Editorial
Congrats to our national cricket team
Build on this success
The whole country was caught in a state of euphoria on Friday night when the Bangladesh cricket team clinched a five-wicket spectacular win over India. Beating the world as well as the Asia Cup champions, that too, by chasing a formidable target of 290 was indeed a feat that should bolster the morale of our young side. We felicitate all members of the national team, Bangladesh Cricket Board and the coach who made the victory possible.
Previous track records in the ODIs speak of the occasional feats of the tigers in humbling cricketing giants such as Australia, Pakistan, England and India in other encounters. But for the most part, their performance records have been highly inconsistent as they often dropped off from the sublime to the ridicule. Even in the current series, it's a pity that they lost to Pakistan by 21 runs although they had the game well into their grip.
Does this inconsistency not point to some basic problems that the Bangladesh cricket organizers are saddled with? Does it not imply a flaw related to the players' sustained training through exposure to first class cricket competitions within the country? Although some are attributing Friday's success to the recently concluded BPL which brought together a number of high performing cricketers, we believe that with proper training and motivation our national team can live up to the expectation of the cricketing world. We would stress that more and more high profile cricketing competitions be arranged within the country. We think with proper talent hunting we can bring to training camps a number of young aspirants for competitive cricket.
Let us make winning, not losing, into a habit.
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