Sabbir Rahman and Nasir Hossain got the team in the BPL Players Draft on Wednesday.

Khulna Tigers have picked Sabbir Rahman from the draft. So far, the team has taken Tamim Iqbal, Avishka Fernando, Wahab Riaz, Naseem Shah, and Azam Khan indirect contracts. Mohammad Saifuddin, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Nasum Ahmed, Nahidul Islam, Munim Shahriar, and Sabbir Rahman have been selected from the draft.

On the other hand, Nasir Hossain has been picked up by Dhaka Dominators. So far, the team has taken Taskin Ahmed, Chamika Karunaratne, and Dilshan Munawara indirect contracts. Mohammad Mithun, Soumya Sarkar, Shariful Islam, Arafat Sunny, Nasir Hossain, and Al-Amin Hossain Sr. have been taken from the draft.

On this occasion, the player’s draft was held at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on November 15. The teams have already got the opportunity to retain 6 cricketers. Bcl teams have been formed ahead of the ODI series against India. So that the preparation of the cricketers of the ODI squad is good. It is clear that Sabbir’s team is not available, he is no longer under consideration by the selectors.

Mahmudullah Riyad, Liton Kumar Das, Taskin Ahmed, and Mohammad Saifuddin have retained the BCB North Zone in the player’s draft. Shamim Hossain Patwary, Shafiqul Islam, and Ripon Mondal have got new opportunities. On the other hand, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain Dhrubo, and Yassir Ali have been retained by Islami Bank East Zone. They have also included Sheikh Mehedi Hasan, Rajaur Rahman Raja, Pritam Kumar, and Mohammad Sharifullah.

Defending champions Central Zone have retained Mosaddek Hossain, Mohammad Mithun, Nazmul Hasan Shanto, and Soumya Sarkar, who played for the national team. Hasan Mahmud, Nahidul Islam, Sumon Khan, Zaker Ali Anik, and Mushfiqur Hasan have been included in the squad from the draft. Enamul Haque Bijoy, Nasum Ahmed, Ziaur Rahman, and Mehedi Hasan Miraz have been retained in the BCB South Zone. Rishad Hossain, Alauddin Babu, Arafat Sunny, and Kamrul Islam Rabbi have been newly added.

The four-team squad:

BCB North Zone: Mahmudullah Riyad, Liton Das, Sunzamul Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Mohammad Saifuddin, Akbar Ali, Rakibul Hasan, Saif Hassan, Fazle Mahmud, Shahadat Hossain, Shamim Hossain, Tanzid Hasan, Shafiqul Islam, Ripon Mandal and Nayeem Hasan.

Islami Bank East Zone: Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain Dhrubo, Yasir Ali Rabbi, Imrul Kayes, Tanvir Islam, Sheikh Mehedi Hasan, Rezaur Rahman, Ebadat Hossain, Ashikur Rahman, Pritam Kumar, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Rubel Hossain, Nabil Samad, and Sharifullah.

BCB South Zone: Enamul Haque Bijoy, Nasum Ahmed, Towhid Hridoy, Ziaur Rahman, Mehedi Hasan Miraz, Zakir Hasan, Shariful Islam, Nayeem Islam, Mohammad Naim Sheikh, Nasir Hossain, Kamrul Islam Rabbi, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Alauddin Babu, Rishad Hasan, Arafat Sunny.

Central Zone: Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Mohammad Mithun, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Soumya Sarkar, Hasan Murad, Robiul Haque, Hasan Mahmud, Nahidul Islam, Mominul Haque, Abdul Majid, Sumon Khan, Zaker Ali Anik, Salman Hossain, Mushfiqur Hasan, Taijul Islam.

The selectors said Sabbir’s inclusion in the new plan was a makeshift opener in T20. Joining the Asia Cup, Sabbir was brought down to open in the Sri Lanka match. But this Rajshahi cricketer could not take advantage of the opportunity. In the first match, he got out after scoring 5 runs in 6 balls. In the next match, he could not open the account of runs, he conceded 3 balls. After that, he started the game with 12 from 9 balls in the tri-series against Pakistan. However, he returned to the dressing room after scoring 14 runs off 18 balls.

He did not get on the plane to Australia for such a bad performance. Sabbir has been cut from the World Cup team leaving Soumya. He returned home on Saturday. After returning home, Sabbir accepted the sarcasm on social media. How he was returned to the national team without showing any performance, the question arises again.

Sabbir came on Facebook Live on Sunday night to silence the critics. He explained the reason for bringing him back to the national team after three years. Sabbir said life, ‘There are many trolls, talk and news about me for several days. See I played well in Dhaka Premier League. I played well on the West Indies tour for Bangladesh ‘A’ team. That’s why I was in the Asia Cup, in the United Arab Emirates; after that, the selectors kept him in the World Cup team. If I didn’t perform, I wouldn’t have been called for the Asia Cup-World Cup. If I had the opportunity to do something human, I would not have sat for three years.’

After this, the batter frankly admitted his failure. He said, “Unfortunately, I could not do anything in four matches. But for which I was excluded. I am not at all unhappy about it. I have no regrets. I have no emotions.”

Sabbir and Saifuddin arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:45 pm on Saturday. Sabbir Rahman returned to the national team after three long years. But he destroyed all the hopes and plans of the selectors. The right-handed batsman could not get out of the circle of failure despite getting the opportunity.

Meanwhile, pace bowling all-rounder Saifuddin, who was out of the team for a long time due to a back injury, also got a chance this time. But this all-rounder of Feni did not return. He was quite a scratch bowler in the New Zealand series. As a result, Saifuddin was dropped just before the World Cup. The team management added Soumya Sarkar and Shariful Islam, who were in reserve, to the main team instead of Sabbir and Saif.

The Tigers will play against Afghanistan and South Africa respectively on October 17 and 19 in two warm-up matches before the start of the World Cup. After this, Shakib Al Hasan’s team will play their first match in the World Cup on October 24.

Bangladesh team in World Cup
Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Soumya Sarkar, Liton Kumar Das, Afif Hossain, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Nurul Hasan Sohan (wicketkeeper and vice-captain), Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Taskin Ahmed, Mostafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Shariful Islam, Nasum Ahmed, Ebadat Hossain.

Standby: Sheikh Mehdi Hasan, Rishad Hossain

That’s why Jalal Yunus, chairman of the BCB cricket management department, gave a glimpse of major changes in the XI. Jalal Yunus said after the discussion of the team management with the cricketers on Wednesday, “The wickets of Sharjah and Dubai are different. A different plan will be taken for the Dubai match. The match strategy was discussed in the team meeting. Everyone is well aware of their duties.”

The batting failure looms large in the 7-wicket defeat against the Afghans. Except for Mosaddek Hossain’s unbeaten 48 runs, none of the Bangladeshi batsmen could show anything significant.

Afghanistan’s two spinners, Mujib and Rashid Khan have dismissed all 6 of the top and middle order of the Bangladesh team. In today’s match, the Bangladesh team is afraid of two Lankan spinners Theekshana and Hasaranga. That’s why the team management is planning to drop a left-handed batsman from the top order. According to party sources, Mohammad Naeem can be left out in that case.

The team management is not satisfied with the victory of Enamul Haque, who was dismissed for only 5 runs in the first match. There is a glimpse of keeping him in this match. If these two are left out, who will be in the opening match against Sri Lanka today? Shakib-Mushfiq!
According to BCB sources, Sabbir Rahman may be dropped in the opening today instead of Mohammad Naeem. Mehdi Hasan Miraj, who played as an opener in two warm-up matches, can be seen as his partner.

Bangladesh wants to start well in the opening with these two. The plan is to utilize the power play with hard hitter Sabbir. Khaled Mahmud Sujan, team director of the Bangladesh team said this on Wednesday. If these two are left out, who will be in the opening match against Sri Lanka today? Shakib-Mushfiq!

According to BCB sources, Sabbir Rahman may be dropped in the opening today instead of Mohammad Naeem. Mehdi Hasan Miraj, who played as an opener in two warm-up matches, can be seen as his partner. Bangladesh wants to start well in the opening with these two. The plan is to utilize the power play with hard hitter Sabbir. Khaled Mahmud Sujon, team director of the Bangladesh team said this on Wednesday.

“If we can do well in the beginning without losing too many wickets, that would be ideal,” said Sujon. The first 6 overs are very important for us. Use the power play. If we can win the first powerplay in batting-bowling, then maybe we can control the match.’ Sri Lanka is ahead in statistics, Bangladesh has played 12 T20 matches against the team so far. In that, Bangladesh won 4 and Sri Lanka won 8. The last T20 World Cup was lost in Sharjah by 5 wickets.

In an interview, Ronak Hasan said, “My favorite sport is football, my favorite footballer is Neymar but Messi is a great player. I want this World Cup should be won by Messi.” He said, “I don’t watch any sport outside of football. I watch cricket for Bangladesh. Mashrafe Mortaza is my captain forever.

I miss him greatly on the team. Besides, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, and Sabbir Rahman are my favorite cricketers. Sabbir returned to the team after a long time. I want Sabbir to shine if he gets a chance in the Asia Cup. Keep up the continuity”. Rownak also said, “I don’t do anything else except acting. I have seven films awaiting release. Due to being busy with films, there has been less work in TV dramas.”

In September 2019, Sabbir lost his place in the team after failing in the T20 series at home. Later, this cricketer from Rajshahi fell behind due to various personal controversial cases. After being dropped from the national team, he was not even found with the bat in four domestic T20 tournaments.

Sabbir played 12 innings in Dhaka Premier League T20 last year but did not see fifty. After not performing well in the last BPL, Chittagong Challengers lost their place in the team. He scored only 109 runs in 6 matches at an average of 18.16. Despite that, why was Sabbir Rahman returned to the team? Chief selector Minhajul Abedin Nannu explained the reason for taking Sabbir to the team. He said, “Sabbir is an experienced cricketer. We have seen in domestic cricket, he has experience in international cricket in T20. The team has been taken from these thoughts. We have discussed with the team management and decided on Sabbir.”

The chief selector also said, ‘Some players have to think like this in some places, they have to see international experience. Since we have more injuries this time, we need an extra middle-order batsman.’ Therefore, a cricketer who has not been in the game for a long time should be selected for such a mega event.

Minhajul Abedin Nannu said, “Sabbir is fully fit. He has honed his fitness and skills by practicing at the camp of Bangladesh Tigers.
And that’s where the chief selector claimed that glimpses of his improvement were seen. The chief selector said, ‘Sabbir did not play too badly in the DPL. He is in nursing. Some cricketers are nursed in two places. HP Squad and Tigers have camps going on; we are monitoring their development there. Since there is no domestic cricket now, we are watching in that camp. We saw Sabbir there too.
However, Nannu also said that Sabbir will play against foreign teams before the Asia Cup.

He said, “For this, we have sent him to the West Indies for the ‘A’ team. Playing there will give you an experience like international cricket. Hopefully, he will use that experience. Bangladesh ‘A’ team’s tour of the West Indies limited overs series has not started yet. So Sabbir’s form is yet to be known. Sabbir was once a regular performer on Bangladesh team. He was considered one of the fittest cricketers in the country for T20. He also gave some great performances in this version. He was called the hard hitter of the national team. But his batting was never consistent.