Reason behind Mehidy's Sizdah
||CF Correspondent||
Bangladesh off-spinner Mehidy Hasan said that he performed the Sizdah after Mahmudulah’s ton out of sheer joy as they were able to put some runs on the board in the longer formats after a prolonged lean patch.
It is a very common trend to see cricketers performing Sizdah after completing their respective milestones but Mehidy is probably the first cricketer to accompany his batting partner when Mahmudullah scored his second Test hundred at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday.
“If you have noticed our batsmen have not been able to score for quite a long time. We had lots of expectations from this match; Mushfiqur bhai scored a double ton, Mominul Bhai scored 150 [161], Riyad bhai scored a century, myself and Mithun bhai scored fifties. So it felt really good that the batsmen are back in form and dominating. This is very important because when the batsmen score the team does well. So because of that joy I performed the Sizdah, I could not contain my feelings so I joined Riyad bhai,” he said.
Mehidy added that he enjoyed being at the other end when Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah completed their respective milestone.
Mehidy was unbeaten on 68 when Mushfiq scored his double hundred and the bowling all-rounder was not out on 27 runs when Mahmudullah reached his triple figure.
“I always love batting with Mushfiqur bhai; every big partnership I have had was with Mushfiqur bhai. When I bat with him he explains a lot of things to me, when I play a bad shot, he scolds me and gets angry. I really like that my partner guides me, and Mushfiqur did that every time. When batting with Riyad bhai, we were thinking that we had to score runs for the team. When Riyad bhai neared the century, I told him that I will take singles to hand over strike to him so that he can score the ton,” said Mehidy.
