Whither Bangladesh cricket?
I am writing this with a heavy heart (a feeling shared by 150 million unfortunate people minus 11-14 cricketers and the cricket board, selectors etc). In a good article Mr. Imam writes, "What went wrong with Bangladesh cricket?" I just want to make a small correction- "What went right with Bangladesh cricket?"
Tell me honestly, to score 143 runs or so, do you need million dollar coaches, physios, all the officials and the cricketers who appear to be getting fatter every day, thanks to the tremendous money the system is spinning out. At least can't we make their salaries contingent upon performance ? As an ardent follower of the game, I feel that the standard of our cricket hasn't moved forward even an inch and it is exactly where it was in the 70s when the team was scoring and playing like this. I think time has come to take stock of the situation and be more practical. Either stop cricket completely for a few years or send these jokers to a camp for 2/3 years. Then only something worthwhile might come out. The way our batsmen throw away their wickets, even I, at this prime age, feel tempted to try my hand at a game or two for Bangladesh.
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