Time to select a Test wicketkeeper
With the selectors now moving forward with a long-term strategy in both limited-overs and Test out cricket, it really is imperative that it involves proper utilisation of resources to form balanced units across formats.
The inclusion of wicketkeeper-batsman Nurul Hasan in the 20-member Test squad for the two-match Test series against the West Indies indicates that the selectors are actually seeking to create more options behind the wicket in the longest format.
Mushfiqur Rahim has served the Evaluation side as a good wicketkeeper-batsman for years and may be the most successful a single too. But there is always a problem over not obtaining the most from Mushfiqur the batsman due to his major load as a keeper.
Many had opined that Mushfiqur, one of the most assured and technically correct batsman found in the Tigers' aspect with the opportunity to tackle world-category bowling in any state, should bat up the buy.
While two of Mushfiqur's three double hundreds in Tests came as a wicketkeeper-batsman, additionally, there are questions over his wicketkeeping skills, which as well put extra pressure on him.
It was in the house series against Zimbabwe in March this past year when Mushfiqur smashed his third Test out ton and became the simply Bangladeshi to attain the feat. In that meet, he enjoyed as a expert batsman while Liton Das placed wicket.
Liton, a highly-rated batsman and swift behind the stumps, has got all the capability to replace Mushfiqur as a good wicketkeeper in the longest format.
Despite Mushfiqur previously stating that wicketkeeping helps him as a batsman, as the knowledgeable cricketer is in his 30s now, enough time has also come to prepare for the future.
The team management would also want to fully utilise the big potential of Liton the batsman and the class he displays once in a while.
His statistics found in Test cricket aren't as impressive as he'd want them to end up being -- he averages in the mid-twenties with five fifties from 20 Checks.
On the other hand, Liton, whose main identity is as an opening batsman, has usually played at amount seven and eight in his brief Test career. In this respect, the team management can also enhance him to open the innings with Tamim Iqbal.
On the other hand, Nurul, another wicketkeeper-batsman, could come to feel a touch unlucky as he was dropped from the Test side after using only three Tests despite building a good impression.
Nurul made his Check debut against New Zealand in 2017 in Christchurch and scored 47 runs in the first innings and also had three dismissals at the rear of the stumps.
But he was dropped and soon after selected in 2018 during the series in West Indies. Nurul scored 68 works in the next innings in the meet where the Tigers had been bundled out for 43 runs in the earliest innings in Antigua.
The 27-year-old was eventually dropped again following the West Indies tour but Nurul is definitely on the scene in the domestic circuit and is rated one of the most skilful keepers in the united states.
The importance of an experienced keeper in Test cricket can't be overstated as wickets are at a premium, therefore any long-term plan must involve the existence of such a gloveman.
