Bangladesh all-rounder Mosaddek Hossain Saikat seemed to have earned the faith of captain Shakib Al Hasan to be the 'go-to' bowler for the team.
Bangladesh have played with four specialist bowlers in each of the matches in this World Cup except against South Africa, reports BSS.
Soumya Sarkar-Mosaddek Hossain worked as the fifth bowler against Netherlands-Zimbabwe but Bangladesh were also seen to suffer due to one less bowler.
Still, skipper Shakib Al Hasan is not missing another additional bowler due to his faith in Mosaddek Hossain's capability to deal with the difficult situation.
Shakib Al Hasan wants to consider Mosaddek as the main bowler as he stated that it would be wrong to think of Mosaddek as an irregular bowler.
"Look, if there was a deficit, we could not have completed 20 overs. Mossaddek also took five wickets in one match this year against Zimbabwe. Getting five wickets is very rare in T20. If you think of him as an occasional bowler, I would say that is wrong," Shakib said.
Mosaddek has bowled 7 overs in 3 matches in the ongoing T20 World Cup. He leaked runs at 9.14 runs per over.
Although Shakib called him a regular bowler, Mosaddek completed the quota of four overs only against Zimbabwe in the World Cup.
He also bowled one over against South Africa and two overs against the Netherlands. In all, this offspinner has taken 18 wickets at an economy of 7.21 in 31 T20Is.
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