BCB wont select Mushfiq for third ODI on March 6
No decision on Mash to tour Pakistan
SPORTS REPORTER from Sylhet
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chief selector Minhajul Abedin Nannu hints Mushfiqur Rahim might not include in the third and last match of the three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe.
If we win the series today, he will not be included in the next match because were seeking to form such a team whom we sent to Pakistan for the next phase of the Pakistan tour on April 3, Minhajul Abedin said.
Nannu admitted they have called him to know about his current decision as they have seen two types of news in the media in the aftermath of the last one-off Test in Dhaka.
As we have tour Pakistan ahead, we called him to know about his decision for the tour- Will he will tour Pakistan? Or will he change his decision? Nannu told media during the innings break of the second ODI between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in Sylhet yesterday.
But he directly tells us that he will not travel to Pakistan. So its finished here. We have to think differently now as he will not travel with the team, he said further.
We have also seen the news what youre saying about. Its not right. We have formally asked him, will he go there? Team management, selection panel and head coach sat all with him. He directly told us that he will not go there in Pakistan, he added.
Mushfiq made 19 in the series opener but he played an emphatic innings of 55 off 50 balls that brought him out of the hole. No, its not any such of it. We have seen some news that he will go to Pakistan. Again, we have seen in some papers that he will not go. For this, we have formally called him to know about his decision. But he directly said that he will not go there, Minhajul responded to a media query.
When asked about Mashrafes availability in the next tour Pakistan, Nannu said they are thinking of picking a player in place of Mushfiq.
But he said they didnt discuss Mashrafes inclusion in the next Bangladesh tour in Pakistan.
We are yet to sit for the team for the next Pakistan tour. But weve kept it in our plan. The decision has been made that Mushfiq will not tour Pakistan. As a result, one has been reduced from a 15-man squad, he said.
In that sense, were now looking for a replacement player. We didnt hold any discussion over Mashrafe. Well sit for the squad for the Pakistan series after the end of the Zimbabwe series, he concluded.
