The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) kept ready the replacement of the fast bowler Taskin Ahmed and left arm spinner Arafat Sunny. Both of the bowlers have to undergo a test of their bowling action in the Sri Ramachandra University at Chennai.
While Arafat Sunny gave his test yesterday, Taskin will appear in the test tomorrow (Monday). BCB insiders said, though they assumed the worst could happen and therefore they chose some of the players to replace the duo.
Left arm spinners Sanjamul Islam and Saqlain Sajib were asked to be ready to fly for India while Mohammad Shahid, Shaiful Islam and Kamrul Islam Rabbi were kept ready for the replacement of Taskin. Shahid is the first choice to replace Taskin but the BCB also processed the visa of Shafiul and Rabbi.
Rabbi however was in the stand by list along with Imrul Kayes, Muktar Ali and Shuvagata Hom. But since it is not mandatory to take the players from stand by list, the BCB looked at the other options.
“We are still hopeful that Taskin and Sunny will be cleared. But we want to make the players ready. Since there are some good batsmen with the team, we’ll try to send some bowlers. They will be taken either from the stand by list or from the outside,” said chief selector Faruque Ahmed.
But there is some discomfort inside the BCB, considering the past of the two bowlers. Even though Taskin’s action didn’t look that doubtful, the BCB coaches worked with some of his specific bowling action in the past. Arafat Sunny’s action was also questioned in the past but both of the two bowlers got going well with their action in the recent past before the umpires raised a question during Bangladesh’s game against Netherlands.
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