Nine juniors in 20-man squad?

Coach Jamie Day ultimately pinned hopes on experienced campaigners by picking 11 senior players in his 20-member Bangladesh squad for SAFF Championship.

Day chose all 11 players who started in the playing eleven in the Asian Games -- which featured three seniors. In the remaining nine slots he included only one more youngster -- Rabiul Hasan -- while excluding the young players like Abdullah, Jafar and Rahmat confirmed a source within the squad last night.

SQUAD: Ashraful Islam and Shahidul Islam, Tapu Barman, Tutul Hossain, Biswanath Gosh, Sushanta Tripura, Nasir Chowdhury, Wali Faisal, Faisal Mahmud, Jamal Bhuiyan, Atiqur Rahman, Masuk Mia, Mahabubur Rahman, Biplu Ahmed, Mamunul Islam, Emon Mahmud, Sohel Rana, Rabiul Hasan, Saad Uddin, Shakhawat Hossain.