Five takeaways from the England-Bangladesh series

#3 Imrul Kayes’ comeback

Imrul Kayes returned to the Bangladesh side with a bang

Kayes has been in and out of the Bangladesh team ever since his emergence in 2008. Kayes, mostly labelled a Test player, has played 62 ODIs for Bangladesh with an average of 28.75. Notably, he had just one hundred before the start of this series.

All that changed in the past few months. His last six ODI scores read 46, 11, 112, 37, 73 and 76. Add to that the fact that he scored a hundred against a near full strength England bowling attack in their tour match before the first ODI. That his strike rate and shots have improved augers well for a Bangladesh side on the look out for a strong opening partner to Tamim Iqbal.

While Soumya Sarkar will push for a berth at the top, Kayes has made a good claim to occupy that openers place.