DJ Sahastra
January 5, 2008, 12:16 AM
What can i say - it is pure joy to watch these new and inexprienced kids play so well. Sheer bliss!
Sometimes ago, i had advocated that Tamim should be played as an opener in Tests. I know that i wasn't the only one, there were many other too who felt the same way - but it sure feels good to be vindicated. Top notch effort - whatever chances he gave should take absolutely nothing away - he deserves all the luck. And no amount of praise is enough for the manner in which he took the attack to the kiwis and knocked them into submission which was so very evident from their frustrated looks - it might well be the tonic that BD team had been waiting for quite sometime.
And no words can describe this kid on the way to his stardom - Junayed. I remember Sohel Non-Resident posting some rave reviews of him from his observations based on some matches from the domestic tournament. Going by the eloquent description, i could make out that this kid seemed to have something special. Whether he would be able to realise that special thingy was the only question - and that question has been answered superbly and authoritatively. He is young, technically equipped and is definitely a prospect, and a very healthy prospect at that, for quite some time to come.
This innings may well mark the homecoming of a team that has been lost in the plethora of underachievement to the extent of been dubbed a lost cause - with due apologies for bangla fans who may feel offended. Many sceptics will point at how the team has shot itself on its foot from some similar situatuons, but this inning is different for the manner in which totally adverse situation has been answered. There have been exceptional individual contributions, a la Ashraful or a la Bashar, but I don't recall when was the last time that two debudants or totally inexperienced members of the for BD team took the responsibility of standing tall and firm and delivered on that responsibility. The approach of these youngsters should rub the seniors in a healthy way.
So far, it is a job only a quarter done but that is a big leap for a team that usually fails to reach the quarter-mark more often than not. If their performance can inspire the seniior members of the team, then this match will be the defining moment in BD cricket history. Nonetheless, these youngsters have done themselves and their team proud. If they can play a little more sensibly tomorrow, they will take that pride to a new levels seldom seen in Bangla innings. That, IMO, will be turning a new leaf - that is as much as i hope for and that is my best wishes for these men in green.
Well played.
Sometimes ago, i had advocated that Tamim should be played as an opener in Tests. I know that i wasn't the only one, there were many other too who felt the same way - but it sure feels good to be vindicated. Top notch effort - whatever chances he gave should take absolutely nothing away - he deserves all the luck. And no amount of praise is enough for the manner in which he took the attack to the kiwis and knocked them into submission which was so very evident from their frustrated looks - it might well be the tonic that BD team had been waiting for quite sometime.
And no words can describe this kid on the way to his stardom - Junayed. I remember Sohel Non-Resident posting some rave reviews of him from his observations based on some matches from the domestic tournament. Going by the eloquent description, i could make out that this kid seemed to have something special. Whether he would be able to realise that special thingy was the only question - and that question has been answered superbly and authoritatively. He is young, technically equipped and is definitely a prospect, and a very healthy prospect at that, for quite some time to come.
This innings may well mark the homecoming of a team that has been lost in the plethora of underachievement to the extent of been dubbed a lost cause - with due apologies for bangla fans who may feel offended. Many sceptics will point at how the team has shot itself on its foot from some similar situatuons, but this inning is different for the manner in which totally adverse situation has been answered. There have been exceptional individual contributions, a la Ashraful or a la Bashar, but I don't recall when was the last time that two debudants or totally inexperienced members of the for BD team took the responsibility of standing tall and firm and delivered on that responsibility. The approach of these youngsters should rub the seniors in a healthy way.
So far, it is a job only a quarter done but that is a big leap for a team that usually fails to reach the quarter-mark more often than not. If their performance can inspire the seniior members of the team, then this match will be the defining moment in BD cricket history. Nonetheless, these youngsters have done themselves and their team proud. If they can play a little more sensibly tomorrow, they will take that pride to a new levels seldom seen in Bangla innings. That, IMO, will be turning a new leaf - that is as much as i hope for and that is my best wishes for these men in green.
Well played.