Our domestic leagues have improved by miles. Players like Imran Farhat and Faisal Iqbal used to top the charts with their eyes closed 4-5 years ago but now our teams send them back home early due to unsatisfactory performances. The success of Riyad in Test cricket after his success in the NCL shows that the link between good performance in NCL and success in International cricket has strengthened. I am not saying if a player dominates NCL he will be successful in International cricket but that you can't be successful if your NCL record sucks. That's why I believe there is no hope for Ashraful and Aftab in Test cricket. Basically what I'm saying is the NCL is a much better indicator of a player's development than it used to be when NCL performances were shrugged off as meaningless. But there is still huge room for improvement.
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