They had asked for my opinion as captain and I gave them my opinion based on cricketing logic. Besides, there have been doubts about his suitability to bat at number seven which have some merit. I would ideally like the number seven batsman to make 25 runs off 15 balls or 30-35 off 20 balls. A lot of names have been mentioned of late for the number seven position. Mashrafe: Yes, it was said when Mithun was picked that he would fill the number seven slot in the batting order.

Source: bd News24 January 24, 2019 16:41 UTC