Ashraful Eyes Bangladesh Comeback As Ban Ends
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published August 13, 2018 | 02:12 PM
Dhaka, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Aug, 2018 ) :Former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful said Monday that has set his sights on a comeback with the national side after his five-year ban for match-fixing ended.
"I am feeling really nice as I was waiting for this day for the last five years. (I told myself) when August 13, 2018 came I would be available for national team again," Ashraful told AFP from Britain.
"Over the last five years I never felt I wouldn't be able to come back. I never lacked this confidence. I always felt I would come back," he said.
Ashraful was fined and banned for eight years -- cut on appeal to five -- in 2014 for match and spot fixing during a T20 tournament in Bangladesh in 2013.
The Bangladesh Cricket board partially lifted his ban in 2016, allowing him to play domestic first-class and List A cricket.
But he was still suspended from international and franchise-based Twenty20 cricket for another two years.
Ashraful, who turned 34 in July, showed a glimpse of his talent in domestic 50-over Dhaka Premier League competition last year when he scored five centuries in 13 matches to accumulate 665 runs at an average of 66.
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Bangladesh chief selector Minhajul Abedin told reporters in Dhaka on Sunday however that Ashraful must prove his form and fitness.
Ashraful, who played 61 Tests, 177 one-day internationals and 23 Twenty20 internationals, acknowledged he has a tough road ahead to revive his international career.
"Of course it will be tough to get a chance in the Bangladesh team," he said.
"Still I think if I can perform. There is plenty of room for me to serve Bangladesh team. This is what I believe," said Ashraful.
He said he believed he would face little problem in the dressing room if he was picked again, since he always maintained a good relationship with his former team-mates.
Bangladesh last week completed a T20 series victory over the West Indies in Florida.
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