rana is nominated among the ICC emerging player of the year award

[guy_zin]

there's a good news after the gloomy day after.
manjar Rana is nominated along the likes of Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell for this years best emerging player.

though, he doesn't have any chance at all versus KP or IB,this ugly (among the mega star full-baboo's) but a real fighter brings the very mention of Bangladesh for a positive & bright (which is very rare like bd is competing a test for 3 or 4 days) cause.

ICC player of the year nomination annnounced

Edited on, September 14, 2005, 12:25 PM GMT, by guy_zin.

[pagol-chagol]

Is this a cruel joke?

[Tigers_eye]

Originally posted by pagol-chagol
Is this a cruel joke?

Nope. This is pointing to our selectors that "you are all rubish. You select players who have potential not who performs."

[Spitfire_x86]

Originally posted by pagol-chagol
Is this a cruel joke?

Yes, it is.

Unfortunately, this is going to stir up Rana fans. Just when I though I could quit Rana bashing, since he's now officially considered as Chacha's replacement and not going to be in the test XI easily

[Ahmed_B]

BTW... Ashraful was mentioned among emerging players of the year by BBC last year.

[Fazal]

Originally posted by Ahmed_B
BTW... Ashraful was mentioned among emerging players of the year by BBC last year.

Hmmm.... that not a good sign for Rana.

[cricfanz]

Joke of the century...lolz..

[fchud84]

Manjural is a good young player, and is just as the award states....EMERGING player. We should be proud and happy for him, and also open mindedly think well if the world are considering a Bengali....MAnjural in this category, he must be doing sumthing right, and why does he not get into our teams...only if there is an injury.

[BanglaCool]

ugly?

[Zobair]

Good on Rana! I hope this spurs him on to really work on his game, and go from strength to strength. Best of luck! Make us proud.

[loyalfan]

this he joke of the year....they are trying to have a laugh man....hahahahahahhaha heheheehhehe hohohoho

[howzatt!]

congrats rana.

[RazabQ]

From http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4245426.stm

Emerging player of the year nominees:
Kevin Pietersen (England)
Ian Bell (England)
Gautam Gambhir (India)
Dinesh Karthik (India)
Manjural Islam Rana (Bangladesh)
AB de Villiers (South Africa)

The awards cover the period 1 August 2004 to 31 July 2005. The winners will be chosen by a 50-member awards academy, including current international captains, umpires, ICC match referees, past cricketing legends and the cricket media.

[tanvir_nus]

Here is Manjarul Islam Rana for you. The most underrated player and left on the benches or being a super sub and not getting a test place but look the ICC recognizes his talent and they are wrong at all. He is the most consistent performer for Bangladesh and he is a damn good allrounder. Looking at his stat, what impressed me most was his ODI econ. rate the most important as a bowler, which is even better than our supposedly best bowler Mortaza (5.07) while Rana has a econ rate of 4.1. And been the man of the match in atleast 2 occasions if I remember correctly!

I see many members with player A and player B, but I am angry and disgusted of the selectors and the management. And yes the coach to an extent! This is guy is in the list with another Bangladeshi guy, Aftab, and Kevin Pieterson.

I hope this will make one and all understand his potential as a true performer and solidy his position more in the team.



Batting
Tests 6 11 1 257 69 25.69 692 37.13 0 1 30 1 3 0
ODIs 23 20 5 308 63 20.53 636 48.42 0 1 19 1 5 0

Bowling
Tests 6 749 401 5 3/84 3/84 80.20 3.21 149.80 0 0 0
ODIs 23 960 655 23 4/34 4/34 28.47 4.09 41.73 2 0 0

http://thedailystar.net/2005/09/15/d50915040227.htm
http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc-media...ry/219271.html

[Mahmood]

As it was mentioned many times before, his bowling is not suitable for tests. Look at his test average of 80.20.

However, his batting is really considerable and probably better than most of our top order, he can come in to give us solid 25 or so. Question is, is regular 25 better than once in a moon 150+?

[Beamer]

Not only its cruel, but its sad. This is a mockery. But, good for him..

[Rubu]

good to know i'm not the only one who thinks rana is not crap

[Spitfire_x86]

However, his batting is really considerable and probably better than most of our top order, he can come in to give us solid 25 or so. Question is, is regular 25 better than once in a moon 150+?

I would take the century scorer. The century scorer sometimes may look bad compared to the 25 scorer, because if the century scorer 25 then we think he's underperforming.

[Mahir]

Originally posted by Spitfire_x86

Yes, it is.
Unfortunately, this is going to stir up Rana fans.

This is neither a joke, nor an attempt of ICC to dig out anything positive possible from Bangladesh. This is true recognition to a player who works as hard as anybody and have performed more often than not when called upon.

I am not a member of any so-called Rana fan club, and yes there could have a better nominee from Bangladesh in this category, but Rana's nomination is fully deserved.

[guy_zin]

Originally posted by BanglaCool
ugly?

don't take that literally..bro.. if rana is ugly then almost all the bangladesies including me are same too..we just had an earlier discussion somewhere else in this board about that ugly but 100%percent dedicated cricketer.

we need more of our so-called ugly brothers then sexiest/handsome kopalies who can carry on our flag with sheer dedication.

[Hasib]

Ok ...this is the way i see it...

when ever a Bangladeshi isnt nominated or selected for anything... its unfair

when ever a Bangladeshi is nominated....its a joke...

Anyway.... Rana definatly is an emerging player and the nomination is fully deserved.

[6alltheway]

well done and good for him, at least he put bangldesh alongside side england, india and south africa which at least is credible. he wont win but it wont do him or BD any harm....