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Rafiqul faces the music

Sports Reporter
The squad for the West Indies tour will be announced later this month and chief selector Rafiqul Alam will have a tough job in his hand following criticism over his selections for the ICC World Twenty20.
The former national cricketer raised a few eyebrows when he picked Roqibul Hasan and Shahadat Hossain for the l\venty20 side but was on hand yesterday to defend his selections to the hilt.
Roqibul has been our best batsman internationally and he is a technically sound player, When selecting the team we had a choice between him (Roqibul), Mehrab Hossain jnr. and Ziaur Rahman.
"Zia was quite ordinary in this year's Premier League T\venty20 and 50-over version so by the time wc selected the team his Port City League (PCL) performance could not count because wc had ICC obligations to submit the team by a certain time..
"It boiled down to Mehrab and Roqibul and the formers poor fielding and unhealthy strike rate played against him.
"Also our top order is not very strong so we had players like Roqibul and Mushfiqur (Rahim) who can at least take the team to a respectable total if the top four batters fail,' explained Rafiqul.
R a f i q U e however admitted that Bangladesh's performance in the World I\venty20 had been very poor
"Our performance was disappointing to say the least." he said adding that the team deserved all the flak that it was taking.
"We failed miserably in England this month so just as we are showered with praise and appreciation whenever we do well the same also applies when we do badly."
Meanwhile, the Bangladesh national cricket team will resume training from June 15 for the upcoming tour ofWest Indies. Seventeen contracted players of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will start practice at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur for their month long Caribbean sojourn.
The Bangladesh team will reach the Caribbean on June 30 with their first stop at Barbados and play their first Test on July 9 at Kingstown. St Vincent. The tour will feature two Tests, three GDI's and one T\venty20 International along with two warm up games.
Tigers skipper Mohammad Ashraful, whose leadership has come under intense scrutiny is nursing an irritation in his left eye in England. It is reported that his left eye is secreting a lot of water for which doctors in South Africa had recommended surgery while he was there last month for the Indian Premier League. English doctors have however advised him against the surgery and prescribed topical medication. Ashraful will be joining the team for practice from June 15 and will arrive within the next three days.
Star all rounder Shakib Al Hasan has also stayed back in England with regards to his groin injury and will be arriving in Dhaka later today.
Coach Jamie Siddons has flown directly home to Australia from England and will join the team in Barbados early next month.