Good wicket mandatory to attract crowd and kids into cricket: Owais Shah
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||CF Correspondent ||
Rajshahi Royals coach Owais Shah hoped that this year’s Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) would be successful tourney and attract the crowd and kids into cricket to enrich the country’s cricket more.
But for this, he wants a wicket which could be advantageous for both the crowd and the players. If the wicket is good, the contest would be good to see, said Shah, the former English cricketer.
The wicket in BPL tournament in the past was heavily criticized for being slow and low and make the cricket boring because of series of low scores. While it is not the case in the wicket in Chattogram and Sylhet, the Dhaka wicket was extremely low and produced low scoring affairs for which the fans time and again showed their anger and frustration.
But Shah this time expected that the wicket won’t be so and at the same time advocated for good wicket.
“I hope we can have exciting cricket, I hope T20 cricket in view, should all be about, generally it’s dominated by the batsmen, but it’s good to see something in it for the fast bowlers and little bit for the spinners,” Shah said.
“ All-round good cricket will be good, but the aim of the game obviously entertains the crowd, make sure it’s a good product which the BPL is and it is sure the product keeps continue to attract the crowd and kids into cricket.”
