Bangladesh cricket is going through a change of sorts. In any other nation, this might have been a cause of worry since the World Cup is only over a year away and the team doesn’t have a coach or a full-strength selection panel.

With the departure of Chandika Hathurusingha and the sacking of Sajjad Ahmed from the selector’s panel role, Bangladesh are now with a coach and a third member of the selection panel. However, according to former Bangladesh captain and member of the two-man selection committee, Habibul Bashar, it is not a problem.

“The selectors normally select the squad as we now have Nannu bhai (Minhajul Abedin) and me in the committee so we are doing our job as we used to do before. There is no difference when it comes to the selection process after the resignation of Hathurusingha.”

Minhajul Abedin is currently leading the selection panel which, according to reports, could be hiring another person to make it a 4-man team when Khaled Mahmud’s role of team director for home series is considered.

However, for now, the selection committee for the tri-nation series is likely to comprise of these two figures only. The preliminary squad for the tri-nation and Sri Lanka series will be announced on or after the 23^rd December—the day the National Cricket League concludes.

The 30-man squad is most likely to have Mohammad Mithun in it after his fine displays in this year’s Bangladesh Premier League. After the terrible form of both Soumya Sarkar and Imrul Kayes, the selectors could do a lot worse than giving the wicketkeeper-batsmen a chance.