Nafees wants Shahriar Nafees

TheWatcher · #1 July 14, 2005, 02:09 PM

Excerpt from New Age

Considering the time as a bad patch, Nafees now wants to recover his form sooner before the Sri Lanka tour. Meanwhile, the right-handed opener has a huge opportunity to shine with his bat when he will again tour England with Bangladesh A team.

'Definitely my one-day place is not secured after the disappointing series. It is natural to be excluded when I am failing to score runs and the other openers are in good forms,' said Nafees to New Age on Thursday.

'I think I have been going through a bad patch and I want to recover as soon as possible. I am working hard to improve and regain my form.

'I watched my videos and discovered that I had some technical faults.

�I opened my bat too much without any reason and threw away my wickets when I was set,' added Nafees Iqbal.

Nafees said he considers himself lucky having a place in the A team to overcome his bad form. When asked about the newcomer and his A team captain Shahraer Nafees, Iqbal was very excited.

'He is a very talented player and can play some nice shots. We played together for a long time for the under-17 team and I have a very good understanding with him. It would be nice to bat with him.

'He is a good friend of mine and a relative. I would like to open with him in any team,' added Nafees.

The national selectors are also interested to set a regular left and right-hand opening combination. And the two batsmen will surely give the best possible option to the national selectors for the opening-slot solutions.

Edited on, July 14, 2005, 7:13 PM GMT, by TheWatcher.

bd_cricket · #2 July 14, 2005, 02:16 PM

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'He is a good friend of mine and a relative. I would like to open with him in any team,' added Nafees.

So they are relatives. Which means Nafees Iqbal is also a relative of Faruk - since Faruk and Shahriar are cousins.

Umar · #3 July 14, 2005, 02:20 PM

And with Akram Khan

TheWatcher · #4 July 14, 2005, 02:25 PM

I believe Akram Khan and Faruque Ahmed are brother-in-laws (vaira bhai).

Edited on, July 14, 2005, 7:25 PM GMT, by TheWatcher.

pagol-chagol · #5 July 14, 2005, 03:09 PM

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Originally posted by TheWatcher
I believe Akram Khan and Faruque Ahmed are brother-in-laws (vaira bhai).

Edited on, July 14, 2005, 7:25 PM GMT, by TheWatcher.

Thant means Shahriar is Nafis's Chachi's Dulabhai's Cousin. That means we can start calling them Chacha-Bhatija combo.

milton_eng · #6 July 14, 2005, 03:32 PM

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Originally posted by pagol-chagol

Thant means Shahriar is Nafis's Chachi's Dulabhai's Cousin. That means we can start calling them Chacha-Bhatija combo.

Nice one ...

Fazal · #7 July 14, 2005, 04:01 PM

But what about gullu?

For Test, he is still in the equation. Don't discount him so quickly. The two Nafis will fight with each other for one spot in Test. Actually it will be Chacha-Bhatijar Lorai.

bd_cricket · #8 July 14, 2005, 04:18 PM

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Originally posted by pagol-chagol

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Originally posted by TheWatcher
I believe Akram Khan and Faruque Ahmed are brother-in-laws (vaira bhai).

Edited on, July 14, 2005, 7:25 PM GMT, by TheWatcher.

Thant means Shahriar is Nafis's Chachi's Dulabhai's Cousin. That means we can start calling them Chacha-Bhatija combo.

I think that relationship is called Mama-Bhagina instead of Chacha-Bhatija. Shahriar is Mama and Iqbal is Bhagina.

Mahir · #9 July 14, 2005, 04:21 PM

oh god! was this topic opened to dig out the extensive family tree of the two Nafees ? Hello...we need a few cultural anthropologists to verify the hypothesis of these members! :P

On to the topic... having a righty-lefty combination brings a totally new dimension to any partnership. If its the case in opening, then its even more welcome. I cant think of any righty-lefty opening combination of BD that worked (ofcourse excluding Rafique's cameos here and there).

bd_cricket · #10 July 14, 2005, 04:43 PM

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I cant think of any righty-lefty opening combination of BD that worked (ofcourse excluding Rafique's cameos here and there).

What were the righty-lefty opening combo we had other than Rafiq's presence?

Rubu · #11 July 14, 2005, 05:00 PM

We opened with rana twice. he failed once and other time had the longest opening partnership (or is the the 2nd longest?). eitherway, u can't tell any of the other 2 left-right combo was failure.

but none of them are pure left handed. if u look at the stat, abir is the 2nd pure left handed batsman to play for the national team. first was faisal.

r56hg · #12 July 14, 2005, 07:55 PM

Are Faruk and Razin saleh relatives?

Mahir · #13 July 14, 2005, 09:14 PM

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Originally posted by Rubu
We opened with rana twice. he failed once and other time had the longest opening partnership (or is the the 2nd longest?).

The best opening partnership you mean ? Biddyut and Opee did it...against Zimbabwe, in Meril Tournament of 1998. I am too lazy to dig up the scorecard, but I think it was 178 runs, when Opee got out.

Mahir · #14 July 14, 2005, 09:16 PM

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Originally posted by bd_cricket

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I cant think of any righty-lefty opening combination of BD that worked (ofcourse excluding Rafique's cameos here and there).

What were the righty-lefty opening combo we had other than Rafiq's presence?

I meant to say that BD never had a righty-lefty opening partnership with two players who are natural openers. So if I misphrased it.

sadi · #15 July 14, 2005, 09:39 PM

shahriar nafees is quite good i must say... the way he plays... somewhere he reminds me of ganguly... his drive is kinda like him... he has a long way to go though... and nafis has to work really hard to get back to the opening position........ for now i rather see shahriar with gulllu

Beamer · #16 July 14, 2005, 10:23 PM

I am glad Nafis has taken note of his technical faults and willing to rectify it. Its never too late at his age. Someone should have fixed it earlier for him. The shuffling in is a bad habit that he has and he has to change it if he wants to be successful. He might get away with it against slow medium pacers or spinners. But a quality fast bowler or a seamer will trouble him always. Caught behinds and lbws will be his common mode of dismissals unless he changes his style.

Sorry · #17 July 15, 2005, 05:10 AM

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Originally posted by bd_cricket

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Originally posted by pagol-chagol

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Originally posted by TheWatcher
I believe Akram Khan and Faruque Ahmed are brother-in-laws (vaira bhai).

Edited on, July 14, 2005, 7:25 PM GMT, by TheWatcher.

Thant means Shahriar is Nafis's Chachi's Dulabhai's Cousin. That means we can start calling them Chacha-Bhatija combo.

I think that relationship is called Mama-Bhagina instead of Chacha-Bhatija. Shahriar is Mama and Iqbal is Bhagina.

even if not, i would still agree with your suggestion since mama-bhagina is a long lasting relationship than chacha-bhatija in our family culture.
we need a long partnership here....

akabir77 · #18 July 15, 2005, 09:01 AM

Please correct the name on the top Its Nafis wants Nafees.. First one spells with one I. I am not trying to correct the spelling or something its just the way he writes his name and also will be less confusing

Fortuner · #19 July 15, 2005, 03:20 PM

hey

akabir77

u r write dude...actually its nafis iqbal but dont know why now even officially it became nafees iqbal...

salin · #20 July 16, 2005, 01:56 AM

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Originally posted by r56hg
Are Faruk and Razin saleh relatives?

sensitive question....

Spitfire_x86 · #21 July 16, 2005, 02:34 AM

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Originally posted by r56hg
Are Faruk and Razin saleh relatives?

No, Rajin is his city club buddy.