After beating the Kiwis quite convincingly in the home series, Bangladesh is emerging as a team which can give a tough time to any opposition in the world. And there is quite a visible process of improvement in the standard of cricket in Bangladesh.
After the retirement of their former captain Habibul Bashar, Bangladesh has started to rely on the young blood, which has worked quite well for them.
Initially, Muhammad Ashraful was thought as a player who could lead the national team for a long period of time but Ashraful was not able to perform consistently with the bat because of the additional pressure of captaincy on his shoulders. That made the
selectors to try their hand at Mashrafe Murtaza but he also had some fitness issues which caused the vice-captain Shakib ul Hassan to take up the leadership of the national team. Mashrafe Murtaza’s injury was probably a blessing in disguise for Bangladesh
because now they look much more settled under Shakib than ever.
Shakib not only has good leadership skills, in fact he leads the team from the front and is without doubt the best player in the current Bangladesh team. He is definitely emerging as one of the best all-rounders of the world through some match-winning performances
with both bat and ball.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamim-Iqbal-c2640 has matured with age and is now a prolific opening batsman who has scored runs against all the oppositions in the world and in different conditions. He has also found an able partner in shape of Imrul Kayes. With Junaid Siddiquie, Muhammad Ashraful
and the skipper Shakib ul Hassan, Bangladesh’s middle-order seems to be in good shape and with a bunch of talented youngsters waiting in the wings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahmudullah-c1877 gives a very nice balance to the team with his handy
off-spinners and hard-hitting abilities with the bat. He along with the left arm spinner Abdul Razzak gives a very good support to Shakib in the spin bowling department. The trio does a fantastic job in the middle-overs and has been influential in the recent
Bangladeshi victories. Spin bowling department is one of the strengths of Bangladesh cricket.
Fast bowling is led by the former captain Mashrafe Murtaza who can also use the long handle in the slog overs. Recently Shafi ul Islam and Shahadat Hussain have been giving him good support. Physically, Bangladeshis might not be that strong but they have
been producing good medium pacers who are competitive at the international level.
The best part of this emerging Bangladesh team is that all of them are young and if they can maintain the fitness level which is required at the international level, they can serve their country for a long period of time and it is only going to improve the
standard of cricket in Bangladesh. The need of the hour for BCB is to have a strong management and persist with the current pool of players they have even if they do not win any major cricketing event in near future.
Considering the sort of talent Bangladesh has showcased in the last couple of years, If BCB works in the right direction with patience, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 is definitely going to emerge as a strong cricketing power in the years to come.
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