Tamim Iqbal, the captain of the Bangladesh ODI staff, has thrown down the gauntlet to his gamers by declaring that spots are nonetheless up for grabs in his staff for the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup, which is ready to happen in India later this 12 months. Bangladesh have already certified for the occasion and can use upcoming matches in opposition to Eire and Afghanistan to additional enhance their expertise.

The Tigers’ first project is a three-match collection in opposition to Eire as a part of the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup Tremendous League this week. Nonetheless, they are going to be with out a few of their key gamers in Chelmsford. Key pacer Taskin Ahmed is at the moment injured, whereas skilled batter Mahmud Ullah is being rested, and a number of other fringe gamers are being trialed forward of the World Cup.

Tamim believes that the competitors for locations is wholesome inside his squad and that there’s nonetheless loads of time to play out earlier than the staff is chosen for the World Cup. He boldly declared that no explicit spots are already fastened and that the very best staff will go to the World Cup.

“There are not any explicit spots that, I can assure, are already fastened,” Tamim was quoted as saying to the ICC.

He added: “We’ll play this collection after which the subsequent one in several circumstances and the very best staff will go (to the World Cup).

Tamim identified that whoever has been given the chance to play has performed properly, with Towhid Hridoy being a chief instance of a participant who carried out exceptionally properly within the one collection he performed in.

Bangladesh’s type throughout the Tremendous League has been superior to that of Eire’s, with the staff at the moment sitting fourth within the standings with 13 victories from 21 ODI matches.

A clear sweep over Eire would enable Bangladesh to climb above England and India and end as excessive as second on the standings. Nonetheless, Tamim is cautious of labelling his staff as favourites, realizing that Eire will probably be robust to beat in circumstances that they’re extra accustomed to.

“I don’t need to use the phrase favourites quite a bit,” Tamim said.

The left-handed batter acknowledged that they’re in Eire to play good cricket and win video games, however he additionally identified that cricket is unpredictable.

“We got here right here to play good cricket and win video games however in cricket, you possibly can’t say something beforehand when it comes to what’s going to occur. They’re a very good staff in these circumstances and they’re fairly accustomed to the circumstances. We hope that will probably be a very good and aggressive collection.”