00:00We can start with the Bangladesh squad.
00:03We will see the squad for the first time.
00:06The squad that has been announced for the India series.
00:10The squad that has passed the first and second test.
00:13Nazmul Hussain Shanto, he is the captain.
00:16Mahmud Hussain Joy, Zakir Hussain, Shadmar Islam, Top Order Matters.
00:20Mominul Haq, Mushfiqur Ruhim, Shakeel Hussain, Liton Das, Mehedi Miraj.
00:24Taizol Islam, Naeem Hussain, Nahid Rana, Hassan Mahmud.
00:28Tashkir Ahmed, Khaled Ahmed.
00:30And the last name, Zakir Ali Anik.
00:33Were you surprised to see this name in the beginning?
00:38Actually, we have described Zakir Ali as a regular campaigner in T20.
00:43He played in BPL.
00:45What do you have to say about his inclusion?
00:48If we talk about Zakir Ali, we have to go back a little.
00:59Yes, everyone was surprised because of Zakir.
01:04If we talk about the last 1-2 years, he was not in the mindset of Test cricket.
01:09He could play in T20 cricket at a high strike rate.
01:12He has a great innings against Sri Lanka.
01:15That was the branding of his career.
01:18But now he has shown up in Test cricket.
01:21Because of his last innings, he has played an innings of 172 runs against Pakistan.
01:26But as I said, let's go back a little.
01:29Initially, he was considered as a first-class cricketer.
01:38Later, he made some changes in his batting style.
01:41Actually, Dipu was kept as a backup in the line-up of Bangladesh's batting order.
01:47In the New Zealand series, he was a backup player of Bangladesh.
01:51He played a match.
01:54But why he was not kept in the line-up of Bangladesh's batting order?
01:59There is a question about that.
02:00Nirbha Chowdhury has given a statement.
02:02Actually, Dipu was not in the line-up of Bangladesh's batting order with Pakistan.
02:07When a player is not in the line-up, National team does not want to keep him in the line-up.
02:13The selectors have seen who is in the line-up recently.
02:17So, he has been included in the line-up.
02:20Absolutely.
02:21We can see the form of Zakir Ali here.
02:24He has played a lot of outstanding innings in Sri Lanka's batting order.
02:29And he has scored 4 sixes in T20 cricket.
02:34He is an aggressive batter.
02:36He has been tremendous in T20 cricket.
02:41He has won many matches.
02:43He was good in his debut as well.
02:47Zakir Ali is a big package in T20 cricket.
02:51There is no doubt about it.
02:53He will help Bangladesh's team in the future.
02:57But in the test, especially in the first class,
03:00if we see the stats of Zakir Ali,
03:02then we can understand that he is equally capable in the test.
03:06He has played 59 matches so far in the first class.
03:09He has scored 180 innings.
03:10His run is 2862.
03:12His average is 41.47.
03:15Usually, he doesn't play in 7 or 8.
03:19He has scored 4 centuries and 19.50.
03:23He has scored 172 innings against Pakistan's A team.
03:29This proves that there is no doubt about his capability.
03:35As he told me in the middle order,
03:38you were talking about Niranjan Sarkar.
03:41Now the question is, why did he replace Shorifull?
03:44Shorifull was injured in the last series.
03:47This issue has been cleared out.
03:49Shorifull didn't want to give a test against Pakistan.
03:52Because he was injured.
03:54And instead of Shorifull,
03:57you can say that he didn't take any pressure.
04:00Bangladesh's team or the coaches were worried
04:03that India won't get similar conditions as Pakistan.
04:07Pakistan had 5 pressurers.
04:09They played 3 pressurers in each test.
04:12In Chennai, you can play 2 pressurers and 3 spinners.
04:16You don't have to take 5 pressurers from there.
04:21You have to have some depth in your batting.
04:25Niranjan Sarkar has shown that.
04:27Especially in the middle order.
04:29Another thing is that
04:31most of the top order batters in Bangladesh are left handed.
04:36So, the right handed batter has an advantage in Bangladesh.
04:40And the Indian spinners will benefit a lot.
04:46If there are so many batsmen in the batting order.
04:49From that point of view, it is difficult to say
04:52whether you will get a jack or not.
04:54But even if you get a jack,
04:56it won't affect you much.
04:58Absolutely.
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