Tigers in a fix about cricket's future
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CF Correspondent
Bangladesh national selector Habibul Bashar said on Monday that they are worried with the pipe line cricketers after their dismal show against Afghanistan A at their own back yard.
The performance of Bangladesh A against their Afghanistan counterpart raised quite a few eyebrows considering they not only lost the two-match series in the longer formats but also trailing by 2-0 in the five-match 50-over match series.
Four national cricketers- Mohammad Mithun, Sabbir Rahman, Anamul Haque and Rubel Hossain- who will take part against Sri Lanka in the upcoming three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka took part in the opening two games against Afghanistan as part of preparation but despite their presence it hardly had any impact on their fortune.
‘’Our main problem is that national players didn't perform well here. we expected far better performance from them. Mithun scored runs in one innings but others didn't do well. They didn't do well in the four days match too, obviously, Imrul Kayes is also our national player. Anamul Haque Bijoy scored many runs last year. In the premier league and also in the first-class cricket,’’ Habibul told reporters at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Monday.
‘’Of course its embarrassing. But its more concerning. Its difficult to describe. I said the same thing yesterday that A team is a second stage team. Sometimes we cant measure their performance based on the domestic league. Many of them play well in domestic cricket. At the A team their real test begins. None of them did well in this test,’’ he said.
According to Habibul it can be the side effect of not having the service of the senior cricketers but insisted on the same note that it clearly show the vacuum that is needed to be filled when there is no availability of the fabulous five
‘’Of course, I am worried about the future. But if we don't play them I won't understand how they play. If we want to prepare the future player we have to let them play. Win or lose we have to play them. if we dont play them then we won’t understand who is ready and who is not. Did you understand? if I dont play them how will I know,’’ said Habibul.
‘’Its a headache for everybody, yours and mine. We know this. When they won't be here, then we will have to move forward. But with whom we will do that, if we don't play them how we will know. We have seen a clear picture in this series. If we didn't play them then we wouldn't be able to see this. The matches they have played in the domestic league and in the first-class cricket, their performance is really well. But if we don't play them we won't be able to know how to prepare they are to move onto the next level,’’ he said.
