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Bangladesh’s Tour Of India In Doubt, Players Are On Strike
By Shruti - Oct 21, 2019 7:34 pm
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Bangladesh’s upcoming tour to India is in trouble after Test and T20I captain Shakib Al Hasan shared their demands in the press on Monday. It said that the players will not take part in any cricketing activities if their 11-point demand is not fulfilled by the cricket board. Bangladesh are set to travel to India for a three-match Twenty20 International series and a two-Test series, which will start on November 3. However, the series is in doubt after the surprising stand taken by the Bangladesh players.

Shakib
Shakib Al Hasan

However, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) implemented a rule where every Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) team have to include at least one leg-spinner in their playing eleven as well as a bowler who can bowl over 140kmph. They suspended head coaches of two teams also for not following the order.

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“For so many years we couldn’t select a leg-spinner for the senior team, but suddenly we made plans to include seven legspinners in the BPL. This decision does come as a bit of a surprise, but I would still state that the board has taken a decision that it thinks is good,” IANS quoted Shakib Al Hasan as saying.

“I think that leg-spinners should bowl a lot of overs in first-class cricket to gain confidence and consistency. The BPL is an international-standard competitive tournament where you will face scenarios that you are likely to face in international cricket. You share the dressing room with overseas cricketers. It is not the place to make a player,” Shakib Al Hasan was quoted as saying by Bengali daily Samakal.

Bangladesh are scheduled to play three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series against India, which are scheduled to start from November 3 and the two-Test series will begin from November 14.