fwullah
April 15, 2003, 11:20 AM
I liked the decision of playing Opee in place of Sanwar, but the thing is that Opee will play at one down - which I think is not a good idea.
But if it really happens, then I am counting on history that it might turn out to be a close game than our logic ("SHOTORKO MON") tells us.
Because as history suggests, we have always closed in on a game when the only problem in not winning is in selecting the right combination. For example, Durjoy was hurt in the game against Kenya (or may be against Zimbabwe in the first match) and so we were short of a spinner. And what did our players do? Mehrab scored a century, thus giving us a big enough total to fight against Zimbabwe in the last match of Meril tournament. And in that match, we had regretted for not playing Durjoy, as the match was a close one.
But the only difference is that before that match started, Bangladesh HAD TO DO SOMETHING after getting heavy pounding on the hands of Saber Hossain Chowdhury for losing both matches against Kenya. Also, the crowd gave a heavy pounding by not coming in the match - (there was virtually only 10 to 20 people in the gallery that day - who might have been simply black ticket sellers).
But this time - things are a lot different - first of all - it is not Zimbabwe that we will be playing against, secondly it will be not a DO OR DIE battle for our players, and lastly but not the least is that it is not the last or first match for Bangladesh - which has its toll on Bangladesh.
But if it really happens, then I am counting on history that it might turn out to be a close game than our logic ("SHOTORKO MON") tells us.
Because as history suggests, we have always closed in on a game when the only problem in not winning is in selecting the right combination. For example, Durjoy was hurt in the game against Kenya (or may be against Zimbabwe in the first match) and so we were short of a spinner. And what did our players do? Mehrab scored a century, thus giving us a big enough total to fight against Zimbabwe in the last match of Meril tournament. And in that match, we had regretted for not playing Durjoy, as the match was a close one.
But the only difference is that before that match started, Bangladesh HAD TO DO SOMETHING after getting heavy pounding on the hands of Saber Hossain Chowdhury for losing both matches against Kenya. Also, the crowd gave a heavy pounding by not coming in the match - (there was virtually only 10 to 20 people in the gallery that day - who might have been simply black ticket sellers).
But this time - things are a lot different - first of all - it is not Zimbabwe that we will be playing against, secondly it will be not a DO OR DIE battle for our players, and lastly but not the least is that it is not the last or first match for Bangladesh - which has its toll on Bangladesh.