|| CF Correspondent ||

On Saturday Soumya Sarkar posted a video where he tries to showcase his culinary skill. It's one of incident as in Bangladesh any cricketer, precisely the ones representing respective country, having a seven day break to stay with his family can be considered as blessing due to the nearly all-the-year activities.

It is quite the same in Bangladesh as well considering the national cricketers are more or less all through the year.

There is international engagements all around the year that takes away most amount of their time as preparation plays a big part behind it along with international fixtures where they feature.

If that is not the case there is domestic cricket and all those commercials involved that takes away chunk of their time and eventually the family gets deprived from having their precious time.

Bangladesh ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal admitted the fact adding that though it is not ideal but he is getting some time to spend with his family due to the coronavirus pandemic.

‘’Being a professional cricketer we have to sacrifice a lot when it comes to the family. When things were normal I personally did not get enough time to spend with the kids and people at home. Though the situation [due to coronavirus] is not ideal, staying at home is giving me enough time to spend with the family and allowing the bonding to get firmer with my two kids and family,’’ said Tamim.

‘’Day starts with some running on the treadmill the remaining spend some time with the family. A lot of time is also being spent with Netflix too to be honest. But having said that, this is not normal life for any of us and I will hope that situation normalizes soon and that we can get back to our usual,’’ he said.

Mahmudullah added that though it is difficult to stay at home considering they are used to remain out of the house for most part of their day but at the same time he is trying to make the most by spending time with his family.

‘’Spending time in quarantine is difficult to explain but Alhamdulillah I am healthy so far and my family members as well. It has been tough specially staying away from cricket that’s the most difficult thing probably and it must be the same with all cricketers. No matter what happens in your life as a cricketer you always try to spend your time in the field with your bat and ball. I am missing cricket a lot but having said that we cannot do about it at the moement. We just need to stay calm and patience, strictly follow the rules that has been set by the administration,’’ said Mahmudullah.

‘’Life has been good in a sense that I am getting to spend a lot of time with my family. Especially with my kid, doing a lot of things with him. Helping him with his homework and studies. I have not spent enough time since he started going to school. His mother always looks after those things but now I am home I am trying to look after those things and trying to help him. Coloring, drawing are other activities that I am trying keep busy with my son with. Playing games with my family members,’’ he said.

‘’One important thing is we cannot let ourselves get bored doing same things every day. We just need to find ways of doing different things every day, add a new flavor. Reading books is a very good option during this time. It can be any kind of book – can be religious or a story book or a book of your child. Life has been good so far but hoping the situation will get better and hope everyone stays safe and healthy,’’ he said