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Nasir starts making selectors happy

Sports Reporter
There were a number of performances that would have impressed the selectors after the first round of the Dhaka Premier League's Super Sixes on Monday. Prime Doleshwar's Mehedi Maruf and Rony Talukdar stitched a rare 200-run stand for the opening wicket, with both scoring centuries. Talukdar in particular seems on a roll, as he scored his second consecutive century of the competition.
Prime Bank Cricket Club's Soumya Sarkar put in a fine all-round performance, hammering 81 with the bat and scalping two crucial wickets with his medium pacers. Abul Hasan surprisingly put in a good performance with the bat, scoring an 80-ball 72. With the selectors looking for a pace-bowling all-rounder for the World Cup, more performances like these could make a difference.
However, of all the performances, it was Nasir Hossain's defiant 82 not out that got the selectors excited. The out-of-favour batsman seemed to have gone back to his old days as he rescued Abahani from a precarious position against archrivals Mohammedan Sporting Club.
With more than 40 runs required in the last four overs, Nasir hammered three consecutive sixes and changed the complexion of the game.
"Nasir played well. What his innings has done is that it has added an option for us. We always want a number of players to fight for one place and this is a good sign," said selector Habibul Bashar.
Chief selector Faruque Ahmed echoed Bashar's thoughts.
"I thought the innings was a really good one and I am really happy that he played such a knock. He was out of form and that's the reason why he was dropped from the side. If he continues playing like this then he can be considered," said Faruque.
While there is no doubt that Nasir managed to dazzle the few spectators present at Fatullah on Wednesday, there are still four more rounds to go and he still has a lot to do to get his place in the team back. In addition, his replacement in the national side, Sabbir Rahman has been performing as well.
Sabbir hammered a 53-ball 75 for Kalabagan Cricket Academy at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium at Mirpur the same day. And even in terms of runs scored in the league the two are neck-and-neck.
Meanwhile, selectors, who were initially planning to submit the final 15 by January 3, may wait till the last date of submission due to Tamim Iqbal's knee injury.
"We are going to wait for Tamim's report and then make the final decision. We have not thought of a replacement, but there are a number of openers who are performing in the league," said Bashar.
While Bashar's statement may be true, the problem is that all those openers are inexperienced.
Currently the highest run-getter, Liton Kumar Das, is yet to make his international debut. At number two is Rony Talukdar who, like Liton, is uncapped. Soumya has also done well and is currently the eighth highest run-getter with an average of37.82.