‘Cricket a balm in instances of turmoil’
CHENNAI: Bangladesh is a rustic in turmoil. The nation, born out of a sheer, indomitable spirit of resistance in 1971, is on the crossroads with the autumn of Shaikh Hasina, daughter of Bangladesh founder Mujibur Rehman, and the nation taking child steps once more beneath a brand new regime to discover a footing on the world stage.
However amidst all these, it is the Bangladesh cricket staff that is sort of a beacon of hope for the individuals who wish to cling on to one thing for a way of solace.
The staff’s collection victory towards Pakistan was a momentous event for the cricket-crazy nation, however such is the environment of the nation that the celebrations could not be what it was alleged to be. That they had waited so lengthy for this second, however when it occurred, there have been far more urgent must attend to.
“It isn’t the time for euphoria, however individuals have been actually glad…We may really feel that as we returned from Pakistan,” Bangladesh media supervisor Rabeed Imam mentioned because the staff acquired all the way down to apply on the MA Chidambaram Stadium nets on Monday.
Nobel-winning economist Muhammad Yunus, a longtime critic of Hasina who has been working because the chief advisor of the interim authorities, burdened on that when he met the staff in his workplace in Dhaka three days in the past earlier than the gamers left for India. “Yunus instructed the staff that in these attempting instances, cricket can actually act as a balm. He congratulated the staff for his or her success in Pakistan and wished them properly for the collection towards India,” Imam mentioned.
He reminded the gamers that sport can actually unify a nation and captain Najmul Hossain Shanto thanked the well-known economist who additionally labored as an advisor with the Paris Olympic Committee for the Video games that acquired over final month. “Each participant is glad to return right here. It’s going to actually encourage us,” Shanto mentioned.
Imam knowledgeable that the gamers, too, had gone via quite a bit when issues have been going topsy-turvy in Bangladesh. “They confirmed exceptional psychological resilience to not lose focus from the job at hand and the victory towards Pakistan was a reward for that. Now issues are slowly coming again to normalcy, we had a six-day camp in Dhaka earlier than coming right here,” Imam mentioned.
Everybody within the staff is aware of that whereas beating Pakistan was a large achievement, staying aggressive towards India within the two-Take a look at collection will probably be an immense problem. They’ve a very good mix of youth and expertise with bowling being the sturdy go well with for the staff.
“Our two allrounders Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz give us a variety of depth. Whereas the remainder of the staff is right here, Shakib, who was taking part in County cricket for Surrey after the Pakistan collection, will probably be in Chennai quickly,” Imam mentioned.
One can hope that the expertise of Shakib and inform Litton Das coupled with the youthful exuberance of the likes of Nahid Rana will assist Bangladesh make an announcement of intent in India which is able to make the cricket world sit up and take observe.
CHENNAI: Bangladesh is a rustic in turmoil. The nation, born out of a sheer, indomitable spirit of resistance in 1971, is on the crossroads with the autumn of Shaikh Hasina, daughter of Bangladesh founder Mujibur Rehman, and the nation taking child steps once more beneath a brand new regime to discover a footing on the world stage.
However amidst all these, it is the Bangladesh cricket staff that is sort of a beacon of hope for the individuals who wish to cling on to one thing for a way of solace.
The staff’s collection victory towards Pakistan was a momentous event for the cricket-crazy nation, however such is the environment of the nation that the celebrations could not be what it was alleged to be. That they had waited so lengthy for this second, however when it occurred, there have been far more urgent must attend to.
“It isn’t the time for euphoria, however individuals have been actually glad…We may really feel that as we returned from Pakistan,” Bangladesh media supervisor Rabeed Imam mentioned because the staff acquired all the way down to apply on the MA Chidambaram Stadium nets on Monday.
Nobel-winning economist Muhammad Yunus, a longtime critic of Hasina who has been working because the chief advisor of the interim authorities, burdened on that when he met the staff in his workplace in Dhaka three days in the past earlier than the gamers left for India. “Yunus instructed the staff that in these attempting instances, cricket can actually act as a balm. He congratulated the staff for his or her success in Pakistan and wished them properly for the collection towards India,” Imam mentioned.
He reminded the gamers that sport can actually unify a nation and captain Najmul Hossain Shanto thanked the well-known economist who additionally labored as an advisor with the Paris Olympic Committee for the Video games that acquired over final month. “Each participant is glad to return right here. It’s going to actually encourage us,” Shanto mentioned.
Imam knowledgeable that the gamers, too, had gone via quite a bit when issues have been going topsy-turvy in Bangladesh. “They confirmed exceptional psychological resilience to not lose focus from the job at hand and the victory towards Pakistan was a reward for that. Now issues are slowly coming again to normalcy, we had a six-day camp in Dhaka earlier than coming right here,” Imam mentioned.
Everybody within the staff is aware of that whereas beating Pakistan was a large achievement, staying aggressive towards India within the two-Take a look at collection will probably be an immense problem. They’ve a very good mix of youth and expertise with bowling being the sturdy go well with for the staff.
“Our two allrounders Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz give us a variety of depth. Whereas the remainder of the staff is right here, Shakib, who was taking part in County cricket for Surrey after the Pakistan collection, will probably be in Chennai quickly,” Imam mentioned.
One can hope that the expertise of Shakib and inform Litton Das coupled with the youthful exuberance of the likes of Nahid Rana will assist Bangladesh make an announcement of intent in India which is able to make the cricket world sit up and take observe.
