Bangladesh include Soumya Sarkar in World Cup squad
- All rounder Soumya Sarkar has been in good form in domestic cricket
- Bangladesh have included four pacers
Bangladesh have named their 15-man squad for ICC Cricket World Cup, 2015. Fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza has been named as the skipper with Shakib Al Hasan named his deputy. The squad also includes all-rounder Soumya Sarkar who has played just one ODI previously. Sarkar has been in good form in domestic cricket recently which strengthened his case.
The World Cup will be played in Australia and New Zealand where the pitches generally favour pace bowlers more than spin. Bangladesh have four fast bowlers in the squad - Mortaza, Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed and Al-Amin Hossain.
Abdur Razzak, the experienced left-arm spinner was omitted and is currently nursing a hamstring injury. Bangladesh are placed in Group A in the tournament along with Australia, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Scotland, New Zealand and England. They play their first match against Afghanistan on February 18 but will also be playing two warm-up games before that.
Chief selector Faruque Ahmed made it clear that Bangladesh are looking at beating Scotland and Afghanistan and then trying for an upset against the bigger teams. "Every selector wants to build a team that will win the World Cup. We also want to do that but our style is to set a realistic target. We have to win at least two of those matches to have any practical chance of making it to the next round. We have considered form and who can sustain in those conditions," said Faruque.
"We wanted seasoned campaigners although we haven't picked Razzak. (Elias) Sunny is a seasoned campaigner who has been playing in top domestic tournaments for the last 10 years.But he did not get chances because of Razzak. Now he is in better form. Also, we thought Razzak's fielding could be an issue," reasoned Faruque and also explained the decision to recall batsman Nasir Hossain who was dropped for the series against Zimbabwe recently.
"The return of Nasir will add depth in our batting.Soumya (Sarkar) is a utility player who can bat at the top order and his medium-pace bowling also can be handy in Australia-New Zealand. We have picked three left-arm spinners in the past, and we have been successful against middle and lower-ranking teams," added Faruque.
Bangladesh World Cup squad: Tamim Iqbal, Anamul Haque, Soumya Sarkar, Mominul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan (vc), Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Nasir Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Taskin Ahmed, Al-Amin Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Arafat Sunny, Taijul Islam
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