Robiul Islam

Meanwhile, Shinepukur Cricket Club stun Mohammedan Sporting Club on the back of half-centuries from Tanzid Hasan, Robiul Islam and Towhid Hridoy

The team relies on using their batsmen and spinners to win Test matches, and that trend seeps into domestic cricket as well. How can a seamer improve in this scenario?

A team known for its reliance on spin now chooses to pick three fast bowlers more often than not. How did that come to be?

From Javed Omar to Enamul Haque jnr, players skilled in the longer format have for long been treated condescendingly by a country that has grown up on a diet of one-day cricket. But the value they brought to Bangladesh's Test team is undeniable

Twenty-seven players will go through strength, conditioning and skills training in a month-long elite players' conditioning camp called by the BCB

Robiul Islam is Bangladesh's best Test fast bowler of the last five years, but a place for him in the side is as far away as Bangladesh are from having a stable bowling attack in Tests

Taijul Islam, Al-Amin Hossain and Arafat Sunny have been handed national contracts for 2015, while Imrul Kayes and Shafiul Islam have also returned to Bangladesh's list of contracted players, having missed out in 2014

With Robiul Islam having regressed as a bowler, Bangladesh have been left in lurch to find an appropriate bowling-attack leader against Zimbabwe

Bangladesh picked a lone specialist seamer for the first time in a Test, but their choice of Al-Amin Hossain over the more experienced Robiul was puzzling. The focus seemed more on containing runs

On a tough day for Bangladesh's quicks, Al-Amin Hossain suffered more than most

Bangladesh's pace options have been depleted by injury and Robiul Islam finds himself the leader of the attack

Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal are set to make their comebacks from injury during the Victory Day T20 competition after missing matches during New Zealand's tour of Bangladesh

Bangladesh quick Robiul Islam on getting wickets verbally, and the importance of an education

Robiul Islam has mostly been seen as a Test specialist in recent years, but might find himself leading the attack in the one-dayers

The team's now starting to find ways to recover from setbacks, and credit should go to the middle-order and Robiul Islam's consistency

Bangladesh are in prime position to record a maiden victory in the country and square a series they seemed destined to lose

Robiul Islam's six wicket hauls is more than just the bowler's personal best. It offers inspiration and direction to his team-mates and aspirants

Zimbabwe believe there is enough time in the game to win and are, hence, willing to forego the helpful early morning bowling conditions they might enjoy by declaring overnight

Bangladesh's bowlers had a plan and they largely stuck to it, but did it offer them the best chance of success?