Comilla Victorians head coach Mohammed Salahuddin slammed the national team's selection policy during a press conference on Wednesday.
Bangladesh announced the T20I side yesterday with five openers and two middle-order batters. After Tawhid Hridoy smashed an unbeaten 91 during an unbeaten 84-run stand with Jaker Ali to make Khulna Tigers' score of 164 for 8 look very insignificant, Salahuddin brought focus on Jaker's unbeaten 40.
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"You forget Jaker most off the time. Maybe he's not that good looking and maybe the board doesn't look at him as well. You look for players to bat at number six and seven and this guy has been doing well for the last two years. He scores runs at the crucial moment for us and is sensible. I feel that this boy should be given opportunity," the Comilla head coach said.
"I saw the Bangladesh team and there are five openers and just two middle-order batters. Maybe there is an advantage that Bangladesh will always open even in the 16th or 17th over. Even looking at today during a bad period we had a good partnership and his strike-rate was still 130.