th man to be named).
SOUTH AFRICA (from): Graeme Smith (captain), Mark Boucher (wkt), Nicky Boje, Alan Dawson, Jean-Paul Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Lance Klusener, Makhaya Ntini, Robin Peterson, Shaun Pollock, Jacques Rudolph, Martin van Jaarsveld, Charl Langeveldt.