Shakib likely to bat at No 4, says national selector

Bangladesh T20I captain Shakib Al Hasan is prepared to surrender his #1 batting position - number three - according to the requests of the group. Bangladesh is as yet sorting out the batting request for the T20 design, with the T20I tri-series in New Zealand, additionally including Pakistan, being their last global task before the T20 World Cup in Australia. Shakib, who will get back into the game to the side subsequent to missing the two-match series against the UAE because of his CPL responsibilities, could bat at No. 4. Soumya Sarkar or Nazmul Hossain could supplant make-shift opener Sabbir Rahman or come in at three in the event that Litton Das returns to his typical opening spot. In the mean time, the group the executives is dazzled with Mehidy Hasan at the top and might want to continue with him as one of the openers while Afif Hossain is supposed to bat at five with Yasir Ali, Mossadek Hossain and Nurul Hasan to continue in the batting request. Shakib has played 40 matches at number three, making 1034 runs at a normal of 28.72 and a strike-pace of 122.36. Since his return after the boycott, the left-hander has played 25 matches, scoring 478 at a hit pace of 111.68 with only one fifty to his name. At number four Shakib as of late scored 50 years in the CPL and the group the executives feels he is the most appropriate there as it will permit him to direct the center request and let Litton or any other person finish the work at three. "We are examining it (regardless of whether he will bat at three). In the CPL he batted at four and played well. I figure on Australian wickets he will make fundamental change (regardless of whether he is moved to four)," Habibul Bashar, individual from the choice board, told Cricbuzz. "Dislike he (Shakib) is extremely unbending, all things considered. He is truly adaptable and he has no issue batting at three or four when we talked with him about his spot in the batting request. "The greatest thing is that Shakib is liberal about batting anyplace. A many individuals imagine that he won't bat anyplace separated from three yet the truth of the matter is he doesn't convey such mentality. He is glad to bat anyplace and being the skipper he is seeing everything in an alternate point of view and seems as though he is glad to do whatever is really great for the group. In Australia I feel he will bat at four while another person will bat at three. I think our five, six and seven are fixed," Bashar said. Bashar likewise said Shakib's exhibitions in the new past have plunged a piece since he has been feeling the squeeze to speed up the scoring at No. 3, which has prompted his excusals. "At the point when he is batting at number three he is continuously going after as he is taking the strain of the runs and now and again he is getting out attempting to pursue runs." Bangladesh will start their tri-country series crusade against Pakistan on October 7.