Rubel Hossain misses out on World T20 squad - Cricket News Update
Injured Bangladeshi fast bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World T20 in September.
The 22-year-old, who hails from Bagherat, has been grappling with a shoulder injury which he picked up during the recently concluded Bangladesh Premier League, in February. His injury hit him while he was playing in a group stage fixture between the Sylhet
Royals and the Barisal Burners on February the 10th. In a career that spans only 5 matches in the T20 format, Hossain has picked up just three wickets for his country at a disappointing average of 47.33. His injury is not expected to hamper Bangladesh;
however, it might deprive them of a fast bowling option. The current squad of the team includes fast bowlers such as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakib-Al-Hasan-c2492.
Rubel tackled his shoulder injury by undergoing a surgery in South Africa. He had then expressed optimism over his condition and believed that he could have made the final squad for the World Twenty20 in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758. Unfortunately, he has missed out on securing
a place.
Bangladesh’s current squad for the World Cup includes national team players as well as players who had toured http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Athumani-Kakonzi-c46628 and Al-Amin
Hossain. These players will be aiming to make their debuts in the T20 format of the game.
The national selectors however, have been facing severe difficulties in accommodating those players who fell outside the national set up. They have however, made significant choices from the limited options available to them in formulating a final squad
with the exception of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anamul-Haque-c44160, in the recent tour to Zimbabwe.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755,
on the 25th of September at the same venue. For Bangladesh to qualify they must be one of the top two teams in their group. Since the inaugural event in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, Bangladesh has never qualified for the semi finals. They are expected to perform
well however, after the recently concluded BPL.
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