Drop Ash

[tiger_club]

He doesn't deserve to be captain. Please give your opinion

My reason: SA were 5/165, Shakib was on his pick taking vital wickets. Ash brought Mehrab (part timer) into action which doesn’t make sense to me. SA got away with two centuries by Prince and Boucher and ended the second day on high 5/357

[detroitpagla]

Drop AshFaFool? it's very easy to say but hard to find his replacement

Experience: over 130+ ODI games, playing for past 5+ years
Talent: Shows it once or twice a year
Capable of winning a match for the team
Strong and energetic leadership skills

Can you beat that? Do you have another player in our team who can be his replacement?

I know most of you are going to say that make Mashrafee or Sakib a captain. But think it over...can we really afford to distroy another player? Ashraful is already a creak head...he does w/e he wants to do n there is no rule book for him....so I hope we can keep this AshPagla untill next world cup and then drop him.

[AsifTheManRahman]

This is more than just a yes/no question, which makes it impossible for me to vote. Simply going by performance, Ashraful would probably warrant a place in the ODI team but certainly get excluded from the test team. However, as detroitpagla has pointed out - if he's not the captain, who will it be? It's not so much the quality of captaincy that I'm worried about when thinking of replacing him, but rather the fact that owing to the fragile state of our players' mentalities coupled with young age and tripled with inexperience, captaincy might come as an added burden to many, thereby hampering performance. Mashrafe isn't fit to lead mentally or physically and among the only other handful of names that come to mind, Shakib is too young, Razzak isn't a sure shot in the test XI and Rahim still wears nappies.

It's unfortunate that we have to stick to people just because they make appropriate (note that I say appropriate, not decent or great) captains (for whatever reason), e.g. Bashar and now Ashraful albeit their dismal performances on the field, but that's how it's going to be until we have a core group of players in at least their late twenties.

PS: Nothing against Bashar - he's still the best test batsman that we've ever had and I have enough respect for the way he handled a young team off the field, but if we had a couple of more experienced guys in the side, he'd probably have been dropped a few months after the 2007 world cup.

[tiger_club]

good reply detroitpagla.. next world cup still very far away, we need captain who sets example for others to learn and follow his footsteps.. I don’t see that happening with Ash.. after playing so long and yet he seems very immature and doesn’t know how to take the responsibility.. when will he learn? He will never learn and we fan have to wait for some miracle to happen in every match..

[tiger_club]

I know, not everyone can be good captain but there is no harm in trying.. We’re loosing anyway and soon will be loosing our test status if not making any real progress

[sbsash]

I say put Sakib as captain and give Ash a break for 3 months and start playing him again as a specialist batter.That way he can get a little break and he will lose some pressure like picking who to give the ball to,what to say to the media,winning the toss and batting or bowling,doesn't have to worry about the team's performance a lot.

[Dhrubo]

I disagree with you sb, making shakib our captain will ruin his career. It is too much for him to handle right now.I believe it should be given to mash, I agree that he often gets injued but he should be better then ash, the chance of ashraful actually doing good with anything is one in a million that includes his captaincy.He is simply a fluky player, we rely on him too much, I dont know what everyone sees in him, he is way overrated.

[Gowza]

this is the problem with so many new players all at once, only candidates for captaincy are ash, mash and razzak. ash isn't performing well enough to hold a batting spot let alone be captain and razzak isn't even a test regular at least not yet, so we're left with mash. the other thing, if ash isn't in a captaincy role then who will be vice captain? i don't want to see any of the youngsters as vice captian this early because they really need to be left alone to develop properly.

[Ajfar]

we just dn't have anyone else to replace him with at the moment...if we r to pick a captain based on performance at the moment only sakib can suit that role..but that's the last thing we wanna do to one our most valuable player in the team...

[tiger_club]

I want to know who had the captaincy experience from our current squad… it could be NCL, Academy match, BD A, under 19.. doesn’t really matter.. If possible give some stats.. Thanks in advance

[cricket_king]

Man this is ridiculous. Do any of you who voted for "yes" realise that once Ashraful's dropped from the team, our chances of a win decreases to zero? If he's not there, there is no chance of our fluky miracles. Face it - no one in the team can bat anywhere near as what he's capable of. Find some one who is a match winner in our inexperienced bunch of kids, and then I'll agree to drop him. He deserves to be out of the team I'll agree - but if Ashraful's out of the team, Bangladesh are out of the game.

[nadim 98]

Man this is ridiculous. Do any of you who voted for "yes" realise that once Ashraful's dropped from the team, our chances of a win decreases to zero? If he's not there, there is no chance of our fluky miracles. Face it - no one in the team can bat anywhere near as what he's capable of. Find some one who is a match winner in our inexperienced bunch of kids, and then I'll agree to drop him. He deserves to be out of the team I'll agree - but if Ashraful's out of the team, Bangladesh are out of the game.

i agree

[nadim 98]

if we drop ash.would we able to win more match in both test and odi.....can we?

[mshakir56]

I am really surprised at how some of you guys are saying that Ashraful has alot of experience ! Whats the point of having experience if you are performing like a rookie ! And all Ashraful talks about after every match is how young and inexperienced he and his team mates are and how they are learning by every match. I am not sure how much of that is true. The Trademark " Ashraful Shot " always looks good when it comes off, but when it doesn't it looks awful and thats how I look at Ashraful now a days ! On the other hand, I am sure everybody is aware of the fact that we don't have any superstars waiting in the bench to replace Ashrafool !

[tiger_club]

Dropping him from the squad will be too harsh even though he deserves it. :-| the poll here is about his captaincy.

[Sovik]

we don't have anyone to take his place.

[MohammedC]

we don't have anyone to take his place.

Do you mean anyone who wont succeed. How about Tushar Imran. He will match his current form.

[auntu]

Sorry despite all those bad performance by him we still can not afford to drop him. This is the strength of Bangladesh cricket. You have to either take it with pain or leave it.

[Niv]

If you ask me, a possible future captain is Mehrab Hossain Jr. If he doesn't flop like Kayes did, he could well be ready in a few years time after Ash is done with.

[crikfreak]

as much as i dont like ashraful and think tht he's a total fluke with a big head..thinks too much of himself.. i wudn't drop him.. not because of him.. i wud not drop him for the sake of the team.. coz u drop him.. ur next choice will be: mash, sakib or razzak.. now.. i wud no way.. no how.. no matter how good he does.. make sakib the captain at this stage.. it wud probably be the biggest mistake ever made by anyone.. he is too young.. he's doing gr8.. let him get better.. after 5 yrs.. u gimme this proposal.. i'll agree without thinkin twice.. and razzak isn't a regular test player.. which leaves us with mashrafe.. now.. he may hv the xperience and all that.. but he gets injured too often.. every now and then.. ppl r worried sick over whether or not he'll play.. it wud not do well for the team if they had to wait till the morning of the match to know whether their capt is playing or not.. plus then who'll be the vc?? not sakib.. too young..
and dont even put rahims name in the possible captains list.. he's still a kid..

[sbsash]

as much as i dont like ashraful and think tht he's a total fluke with a big head..thinks too much of himself.. i wudn't drop him.. not because of him.. i wud not drop him for the sake of the team.. coz u drop him.. ur next choice will be: mash, sakib or razzak.. now.. i wud no way.. no how.. no matter how good he does.. make sakib the captain at this stage.. it wud probably be the biggest mistake ever made by anyone.. he is too young.. he's doing gr8.. let him get better.. after 5 yrs.. u gimme this proposal.. i'll agree without thinkin twice.. and razzak isn't a regular test player.. which leaves us with mashrafe.. now.. he may hv the xperience and all that.. but he gets injured too often.. every now and then.. ppl r worried sick over whether or not he'll play.. it wud not do well for the team if they had to wait till the morning of the match to know whether their capt is playing or not.. plus then who'll be the vc?? not sakib.. too young..
and dont even put rahims name in the possible captains list.. he's still a kid..

I must agree with you on that.

[gunda]

I don't get it why are you ppl so afraid to drop that idiot ashraful?? it's not like if we don't have him then we will all be out zero!! c'mon have a reality check here what has he done in this tour and the last?? F/all!
theres no point glorying on past performences like england in football 1966..
look to the future not past! this guy is a fluke drop him and make razzq the captain and keep mash the vice.
razzaq is the oldest in squad so they will listen to him..logicaly its the best way to go ..
give that loser a break since you guys like him soo much that you willing to sacrifice BD cricket ..then if he proves his worth in consective good performences not just one,then think about it!
its time the players take responsiblities. this backward thinking mind won't get us far.
This is cricket players are judged by their performence not who we like watching!

[mshakir56]

Lets drop him, cause we can find somebody with a lame duck average of 20 any day and any time !

[tiger_club]

shocking innings defeat again.. if we're to improve, we need to give it a go with all the options we have.. the way BD playing at the moment, I'm pretty sure our test status in real danger.. let's think logically and find some answers.. here are few reasons why Ash should be dropped from captaincy:

- He is very selfish and doesn’t give enough credit to his team mates
- His decision making skills plays the same frustrating role as his batting
- His record as captain not just poor very worrying
- His record as batsman fails to meet international standard
- He often gets his partner run out, again very selfish
- Except the occasional fluke he has nothing which can impress the cricket loving fan

I think it’s time for a change, we need a new leader who can show us the right path.. I’m saying again – there is no harm in trying, we’re losing anyway…

[sbsash]

shocking innings defeat again.. if we're to improve, we need to give it a go with all the options we have.. the way BD playing at the moment, I'm pretty sure our test status in real danger.. let's think logically and find some answers.. here are few reasons why Ash should be dropped from captaincy:

- He is very selfish and doesn’t give enough credit to his team mates
- His decision making skills plays the same frustrating role as his batting
- His record as captain not just poor very worrying
- His record as batsman fails to meet international standard
- He often gets his partner run out, again very selfish
- Except the occasional fluke he has nothing which can impress the cricket loving fan

I think it’s time for a change, we need a new leader who can show us the right path.. I’m saying again – there is no harm in trying, we’re losing anyway…

read the qoute in the 21st post in this thread.

[cricket_king]

I don't get it why are you ppl so afraid to drop that idiot ashraful?? it's not like if we don't have him then we will all be out zero!! c'mon have a reality check here what has he done in this tour and the last?? F/all!
theres no point glorying on past performences like england in football 1966..
look to the future not past! this guy is a fluke drop him and make razzq the captain and keep mash the vice.
razzaq is the oldest in squad so they will listen to him..logicaly its the best way to go ..
give that loser a break since you guys like him soo much that you willing to sacrifice BD cricket ..then if he proves his worth in consective good performences not just one,then think about it!
its time the players take responsiblities. this backward thinking mind won't get us far.
This is cricket players are judged by their performence not who we like watching!

Mate you're out of your freaking mind. No one here in their right minds are defending Ashraful. He's consistently a stuff up. But it's not like anyone else in the team isn't a stuff up. And make Razzak captain? He doesn't even make it into the test team. In the last two tours, if you remember correctly, against New Zealand he scored that unbeaten 60 in that match-winning partnership with Junaid. If he wasn't there, I can guarantee you we would've fallen short. Against South Africa in the first ODI, he again showed that he's miles ahead of anyone in our team in terms of batting.

Another reason why he should stay is because he can shield the other players. We've pretty much managed to screw up his career by making him captain. We don't want to put any other inexperienced players in a pressure situation. Just because Razzak is the oldest in the team does in no way mean he should be captain. Your logic is flawed.

Get some common sense into you're head - without this guy's fluky performances, Bangladesh would have been long gone in test cricket. There is no future without a present. Once the younger players have learnt to cope with international cricket, some one can take Ashraful's place if need be. Until then, he's here to stay.

[tiger_club]

We're only discussing options here, no need to get serious :) I've noted down:

- Sakib too young
- Mash half fit
- Razzaq may not make it in the test 11 - any reason?

Who else - Zunaed, Mehrab, Naeem...

[jeesh]

Dont think about Shakib. Thats the last thing we and he needs.

[tonoy]

Remember there is no cure for Aids yet. Its here to stay.

[bujhee kom]

drop ash's pantaloon....

[Ajfar]

drop ash's pantaloon....

kon dhoroner pantaloon bhaijan...pantaloon el largo...ye pantaloon el corto

[bujhee kom]

kon dhoroner pantaloon bhaijan...pantaloon el largo...ye pantaloon el corto
pantaloon el corto and then take him to ramna moidan / gole chattar/ chak bazaar/ and shave his head.....

[bujhee kom]

sorry to say this but i am so tempted...
while we are all busy talking about 'dropping ash'....i bet right now, ash probably laughing at all of us while he drops his load...!

[kalpurush]

Ash might get back in form with a BANG in the upcoming series against SL. Watchout the Ash 'bashers" !!! ;)

[kalpurush]

Dont think about Shakib. Thats the last thing we and he needs.
Heres' Shakib's take on captaincy:
http://www.prothom-alo.com/mcat.news.details.php?nid=MTMwNjQ1&mid=OA==

[Ajfar]

Ash might get back in form with a BANG in the upcoming series against SL. Watchout the Ash 'bashers" !!! ;)

aieta tow bashi khobor...notun kisu na

[tiger_club]

sorry to say this but i am so tempted...
while we are all busy talking about 'dropping ash'....i bet right now, ash probably laughing at all of us while he drops his load...!

lol :)

[mishu]

we should defently drop him from captaincy but not from the team he is a good player but a really really bad captain...

[tiger_club]

we should defently drop him from captaincy but not from the team he is a good player but a really really bad captain...

I agree 100%

[karimjay.]

stick javed in the team and make him captain.

not a joke.

[cricket_king]

stick javed in the team and make him captain.

not a joke.

I dunno about captiancy, but I agree with him being in the team. Bring back Belim!

[LateCut]

FAISAL FOR CAPTAIN


Highest averages
National Cricket League, 2008/09
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Faisal was not out in all of his 13 innings. Yet he has the second best average. He has 3/100 and 3/50. That says somthing. He has been around being supposedly 30yrs old. Could be a good captain. Try him out in the final round of NCL.


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[FagunerAgun]

stick javed in the team and make him captain.

not a joke.

Instead, BCB has been ignoring him. BCB does not want first the performance of the team, first thing they want is to keep their job and show their charisma on tv and other electronic media.

We should have a new gang buster CEO soon, who will emphasize on performance and innovation.

[prynce]

All foolish bangali bai "drop ash" really amazing when read ur comment it's like that we have so so many good player that we can do that . plz sometime try watch matches more objectively we r talking about our National Bd team

[zia]

I believe its time for Ash to leave capaincy. I believe a captain should be a performer. He should be an example to the other members of the team. Look at all the Captains of other teams. They have one thing in common-PERFORMANCE. Ash was a vital force for most of our winnings. But when it is a rainy day how many times has he helped us to avoided defeat ? Rather he gave away his wickets to opponents cheaply. What impact this has on the other members? They think if the capatain is not peforming then I can get away with it. They don't feel commited. If you are performing capatain then you can question poor performance of others. If you as a captain dont perform then you will certainly lack the confidence to challenge others. This is very simple logic.

Now who will be the next one. I guess it is the Vice Captain of the team. He is the logical choice. Mash is still performing in the bowling department. He has the aggressiveness and it seems to me he is a leader. He has lots of experience too. You may disagree but this is the most logical outcome.

It makes me laugh when someone says " if Ashraful's out of the team, Bangladesh are out of the game." I wonder what the other 10 players are doing now!!<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

[bujhee kom]

i have a serious prediction for mohammad ashraful...>!
this series and the series after(i mean WI) are the last strings of chances left for him/.
if his bat fails to get runs in the 'test' matches and i don't mean like from four innings/each series
(0, 93, 3, 1)! it has to be something more like (43, 87, 78, 63) - he will be gone to history books - we will cherish him and always love him for what he was! but i have this strong psychic/clairvoyant kind of feeling that if ash stumbles in these two series the show will be over for him!
i pray for you ahsraful the magnificant chagol.

[tiger_club]

Well said ZIA, he has given enough chances to prove himself as a worthy leader.. We all should know by now that he is not a captain material.. why is it so difficult to accept this? Just get over it.. there are thousands of Ash roaming in Dhaka streets, you rather spend money on those starving children at least they won’t disappoint you..

[BANFAN]

Who will be an outright capable leader? None. On the job training is needed for all of the names uttered here. Then why to abandon someone who isalready on OJT and can only improve with time. Captaincy can't be learnt in a few months. It's almost a lifetime learning curve, specially for BD players who hardly has scope of learning at the domestic level. Moreover he isn't out of age as HB was to some extent. Ash has a long way to go, let him learn & mature with time.

[Isnaad]

we definitely need an experienced captain but unfortunately I see none in the box. So Ashraful has to stay as a captain for a while maybe.

[FagunerAgun]

Does BCB look at this type of Survey?

[shujan]

Ashraful need to be dropped from the team. I doubt BCB will drop Ashraful in fear he may join ICL. I still think BCB should drop Ashraful atleast for next series.

[shabbir]

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োশষ! োশষ কীভােব? অাশরাফઓেলর হঠকািরতায় না তৄতীয় উইেকট পড়ল! শઝীলਓানেদর উলઇাস বઓিঝেয় িদল, এেকবাের োশষ না হেলও তােদর কােছ অবশઘই এিট ‘োশেষর ੂরઔ’৷ শઝীলਓানেদর কােছ বাংলােদেশর বઘািটং মােন োয ੂধઓই অাশরাফઓল! বাংলােদেশর অার োকােনা বઘাটসমઘান োসਗઓির করেত পােরন−এটাই োতা তােদর জানা োনই৷
কালও এর বઘিতਠઙম হেলা না৷ ‘অাশরাফઓলই সব’−শઝীলਓানেদর এই িবশੴাসেক অাবারও সিতઘ পઝমািণত করার পেথই হঁাটল বাংলােদেশর ইিনংস৷ ২ উইেকেট ৯০ রােনর সંিએ੪দায়ক োੌারেবাডગ োদখেত না োদখেতই ৫ উইেকেট ১১৭! িদনেশেষ যা ৯ উইেকেট ১৭৭৷ শઝীলਓােক ২৯৩ রােন োশষ কের োদওয়ার পর িলড োনওয়াটাও োযখােন োমােটই বাড়াবািড় োকােনা সંপੱ িছল না, োসখােন উইেকেট োশষ জઓিট োরেখ বাংলােদশ এখেনা ১১৬ রােন িপিছেয়৷
শઝীলਓার িবপেਉ বাংলােদেশর োੌারেবােডગর এমন দশার অবধািরত অথગ−মઓিਡয়া মઓরািলধরন অাবারও তঁার িએপেনর ই੯দઝজাল ছিড়েয়েছন৷ এবারও তা সিতઘ৷ অাবার সিতઘও নয়৷ ৫ উইেকট িনেয় মઓরািলই মূল হੰ੪ারক৷ বাংলােদেশর িবপেਉ ১০ নਹর োটেઍট একাদশবােরর মেতা ৫ উইেকট বলেব, সিতઘ৷ সিতઘ নয় বলেবন, যঁারা োখলা োদেখেছন৷ ই੯দઝজাল-টাল বলেত যা োবাঝায়, কাল মઓরািলর োবািলং োয োমােটই োতমন িকছઓ িছল না৷ এমনিক বাংলােদশ দলও এিটেক অজઓহাত িহেসেব দঁাড় করােত পারেছ না৷
বাংলেদেশর বઘাটসমઘানেদর পઝিতভা িনেয় মઓরািলরও সংশয় োনই৷ সংবাদ সেমઅলেন যা বলেলন, তার মমગাথગ একটাই−োটઍট মઘােচ বઘািটংটা ৌতির হয় মেন, োযখােন বাংলােদেশর বઘাটসমઘানেদর চরম িবশৃ੦খলা৷ এেকবাের সিতઘ কথা, নইেল পઝথম সাত বઘাটসমઘােনর সবাই দઓ-অেਓ োপঁৗছােনার পরও সেবગা੧চ রান োকন মাਠ ৩৩ হেব?
বাংলােদশ দেলর পઝিতিনিধ হেয় সংবাদ সেমઅলেন অাসা োমহরাব োহােসন জানােলন, তঁারাও নািক এ পઝেশੱর উਡর খઓঁজেছন৷ উਡরটা অবশઘ একটઓ অােগই িদেয় োগেছন মઓরািলধরন−বােজ বেলর জনઘ অেপਉা না কের বাংলােদেশর বઘাটসমઘানরা সব বেলই মারেত চায়৷ োটেઍটর পઝথম িদন মাইেকল ভઘানডটગেক ১২৪ বেল ৪৪ বা কઓমারা সাਔাকারােক ১০১ বেল ৪৩ করেত োদেখ িশখেবন িক, বাংলােদেশর বઘাটসমઘানরা হয়েতা হাসাহািস কেরেছন, ‘এরা োতা শটই োখলেত জােন না!’
অিধনায়কেক সামেন োথেক োনতৄতં িদেত হয়৷ োমাহামઅদ অাশরাফઓলও িদেলন, তেব ভઓল পেথ যাਠায়৷ শচীন োটਫઓলকার তঁার খઓব িপઝয় বઘাটসমઘান বেল জািন৷ એੱৃিতশিਡઙও খઓব পઝখর, ২০০৪ সােলর জানઓয়ািরেত অেઍটચিলয়ার িবপেਉ িসডিন োটেઍট োটਫઓলকােরর োসই ইিনংসিট অাশরাফઓেলর মেন থাকার কথা৷ সময়টা ভােলা যাি੧ছল না বেল অফ সাইেড োকােনা ডચাইভই োখেলনিন োটਫઓলকার৷ োসিটও অপরািজত ২৪১ রােনর ইিনংেস! তা োটਫઓলকােরর োসই খারাপ সময়টা োকমন িছল? ৬ ইিনংস অােগই একিট হাফ োসਗઓির িছল, ১৩ ইিনংস অােগ োসਗઓির৷ এেতই শচীন োটਫઓলকােরর মেতা বઘাটসমઘান বড় রান করেত সব অহিমকা োঝেড় োফেল শઝিমেকর পযગােয় োনেম অাসেতও িਦধা করেলন না৷ অার অাশরাফઓল? গত বছর কলেਹায় শઝীলਓার িবপেਉ োসਗઓিরর পর ১৭িট োটઍট ইিনংেস যার সেবગা੧চ রান ৩৫, তঁার বઘািটংেয় একটઓ অনઘ রকম ভাবনা-িচੰ੪ার োকােনা ছাপই োনই! তা হেল অার িতিন িকেসর বড় বઘাটসমઘান!
অথচ কাল মਗটা ৌতিরই িছল তঁার জনઘ৷ উেਦাধনী জઓিটেত উেঠ িগেয়িছল ৪৪৷ যখন োনেমেছন, োੌারেবােডગ ২ উইেকেট ৬৮৷ এর অােগ দઓই ওেপনারেক িবি੧ছনੱ করেত মઓরািলেক োলেগেছ৷ িਦতীয় বেলই শটગ-োলেগ কઘাচ িদেত বাধઘ কেরেছন ভােলা ੂরઔর পর োসিটেক অথગহীন পઝমাণ করাটােক অভઘাস বািনেয় োফলা তািমম ইকবালেক৷
োએপশািলઍট বઘাটসমઘানেদর মেধઘ অার জઓনােয়দ িসিਣকই ੂধઓ মઓরািলর িশকার৷ ভােলাই োখলিছেলন৷ পઝায় টপ িએপনােরর রખপ োনওয়া বাড়িত বাউে੯সর বলিট বઘাকফઓেট োখলার ভઓল কের োবাੀ হেলন অਧઓতভােব৷
এরপর ষੋ উইেকেট োমহরাব ও সািকেবর জઓিটিটই যা একটઓ ভাবনায় োফলেত োপেরেছ মােহলা জয়াবধગেনেক৷ মઓরািল-রহসઘ উেੰੱাচন কের োফলার পઝমাণ িছল দઓজেনরই বઘােট৷ এিট বলা হে੧ছ সামিগઝক বઘািটং োদেখ, ੂধઓ মઓরািলেক ছਆা োমেরেছন বেল নয়৷ অথচ এই জઓিটর એઐািয়তંও োতা মাਠ ২৬ িমিনট৷ অাবারও োসই পઓেরােনা কথাই, োটઍট িਠઙেকেটর দািব োতা এমন একটઓ-অাধটઓ ঝলক নয়৷ এখােন চাই সময় িনએ੪রਔ হেয় থাকেলও তােত ਸખেਉপ না কের োসিটেক বেয় োযেত োদওয়া৷
সািকেবর সেਔ এই জઓিটটা ষੋ উইেকেট হেলা োকন, এটাও একটা পઝশੱ৷ বাংলােদেশর সফলতম োটઍট অিধনায়ক হািববઓল বাশারও োয পઝেশੱর উਡর খઓঁেজ পাে੧ছন না৷ তঁার অিধনায়কেতંই সািকেবর অাੰ੪জગািতক অিভেষক৷ সামথગઘ সઃপেকગও পিরઊকার ধারণা অােছ বেলই সািকবেক ৭ নਹের পাঠােনাটােক তঁার বઘািটং পઝিতভার অপচয় বেলই মেন হে੧ছ হািববઓেলর কােছ৷ ‘োবািলংেয় ও সাফলઘ পাে੧ছ, িঠক অােছ৷ িকੰ੫ অামার োচােখ সািকব এখেনা বઘািটং অলরাউਫার৷ ওর অােগ যারা বઘািটং কের, ওেদর অেনেকর োচেয়ই ও ভােলা বઘাটসমઘান’−োটিলে� �ােন যখন এ কথা বলেছন, তখনই ২৬ রােন অাউট সািকব! তার পরও হািববઓল িনেজর িবশੴােস অনড়, ‘ওপের োখলেল হয়েতা অাউট হেতা না৷ অািম বઘাটসমઘান৷ অািম বઓিঝ, ওপের বઘাট করা অার সাত নਹের বઘাট করায় কত পাথગকઘ!’
সািকবেক এত পের পাঠােনার ੂরઔটা হেয়েছ তঁােক োએপশািলઍট িએপনার বেল োঘাষণা করার পর৷ োসই োએপশািলઍট িએপনােরর কাজটা িতিন োযভােব কের যাে੧ছন, এক কথায় োসিটেক বলা যায়−সંপੱযাਠা! এই োটেઍটও তঁােক িঘেরই বাংলােদেশর োবািলংেয়র সব অােলা৷ অােগর িদেনর ৩ উইেকেটর সেਔ কাল অারও ২িট োযাগ কের ৭০ রােন ৫ উইেকট৷ টানা তৄতীয় ইিনংেস ৫ বা এর োবিশ উইেকট! বাংলােদেশর োটઍট ইিতহােস অার একজেনরই িছল এই কৄিততં৷ অােরক বঁাহািত িએপনার এনামઓল হক জઓিনয়েরর োসই কীিতગ িজਹাবઓেয়র িবপেਉ বেল সািকবেক এিগেয় রাখেত ফেটািফিনশও লাগেছ না৷
সািকেবর কলઘােণই বাংলােদেশর িবপেਉ পઝথম িতন শ রােনর িনেচ অলঅাউট শઝীলਓা৷ ২৩ রােন োশষ ৪ উইেকট হািরেয় োফলার অােগ অবশઘ সােড় িতন শ’ও অস਼ব বেল মেন হি੧ছল না৷ সামারাবীরা ও ভাস োয গলার কঁাটা হেয় দঁািড়েয়িছেলন! সਮম উইেকেট ৯৯ রােনর জઓিট, িਦতীয় নতઓন বল হােত োপেয় োসিট োভেঙেছন মাশরািফ৷ সকােল ২২ ওভােররও োবিশ োখলা হেয় যাওয়ার পর যঁার হােত পઝথম বল োদওয়ার যઓিਡઙটা অাশরাফઓল ছাড়া অার োকউ জােনন বেল মেন হয় না৷
নতઓন বল ছাড়া বল করেত মাশরািফর অাপিਡ োথেক থাকেল অবশઘ িভনੱ কথা!

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Everyone here plays cricket from the boundary line, captaincy is not an easy job a captain learns overnight. Is there anyone else in the BD team who can fill Ash's shoes? He is still a better captain than Bashar and he is only 24. Many more experienced captains have gone through lean patches, but do their board just dump them? If Ash steps down, who can fill his shoes at the moment. MASH is too erratic and temperamental, Sakib and Mushy are too young. Pls give Ash a break, he has improved his captaincy.