|| CF Correspondent ||

In modern ODI cricket, the No.7’s role has been changed completely of late, making their task even more challenging and tougher one but Bangladesh’s Mosaddek Hossain was okay with it as he savored the challenge to keep the side in pace with the other top guns.

Even though Mosaddek used to bat at middle order position in the domestic cricket, in the national team, his role was a little bit like bits-of-pieces player who can give some runs lower down the order and bowl some tight overs.

But the young gun hinted during the tri-series final that he could be an ideal No.7 rather than just be a bits-of-pieces player when he smashed a 27 ball-52 not out against West Indies to help Bangladesh clinch the title.

Basically England’s all out cricket made No.7 batsman a more prominent since the 2015 World Cup.

A No.7 can ideally resist the middle order collapse and could pace the innings towards the innings as well as give the side some good overs—the qualities that Mosaddek is believed to have in abundance.

In this World Cup, he played some fluent cameo to give the innings an impetus towards the end while bowled some good overs to stem the opponent’s run flow. Mosaddek however is yet to get the job to resist middle order collapse thanks to Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim’s excellent form—an only area which he should prove to make him proper No.7.

“Batting at number seven is challenging for everyone. It’s tough to play a big innings at that position. Team’s run become more important at that point. Everyone tries to make run as quickly as possible at this position.  I was doing the same during the premier league. I try to keep the strike rate above 100,” he said.