Uncapped Rahi's swing more important than Taskin's experience !
Published : Thursday, 18 April, 2019 at 12:00 AM
Ahasan Uddin Bhuiyan
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Inclusion of Abu Jayed Rahi in the 15-man World Cup squad of Bangladesh stunned many and watered the mouth of haters. But Rahi, without having ODI exposure has bizarre quality among Bangladesh speed stars to swing the Ball. Rahi, 25, gained Tigers 68th T20i cap in February last year and played three matches so far to bag four wickets. But is more impressive with red ball, who preyed 11 wickets from five appearances after being debut in December last against West Indies. He also has 12 dismissals from nine matches in ongoing DPL representing Prime Doleshwar outfit. Considering the greenish wickets with carry and bounce in England, Taskin Ahmed with his impressive pace deserved World Cup call as many whiz explain. There's nothing to doubt about the capability of the highest wicket claimants among Bangladesh bowlers in Australia World Cup looking back in 2015. But the reality is that he is not in international cricket for about one and a half year, who is also not recovered fully after the injury he sustained in the last BPL. So, BCB think tank might have calculated the issues before finalizing the squad and thought that the gambling in the biggest cricketing faceoff might cost much. The DPL consistency of another paceman Shafiul Islam make him a strong pretender of WC call and was expected to many to see him as the fifth pacer in the troop. BCB however, took much time to declare a unanimous Tigers squad except Rahi and selector rationalised the uniqueness. BCB chief selector Minhajul Abedin backed-up their decisions by two rationales. One is his capability of swigning and another one is English weather condition in May and June. In English winter, fast bowler having swing must be advantageous. So, keeping Rahi in Bangladesh World Cup squad is not at all an absurd rather it's a product of calculative decision.