Ace all-rounder Salma Khatun will not feature in Bangladesh women cricket team when they will tour to Ireland for two one-day internationals and two Twenty20 matches due to shoulder injury.
\nA 14-member squad was announced on Sunday for the tour of Ireland, where they will play the Twenty-20 matches on September 5 and 6 before playing two ODIs on September 8 and 10 at Bready Cricket Club in Londonderry.
\nBCB\u2019s selector for women\u2019s cricket team and manager for the tour Athar Ali Khan rued Salma\u2019s absence but said he was confident that the squad still had a lot to offer.
\n\u2018We will definitely miss the experience of Salma who is one of the leading players in the world,\u2019 said Athar. \u2018 She did join the camp but could not bowl and we thought it was in the best interest of the team that she was given time to recover as we have a long season ahead with the Asia Cup, World Cup qualifiers and hopefully the World Cup coming.
\n\u2018However, we still have a lot of variation in bowling, especially in the spin department. There are two leg spinners [Fahima Khatun and Rumana Ahmed] and Nahida [Akter] is a wily left-arm spinner.
\n\u2018Newcomer Jannatul Ferdous is a very exciting prospect who bowls off-break, can bat in the middle order and is a fine fielder. She has caught the eye.\u2019
\nAthar was little concerned about the batting as that is regarded as the weakest unit of the team for a while.
\n\u2018The batting is a little bit of a worry as the openers Ayasha Rahman and Sanjida Islam have not been among the runs recently. I am expecting Fargana Hoque, who has been our best batter for a while, to take the lead here and the others can bat around her.\u2019
\nBut the former national team player was confident that hard work will made them victorious.
\n\u2018We are a confident unit. Bangladesh is ranked above Ireland and our goal is to win the matches but the different conditions will be a challenge and we have to work really, really hard.\u2019
\nSquad<\/strong>
\nJahanara Alam ,Sanjida Islam, Fahima Khatun, Ayasha Rahman, Fargana Hoque, Nahida Akter, Lata Mondol, Panna Ghosh, Rumana Ahmed, Khadija Tul Kobra, Nigar Sultana, Suraiya Azmin, Ritu Moni, Jannatul Ferdus Stand by : Sharmin Akter Supta, Shaila Sharmin<\/p>\n

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