The Shohag Gazi Thread

[deshimon]

He keeps best bowling figures at debut in both Test and ODI among Bangladeshi players. I hope he can make it in T20I debut as well.

[Gowza]

he's a terrific find for BD, glad he was brought in when he was, he makes the BD spin attack very very strong.

[Saifulsohel]

http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/news/312585

[NoName]

He fits the description of an 'all-rounder' nicely, unlike Sunny who I kept hearing was an all-rounder but looked as if he couldn't hold a bat properly.

[Rifat]

He is my Rookie of the year.

[BengaliPagol]

I think he could even bat at #7 for us. Very handy with the bat.

[oronnya]

Originally Posted by Saifulsohel
http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/news/312585

 গেইল বা অন্যরা আপনাকে স্লেজিং করেনি বা কথা শোনায়নি?
সোহাগ: নাহ্, আমিও কোনো কথা বলিনি। তবে তামিম ভাইকে গেইল অনেক স্লেজিং করত। তামিম ভাইও আবার গেইলকে বলতেন, ‘ওই যে সোহাগ আসছে।’ আর গেইল শুধু আমার দিকে তাকিয়ে হাসত, আমিও হাসতাম। পরে তো স্ট্রাইকও নিতে চায়নি আমার বলে। এটাও বড় একটা প্রাপ্তি।"



 মাঠের বাইরের সোহাগ কেমন?
সোহাগ: আমি অনেক মজা করতে ভালোবাসি। বাংলাদেশের ড্রেসিং রুম এ জন্যই আমার খুব ভালো লেগেছে। মাশরাফি ভাই, মুশফিক ভাইয়েরা কিন্তু ড্রেসিং রুমে অনেক মজা করেন। মাঠে নামলে আবার সবাই অন্যরকম। অনেক জেদ, অনেক আবেগ। আমার তো বাংলাদেশের জার্সি পরলেই মনে হয় সত্যিকারের টাইগার হয়ে গেছি।

[moneymoney]

Originally Posted by BengaliPagol
I think he could even bat at #7 for us. Very handy with the bat.

Lets change his name to 'Sohwag' Gazi and promote him to number 1 to open.

(those who don't like this idea - lets check this thread after two years)

[MohammedC]

সোহাগ গাজী
প্রথম পাঁচ

ক্রিকেট খেলে আয়

খুলনায় থাকার সময় খ্যাপ খেলে ৫০ টাকা পেয়েছিলাম। অনেক ছোট ছিলাম তখন। ৫০ টাকা পেয়েই দারুণ লাগত! আস্তে আস্তে ৩০০, ৫০০ টাকা পেতে লাগলাম। প্রথম বিভাগে প্রথম খেলে পেয়েছিলাম ২০ হাজার টাকা।

দেখা পাওয়া ক্রিকেট-আদর্শ

খুলনায় আমরা যেখানে থাকতাম, একটু দূরেই থাকতেন মঞ্জু ভাই (সাবেক বাঁহাতি পেসার মঞ্জুরুল ইসলাম)। মনে আছে, বাড়ির বাউন্ডারির দেয়ালের ওপর উঠে দেখেছিলাম মঞ্জু ভাইকে।

ক্রিকেট-জুতা

বাবা কিনে দিয়েছিলেন অনূর্ধ্ব-১৩ ক্রিকেটে খেলার সময়। ব্যাট, বল, প্যাডসহ সবকিছুই কিনে দিয়েছিলেন সেবার।

অটোগ্রাফ

দিয়েছি অনূর্ধ্ব-১৯ খেলার সময়। নিয়েছি গত বিপিএলে বরিশাল বার্নার্সে খেলার সময়। ক্রিস গেইলের অটোগ্রাফ নিয়েছিলাম ব্যাটে। এবার গেইলের অবশ্য এটা মনে ছিল না, তবে এখন নিশ্চয়ই আমাকে ভুলবে না!

স্লেজিংয়ের শিকার

অনূর্ধ্ব-১৫ জাতীয় ক্রিকেট খেলার সময়। তখন টেপটেনিসেই বেশ খেলতাম। প্রতিপক্ষের দু-একজন সেটা জানত। বলেছিল, টেপটেনিসের প্লেয়ার, ক্রিকেট-বলে পাত্তা পাবে না।
সাক্ষাৎকার নিয়েছেন আরিফুল ইসলাম

http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/da...25/news/315279

[Ajfar]

Who asks players about what they earned for the first time? How is that even a professional question? Only in Bangladesh.

[MohammedC]

Originally Posted by Ajfar
Who asks players about what they earned for the first time? How is that even a professional question? Only in Bangladesh.

Its quite common in our country. People dont hesitate to ask question like "Whats your salary? "

I was once like that when I first moved back from Bangladesh in my teen years. Feel weird about myself thinking of those days.

[deshimon]

Originally Posted by MohammedC
Its quite common in our country. People dont hesitate to ask question like "Whats your salary? ".

They don't hesitate. They are curious to ask about salary. Normally their first question is about your work and second is salary. Then you will hesitate to answer but they are not.

[Fazal]

Some people (away from BD) stop asking directly about salary, their question is kind of indirect but the their intention remains same......

Apni kpthaye achen ? (manney apni kothey kaj kren)
Apni ki koren? (maney apner profession ki)
Apni apartment-e thaken naki single family bashaye thaken?
Apni ki bhara thaken naki nejer bashaye thaken?

They try to assess a new person before deciding if they will invite them or not.

[mufi_02]

its been a quiet series for him. He is bowling very flat. He should flight the ball more like he did against WI.

[Habib]

Originally Posted by mufi_02
its been a quiet series for him. He is bowling very flat. He should flight the ball more like he did against WI.

Is it the influence of BPL I wonder.

[SS]

Originally Posted by mufi_02
its been a quiet series for him. He is bowling very flat. He should flight the ball more like he did against WI.

hmm interesting...Saqlain chacha re jokon dorker thokon ar nai...ke jane hope he can give more flights tomorrow...but I am worried he wont have enough to defend

[Rabz]

With no other bowlers to give him decent support, this has been a tough series for Gazi despite being the highest wicket taker for Bangladesh so far. With Shakib, Enamul jnr or even Razzak bowling at other end, they could be bowled to a good plan and squeezed the juice out of this young and inexperienced Lankan batting order in the 2nd test. Now all they had to do is to negotiate him well enough in one end and milk runs at the other.

Inshallah, if our batsmen can set a target of around 250-300 runs for the Lankans to chase, I still believe he would be a destructive force on the 5th day pitch.

[BANFAN]

He really needed a good pressure from the other side....if the opponents can score freely from others, why would they take any risk in his bowling... We are making life difficult for him...

[shakibrulz]

Shakib could've made a whole lot of difference to his bowling figures, I feel. Can't blame him for his average performance this series.

Hopefully he doesn't throw it away tomorrow when he comes into bat too.

[ms01]

Missing Razzak! we could have easily bundled SL with both spinners bowling!

[mufi_02]

Originally Posted by Habib
Is it the influence of BPL I wonder.

i think so. in the 1st innings he bowled very flat. even the wickets of herath and kula were like that.

[Roey Haque]

Originally Posted by shakibrulz
Can't blame him for his average performance this series.

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He wasn't average in my opinion. In terms of quality, you can see that he has the respect from the Sri lankan batsmen. Every time he starts his spell, he gives you the hope of a wicket. Fantastic find for the team.

If you want to blame someone, blame Abul who doesn't bowl with enough responsibility and seems very non-threatening. Or Robiul who better be more disciplined than what he has shown so far.

[shakibrulz]

Originally Posted by Roey Haque
He wasn't average in my opinion. In terms of quality, you can see that he has the respect from the Sri lankan batsmen. Every time he starts his spell, he gives you the hope of a wicket. Fantastic find for the team.

If you want to blame someone, blame Abul who doesn't bowl with enough responsibility and seems very non-threatening. Or Robiul who better be more disciplined than what he has shown so far.

Nah, was a bit off radar for a bowler of his quality. And I do rate him highly, he's an excellent find for Bangladesh. I have my reservations about Sunny despite him getting off to a better start, but Gazi is quality and adds more value to an otherwise one dimensional attack.

Abul, well I've said everything of him that I could, lets keep him out of this thread

[shakibrulz]

That said, I do believe he can be much better than the slogger he thinks himself to be in all formats. Looks really good when he's out there, perhaps he can stop holing out and trust his own ability with the bat?

[WindieFan]

He was a little found out against SL imo, yes he might not have the greatest of bowlers around him but top class players make things happen regardless of who they have as support, Richard Hadlee was a one man army for years, and even your own Shakib has carried your attack on his own and performed, so that excuse doesn't wash with me.

I just think when he debuted against us he was a mystery to our batsmen, and when you don't know about someone you tend to take more risks than you should, case in point being Gayle hitting him for six first ball, but after our series the SL batsmen would have studied him and knew what to expect, hence he was ineffective.

He's got a lot to learn though and can still come good, the best spinners today were late bloomers i.e Swann, Ajmal and Hereth. Narine is in the same boat, he had a good series vs NZ and didn't do so well against you guys, it's all about how they bounce back now.