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Two stars & sans stars

Sports Reporter
A lot will depend on Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal coming out all guns blazing in today's Twenty20 international against West Indies. On the other side, the West Indies, though in better health than the hosts, will have to contend with the absence of possibly their three most crucial T20 performers.
The confidence placed on the Bangladeshi pair chiefly begins with their status as the country's most influential cricketers. Their sacking from leadership roles last month left a bad taste in the mouth and this would be the second key factor; how they bounce back from this setback will also matter when they stride into the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium under Mushfiqur Rahim's captaincy.
But more than anything else, the Tigers will need Shakib and Tamim to bring all their 1\venty20 experience into the game against Darren Sammy's men.
Shakib has played 24 Twenty20 games for two different outfits (Kolkata Knight Riders and Wor cestershire) in three tournaments — IPL, Friends Provident T20 and the Champions League while Tamim had a five-game stint for Nottinghamshire during this English summer.
Their sporadic performances in these tournaments aside, it was a rich learning experience that even the West Indies skipper thought would work.
“The calibre of players they have, especially Shakib who has lots of experience coming from the Champions League, he can share it with his team. We are not going to take them lightly," said Sammy during the pre-match press conference in Mirpur.
But the pressure on the duo, given that none of their teammates have played a competitive 1Wenty20 match since May 2010, would be immense.
“Since they're the most experienced players in the team, it always plays a part. In the end, cricket is how well you do on the day," he added.
Stuart Law, in his first home series as the Tigers' coach, said that both have to perform in all aspects.
"You don't want to put that much pressure on two players. Obviously they're fine players of all cricket; we need them to turn up tomorrow and contribute in all areas.
"Tamim only bats but he has a job in the field to do. Shakib's got a job in all three facets of the game. I'd rather see eleven guys performing extremely well," said Law.
Conversely, the visitors are missing their gun batsmen — Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard — who are predictably in form at the same time the West Indies are playing an international series.
"We have a team now which the selectors have given to us. We won a game against England. Whenever Chris Gayle comes back, he will be welcomed into the setup," said Sammy. Pollard, meanwhile, is not eligible for today's game as he hasn't played a domestic Twenty20.
Though the Tigers have averted the Gayle-Bravo-Pollard trinity, they will have to grapple with their utter lack of experience in this format. They haven't played a T20 at home since 2006 and none anywhere in 17 months, while their opponents have played nine over the same period. It has already become a worry, especially with the World Twenty20 less than ayear away.
"The boys have played 16 games in five years, that's not a lot of Twenty20 cricket It would be nice to get a couple of competitions, especially before the World Cup next year,” said Law as his team takes on a line-up that has recently beaten England in the format.