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ICL-ers back

BCB announces preliminary squad for tri-series

Sports Reporter
Four ICL-returnees got the national callup when the selectors picked twenty-six players for the preliminary camp of the India-Bangladesh-Sri Lanka tri-series. which will start from January 4 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
Opener Shahriar Nafees, middle order batsman Aftab Ahmed, all-rounder Alok Kapali and wicketkeeper Dhiman Ghosh, the players who had signed up for the unapproved Indian Cricket League (ICL) in September last year have now been reinstated to the side.
The players had initially received a ten-year ban but got amnesty from the board last June, and have now been included in the long list.
The board at that point also made it clear that the players would not be considered for selection in any international match until December 31 this year but chief selector Rafiqul Alam said that there was a reason to pick up the players before the completion of the cooling period.
"You know, we have a tri-nation series
from the first week of January, so we should take them now if we want to play them in the series. On the other hand we have a busy international schedule for the next six months and that's why we thought that they should get the opportu nity to improve their fitness," explained Rafiqul adding that these selected player's performance in the ongoing Premier Division Cricket League was not unsatisfactory.
The ICL-bound players had a lot of complaints against this selection panel and blamed them for taking such a risky decision to sign for the unapproved Indian competition.
"For the national interest we can do anything," was the response of chief selector when reminded of the bitter comments against them.
Captain and the country's leading paceman Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has also
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been drafted in the squad but he has hardly any chance to play the tri-nation series and that's why the selectors brought in fresh faces into the national fold as backup in the form of Biman's Shafiul Islam and Abahani's Robiul Islam.
"We are really concerned about our pace attack as Mashrafe has no chance to play the coming series. Both Shafiul and Robiul have got the potential and they came into the highest stage through a process by playing with the Bangladesh A and Academy team. We desperately need to give a shape to our pace attack," said Rafiqul.
The selectors are also concerned with the injury to lefthanded opener Tamim Iqbal and wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim's shoulder injury.
"We are not sure whether
Tamim will be fit before the tri-nation series while we picked up three stumpers as Mushfiqur has been suffering from a shoulder injury and not been keeping in the Premier League," opined Rafiqul.
Apart from Mushfiqur, Sahagir Hossain and Dhiman are the other keepers in the team and the inclusion of latter raised many eyebrows when he has made hardly any impression in the ongoing league.
"Dhiman is a proven wicketkeeper and we just included him as backup," defended Rafiqul.
The selected cricketers have been asked to report to head coach Jamie Siddons at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Gymnasium at 10am today.
The team will be reduced after ten days.