2024-04-30 19:38:14
Kane Williamson is quite lucky. He is the one who is going to lead New Zealand in another T20 World Cup. Damama of the ninth edition of the T20 World Cup has started playing. The Kiwis are the first team to announce their dream team in the 20-team World Cup. Williamson is going to participate in the T20 mega event for the sixth time. His fourth World Cup as captain.
Here, however, Bangladesh‘s Shakib Al Hasan is ahead of Williamson. Bangladesh has not announced the World Cup team. However, he will remain in the top 15 team as an autochoice. The train that Shakib boarded in the 2007 T20 World Cup is still running in the ninth season after eight seasons. He is going to be the only Bangladeshi cricketer to play in all the events.
Another one like Shakib is going to add to this list. Indian captain Rohit Sharma. Both Rohit and Shakib will be in the unique record book of playing in all the events of the World Cup. Bangladesh has to announce the team within two days. According to the schedule set by the ICC, the 15-man squad for the World Cup must be announced by May 1. After that the squad can be changed without any reason till 25th May.
Speculation about who will be in the World Cup team of Bangladesh has started long ago. Even though there is a series in Zimbabwe ahead, the selection panel led by Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu will have to give the World Cup team before entering the field. They announced a 15-man squad for the first three T20Is against Zimbabwe. Shakib Al Hasan and Mostafizur Rahman are not in the team. Shakib and Mustafiz are absolutely sure to stay. Then two of them have to be dropped from the announced team. Apart from this, Soumya Sarkar and Hasan Mahmud who are in the primary camp are under consideration. Outside of this there is no opportunity for anyone new to come, said the concerned.
Soumya Sarkar was not kept in the first three T20Is as she did not fully recover from the injury. However, considering the World Cup, he is in full swing. In that case, one of the three openers in the squad has to be dropped. Tanjid Hasan Tamim has been called up for the first T20 along with Liton Kumar Das. Besides, Parvez Hossain Emon has been returned to the Dhaka League for doing well. In order to keep Soumya in the World Cup team, either Tanjid or Eamon should be dropped. Besides, Afif Hossain has been kept as Shakib’s substitute in the first three T20Is. If Shakib returns, his chances of being in the World Cup squad are slim.
There are four pacers with Saif Uddin in the squad against Zimbabwe. Taskin, Shariful, Tanzim. If Mustafiz joins the team, the pacer will increase by one more. In that case, it remains to be seen whether Mustafiz will be dropped from the squad or a spinner will be added.
Rishad Hossain and Tanveer Islam are in the squad along with Sheikh Mahedi. Mahedi and Rishad have retained their place in T20. Shakib’s return makes up for the lack of left-arm spinners. In that case, there is no possibility of Tanveer being in the XI of the World Cup.
It is heard that BCB will make only three changes to the 15-member squad for the first three T20Is against Zimbabwe. Shakib, Mustafiz and Soumya will be there. Tanveer, Afif and Iman or Tanjid will be out. Beyond that, not much is likely to change.
Before the World Cup, Bangladesh will play a three-match Twenty20 series in the United States. Can experiment with multiple players in that series. Because the squad announced by 25th May can be changed without any reason. So, even if left out of the starting squad, there is a possibility of inclusion later.
55 matches of the World Cup will be held in nine cities of the two countries. Three in the US and six in the Caribbean. Canada and the United States will meet in the World Cup opener on June 1 at Grand Prairie Stadium in the Dallas metro area. The final match will be played in Barbados on June 29. The two semi-finals will be played in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana.