|| CF Correspondent ||
Cricketers always give their best to do well in the field. Practising hard to do even better performance in the upcoming match, to be in fit, to get over the lackings. But cricketers also have another entity outside of the field. Let's see what other entity does Shakib-Mushfiq have outside cricket in a glimpse.
Many cricketers are fascinated in many things. Some had a great football skill that people think of them as a professional footballer, some has love for study, want to dive into the ocean and to learn more and more, where else some are really good in catching fish that no one can imagine.
Footballer Shakib
Football is the game that draws Shakib Al Hasan like a magnet outside of cricket. He has become a great cricketer, has established himself as the biggest star of the country and also in the whole world with cricket, but football run through his vein. His father Mashroor Reza was a professional footballer. Played football at the district-level. Later he was involved in coaching. He wanted to make Shakib also a footballer. But destiny has other things in mind instead of a football player, Shakib became a great cricketer. The number one all-rounder told to a leading bangla newspaper why he choose cricket over football, "It seems that the dream of becoming a cricketer comes after Bangladesh won the 1997 ICC Trophy."
Although the being one of the greatest cricketer the country ever had, still he has a good connection with football. He is always ready to play whenever he gets any chance. Many people seemed astonished by watching his footwork in football and said that the left-handed all-rounder could have been a footballer also.
Researcher Mushfiq
Mushfiqur Rahim is undoubtedly one of the most successful batsmen in Bangladesh cricket history. The most reliable middle-order batsmen Mushfiq is not only good at cricket but also extraordinary in his studies. Due to the busyness of cricket, most cricketers hardly have time for studying. Mushfiq is surprisingly exception in this sector. He study for the sake of achieving something good. He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate degree in history from Jahangirnagar University with first class. He could have stopped at postgraduate level. Like the wicket-keeper batsmen step forward to score a double century after getting century. He started his MPhil after completing his Masters. His research subject is the history of cricket in the subcontinent. Mushfiq has now turned his MPhil into PhD. His goal is to finish the research successfully.
Fisherman Mustafiz
Last year Mustafizur Rahman created a lot of fuss in Satkhira his hometown, after catching a 12kg pangas fish. Cricketer spend their leisure time in many ways. But the left-handed cutter master likes to spend time catching fish. Whenever he gets time, he took his fishhook and went out to hunt fish. He spends much of his time in Diyabari while staying in Dhaka. However, he enjoys catching fish more in his hometown Satkhira. There are 10-15 stick in his collection to catch fish. He has also brought two from England. The cost of a fishhook is about one lac taka. Mustafiz, however, does not find a relation between the price of a fishhook and hunting a fish, "There is no guarantee that you will get a good amount of fish if have a costly fishhook. You can get fish even in the five thousand taka's fishhook also. I personally don't have any choice, I buy fishhook on the advice of the brothers only."