Cricket Affiliation of Bengal joint secretary Debabrata Das has acknowledged that the 2 groups of India and Pakistan home cricket will conflict towards one another in a T20I sequence in Namibia. Bengal cricket staff and Lahore Qalandars are chosen as two groups from India and Pakistan respectively for the four-team International T20 Namibia sequence in September. Namibia would be the third staff to take part within the event whereas a home facet from South Africa can be fourth because the identify of the staff is predicted to be revealed quickly.
India and Pakistan haven’t performed a bilateral sequence since January 2013 because of diplomatic points between the 2 nations. Nevertheless, the 2 Asian giants solely sq. off towards one another in ICC tournaments in current instances.
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Debabrata revealed why Bengal selected to play the event because the board feels it is going to be good preparation for the staff forward of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
“The broadcasters for the event got here earlier than our president (Avishek Dalmiya) and invited us. We took the chance to play six-seven video games earlier than the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy as a result of we are able to get to play towards a World Cup staff,” Debabrata Das, Cricket Affiliation of Bengal joint secretary, stated as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.
“The ambition is that there are a number of younger gamers who’re taking part in in native cricket in Bengal and performing fantastically with respect to T20s. So we’re sending principally these younger guys in order that we are able to make our staff for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
“The staff we’re sending overseas, this can be a new staff. We wish to see how they play, how they sort out this event,” he added.
Bengal has additionally introduced the squad for the event with Abhimanyu Easwaran being named the captain. RCB all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed is one other notable identify within the staff.
Right here is the Bengal squad for the International T20 Namibia sequence:
Abhimanyu Easwaran (captain), Abhishek Das, Ritwik Roy Chowdhury, Ranjot Singh Khaira, Shreyansh Ghosh, Karan Lal, Writtick Chatterjee, Shreyan Chakraborty, Shahbaz Ahmed, Abhishek Porel (wicketkeeper), Suprodip Debnath (wicketkeeper), Ishan Porel, Mukesh Kumar, Akash Deep, Soumyyadip Mondal, Ravi Kumar.
Standby: Ankur Paul, Pradipta Parmanik, Debopratim Haldar, Siddharth Singh.
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