fwullah
February 12, 2005, 11:59 PM
hi!!Why do u think that opee is a perfect opener?For his century?Why Biddyut is his perfect partner? Dont u think Biddyut is a perfect opener?Did u see his batting against Pakis 1999wc. His 95 against Zimbabwe. 47 and 45 against Wi when Ambrose and wales use to play for Wi.He played against great bolwer like wasim,waqar,ambrose,wales but opee has a good score against Zim and Wi.People remember opee only for his century,media publicity.He has a good Odi avg but he is always unpredictable.He is also a good opener.
I used to think of Opee a perfect opener - obviously for his ODI century. That is why I supported Opee's inclusion in the team during the SA home series 2003. I used to think Bidyut as his perfect partner because of their 'running between the wickets' together - because of their understanding between each other.
At the time when players like Al Shahriar, Javed Omar, Hannan Sarkar were failing, both Opee and Bidyut were the 'ideal' players that we could think of.
If u think abt Biddyut,he did not get any media publicity but he was not afraid when he used to play against great bowler.His tecnique,style everything is like a perfect opener.He is not playing because Faruq ahmed doesn't like him.Injury is not any reason.He was in form but he did not get chance in Dhaka division.
Bidyut did not get as much media publicity, but still, he is (EVEN NOW) our best batsman against Kenya - a team that we were supposed to beat on every occassion. Even now I reckon that if we had 5 Bidyuts in our side when we played against Kenya, we could have easily beaten Kenya most of the times. And don't tell me that losses to Kenya didn't mean anything to us - it was much more painful - kinda like the loss to Canada. And Bidyut was the only player who stood out - ahead of Akram, Bulbul, Nannu, Atahar.
But as I pointed out in another thread regarding Shanto, like Shanto, Bidyut has his shortcomings. I am not trying to defend Faruque's selection decisions, only saying that my dreams regarding Bidyut was shattered when I saw Bidyut - after 4 years' time against Zimbabwe at the International stage. You could say that 'he broke my heart' with his poor batting technique. A specialist opener should not have such a poor technique - not when we want to win or to be competitive against the likes of England or Australia respectively.
However, its not Bidyut's fault that he has a poor technique. When he was playing for Bangladesh during '98, '99 - there was no need for batting technique. Now Bangladesh have come a long way since those times. Things like proper techniques mean a lot in these days. At this particular moment, I don't remember exactly what was wrong with Bidyut, but as far as I can remember, he's very weak outside the off stump. He always fishes at outside the off stump balls. Among the recent players, Monjurul Islam Rana has this major weakness.
Edited on, February 13, 2005, 5:01 AM GMT, by fwullah.
Reason: Addition
I used to think of Opee a perfect opener - obviously for his ODI century. That is why I supported Opee's inclusion in the team during the SA home series 2003. I used to think Bidyut as his perfect partner because of their 'running between the wickets' together - because of their understanding between each other.
At the time when players like Al Shahriar, Javed Omar, Hannan Sarkar were failing, both Opee and Bidyut were the 'ideal' players that we could think of.
If u think abt Biddyut,he did not get any media publicity but he was not afraid when he used to play against great bowler.His tecnique,style everything is like a perfect opener.He is not playing because Faruq ahmed doesn't like him.Injury is not any reason.He was in form but he did not get chance in Dhaka division.
Bidyut did not get as much media publicity, but still, he is (EVEN NOW) our best batsman against Kenya - a team that we were supposed to beat on every occassion. Even now I reckon that if we had 5 Bidyuts in our side when we played against Kenya, we could have easily beaten Kenya most of the times. And don't tell me that losses to Kenya didn't mean anything to us - it was much more painful - kinda like the loss to Canada. And Bidyut was the only player who stood out - ahead of Akram, Bulbul, Nannu, Atahar.
But as I pointed out in another thread regarding Shanto, like Shanto, Bidyut has his shortcomings. I am not trying to defend Faruque's selection decisions, only saying that my dreams regarding Bidyut was shattered when I saw Bidyut - after 4 years' time against Zimbabwe at the International stage. You could say that 'he broke my heart' with his poor batting technique. A specialist opener should not have such a poor technique - not when we want to win or to be competitive against the likes of England or Australia respectively.
However, its not Bidyut's fault that he has a poor technique. When he was playing for Bangladesh during '98, '99 - there was no need for batting technique. Now Bangladesh have come a long way since those times. Things like proper techniques mean a lot in these days. At this particular moment, I don't remember exactly what was wrong with Bidyut, but as far as I can remember, he's very weak outside the off stump. He always fishes at outside the off stump balls. Among the recent players, Monjurul Islam Rana has this major weakness.
Edited on, February 13, 2005, 5:01 AM GMT, by fwullah.
Reason: Addition