The biggest surprise in the T20 squad against Sri Lanka was Alis Al Islam. In the recently concluded BPL, this offspinner of Comilla Victorians caught the eye with his excellent bowling. Unfortunately, this young spinner, who is waiting for his debut, was knocked out of the Sri Lanka series. Although BCB has not officially announced anything, a BCB source confirmed this to Cricbuzz.
In 2019, he made a splash by playing the first match in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). He took four wickets including a hat-trick in the debut match. He was missing due to illegal bowling actions and injuries. This time he is back in his own form. Although he took 9 wickets in 8 matches, he remained very frugal in bowling. Such performances in the BPL earned him a call-up to the national T20 squad against Sri Lanka.
However, luck did not help. This leg spinner got injured before joining the team. On February 19, he injured his finger while fielding against Sylhet Strikers. Due to this injury, he could not play in important matches like finals as well as playoffs. It will take at least two weeks to recover from that finger injury.
BCB sources said, ‘Alice will need at least two more weeks to get fit. So he is not going to Sylhet with the team.’
Besides, Comilla Victorians head coach Mohammad Salahuddin also told Cricbuzz, ‘He has an injury to his finger. It is very likely that he is not playing in the Sri Lanka series.
Selector Habibul Bashar was very optimistic about Suman Alis. He told Bengali Tribune, “I have seen Alice very closely, but for Alice to be a long-race horse, there needs to be more variety in the bowling. Alice is the ‘mystery spinner’ in cricket parlance. I think she (Alice) won’t do too bad in the beginning. ‘
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