Raju in Dhaka for spin camp
Former Indian Test spinner Venkatapathy Raju will conduct a six-day spin bowling camp for members of the Bangladesh Cricket Board's High Performance Programme and the national team at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur from today.
Eight spinners from the national team and 17 from the HP unit have been called up to the camp. The national spinners include Taijul Islam, Jubair Hossain, Sohrawadi Shuvo, Shuvagata Hom, Nasir Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Mosaddek Hossain and Mahmudullah Riyad.
Some of the spinners from the HP unit include Saqlain Sajib, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Sanjamul Islam, Al-Amin, Mosharraf Hossain Rubel and Shohag Gazi.
47-year-old Raju has played 28 Tests and 53 ODIs for India. He was a slow left-arm bowler and had scalped 93 Test wickets and 63 ODI wickets in the 1990s. Best known for his tenacity in pegging away at the batsmen, he last represented India in 2001 during the Test series against Australia.
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