Boss what do you think of Mashrafee's captaincy today and performance of our so called bowlers? What changes will you make after the world cup or do we actually have any wicket taking options
I think, Mash's retirement will automatically improve bowling a bit. Also, this is ENG where our spinners are least effective - BCB will start to plan for 2023 WC from next months, where 2.5 spinners are MUST. We have 2 very good genuine spinners in Shakib & Miraz, and Mosaddek will be a gun player in 4 years time, taking Mahmood's spot. At 27-28, Mustafiz should be at his prime in Indian track while the way Said has improved, if he continues like this, should be a gun ODI player in 4 years time. Shakib will be a fantastic Captain by then and at 36 (actually 38, I know that), he still should be at very high standard as spin-all rounder. That, makes a very good squad for Indian WC, with 4, max 5 spots open - which includes a Leggi, couple of quality pacer and couple of hard hitting batsmen.
As I see now, this should be our 15 for 2023 (with age in bracket)
1. Liton - WK (28)
2. Soumya - VC (30)
3. Open spot (Might still be Tamim - he'll be 34; or Afif -22)
4. Midget (35)
5. Shakib (C) (36)
6. Mosaddek (27)
7. Open spot (Hard hitting batsman) - Might be the U19 All-rounder Rabbi (21), brilliant player in making
8. Miraz (26)/Open Spot (Leggi)
9. Saif (26)
10. New ball pacer
11. Mustafiz (27)
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12. Tamim (34), or Nayeem - 23
13. New ball pacer
14. Spin all-rounder (Naeem - 21)
15. Middle order Batsman (Yasir - 27)
The toughest part is to find No. 10 & No. 14. I am certain that batting won't be any issue, actually it should be better than current level with Souyma, Liton, Mosaddek maturating and given higher position. Spin attack will definitely be better, even if we don't get any Leggi - Nayeem actually is a better finger spinner than Miraz, Taijul is a better classical SLAO than Shakib, and there are couple of fantastic finger spinners awaiting for their chances. There are couple of U19 leggis as well, but not sure how good they are. I don't mind the Nepali born Leggi Sandeep playing for us - joking apart, indeed he can qualify, if he starts playing from 2019-20 FC season, but he has to announce that 3 years prior to WC year (leaving Nepali alliance by Dec 2019) .....
Couple of decent fast bowlers, may be at the level of Mashrafee at his peak - and we should be a serious contender for 2023 SF. On Asian conditions, current batting strength is probably among top 3-4 units, it should get even better by 2023 - I honestly believe Liton has the potential to be better than Mushi and Mosaddek is much better than Mahmood. Weather from SF, we can move to a serious contender for the Cup, will entirely depend on No. 10 & No. 14.