Afif Hossain Dhrub has been dropped from the national team but is getting regular runs in domestic cricket. As the batting order has improved in Abahani’s jersey, so has the batting style. At the end of the first 9 rounds of the Dhaka Premier League, among the batsmen who scored at least two hundred runs, the highest strike rate is next to his name. Afif’s performance is also satisfying the selectors. If you want to return, you have to perform according to the team’s plan.

In white ball cricket, Afif Hossain has played 61 consecutive matches in a Bangladesh jersey since 2019. But after Chandika Hathurusingha took over, the cricketer was exiled from the national team. The main reason for Afif’s dropout is not being able to meet the need for a finisher in the lower middle order. Dropped from the Tiger squad, Afif is performing in the ongoing Dhaka Premier League. Having progressed in the batting order in Abahani’s jersey, he is fulfilling the expectations properly. Afif, who has batted in 6 innings so far, has picked up three half-centuries. In addition to being unbeaten on 80 runs in one match, he also missed a half-century by 1 run in one. Afif, who got the opportunity to bat six innings, averaged 268 runs more than Tippanno. The strike rate is also the highest among the batsmen who have scored at least 200 runs in the current DPL.

However, this batsman has batted at number five in all the matches. Afif is mainly considered in the lower middle order in the national team. For now, though the selectors are satisfied with his performance, the batsman will have to adjust to the team’s plan to make a comeback.BCB selector Habibul Bashar said, ‘If you are with the team, you have to change according to the situation. He (Afif) is our future player. I believe, will do a lot of good for our country in the future.’There are rumors, with the new coach Hathurusingha, a tussle over the batting order was the main reason behind Afif’s exclusion from the national team. The attempt to make the middle-order batter a finisher is not succeeding, on the other hand, the Bangladesh team is also suffering. So there is a lot of doubt about whether Afif getting runs by changing the position is enough to return to the national team.