Sharmin Akhter, who cracked a fifty on her One-Day International (ODI) debut against Ireland in Savar in 2011, and Shaila Sharmin, the 27-year-old offspinner, have been left out of the 14-member squad for the tour of Ireland.
Bangladesh Women are scheduled to play two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) and two ODIs during their short tour. Bready Cricket Club in Londonderry will host all the four games.
"We will definitely miss the experience of Salma who is one of the leading players in the world," Athar Ali Khan, the selector for Bangladesh Women's set-up, stated on Sunday (August 28). "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.
"However, we still have a lot of variation in bowling, especially in the spin department. There are two legspinners (Fahima Khatun and Rumana Ahmed) and Nahida (Akter) is a wily left-arm spinner. Newcomer Jannatul Ferdous is a very exciting prospect who bowls offbreaks, can bat in the middle order and is a fine fielder. She has caught the eye."
Athar, however, noted that Bangladesh's batting department remains a cause for concern. "The batting is a little bit of a worry as the openers Ayasha Rahman and Sanjida Islam have not been among the runs recently," he noted. "I am expecting Farzana Hoque who has been our best batter for a while to take the lead here and the others can bat around her.
"We 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," Athar summed up.
Bangladesh Women's squad: Sanjida Islam, Fahima Khatun, Ayasha Rahman, Jahanara Alam, Farzana Hoque, Nahida Akter, Lata Mondol, Panna Ghosh, Nigar Sultana (wk), Suraiya Azmin, Ritu Moni, Jannatul Ferdous, Rumana Ahmed, Khadija Tul Kubra
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