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Little surprise as usual

Team for Windies Tests named
Sports Reporter
The Rafiqul Alam-led national selection panel made no exceptions yesterday when a 15-member Test squad for the tour of the West Indies was announced, brining in one fresh face in the form of wicketkeeper batsman Sahagir Hossain.
All-rounder Mahmudullah Riyad, once considered as a limited-over specialist, and
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SQUAD
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (captain), Shakib Al Hasan (vice-captain), Tamim Iqbal, Zunaed Siddiqui, Mohammad Ashraful, Rokibul Hassan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehrab Hossain, Shahadat Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Mahbubul Alam, Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah Riyad, Enamul Haque and Sahagir Hossain.
STAND BY: Abdur Razzak, Syed Rasel, Nayeem Islam, Nazmul Hossain and Shamsur Rahman.
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quickie Rubel Hossain were the other notable inclusions in the team as both are yet to make their Test debut.
And as expected Mohammad Ashraful was drafted in the squad though he lost the captaincy to his deputy Mashrafe Bin Mortaza. The Tigers will leave Dhaka on June 29 and play the two-match Test series followed by three GDIs and one T\venty20 international. The one-day squad for West Indies and a five-match one-day series in Zimbabwe will be announced later.
"Considering the long duration of the tour we picked two wicketkeepers and Sahagir (Hossain] was in our consideration for the last four years since he has performed well at different levels," said Rafiq in response to a question as to why they always made one or two interesting changes in the team.
"And he [Sahagir] is our second best wicketkeeper after Mushfiqur Rahim," Rafiq reflected his firm belief in Mushfiqur's wicketkeeping ability.
The obvious question then was why it was not Mohammad Mithun who was in the T20 squad. "He [Mithun] is an explosive batsman and had a good strike-rate before the T20 World Cup but he needs time to grow," Rafiq explained. Interestingly, the team management didn't want to try his 'explosiveness' in the ICC World TVventy20 in England.
Riyad has been brought In place of Nayeem Islam while the players dropped from the last Test squad that played Sri I anka at home include Rajin Saleh and left-arm medium pacer Sajedul Islam. Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak, who remodelled his action after getting the clearance from ICC, and seamer Syed Rasel are the other prominent exclusions in the list but both have been named as standbys.
But left-arm spinner Enamul Haq was picked despite the fact his record of poor overseas performances.
"We considered Enamul's experience and he has some outstanding performances in the last few months. On the other hand Razzak is absent in the squad," the chief selector explained the reasons when it was brought to his attention that Enamul hadn’t picked up a single wicket so far on any of his overseas tours.
Rafiq, whose selection committee is also under pressure, said that it would be a tough tour for his side but he was confident about the team.
"It's a lengthy tour and tough challenge awaits the guys as West Indies are now playing good cricket and we are playing them at home. But after the defeat against Ireland in the ICC World T\venty20 the boys looked confident and they are in a fighting mood," hehoped.
Usually the board also releases the names of the officials who accompany the team on a tour, but this time there were no such names announced as changes to the team management are being contemplated.