Bangladesh cricket team

18 October 2007, 18:00 PM

Faria Hossain, Banani, Dhaka

We have been playing cricket for the last forty years or so, Test cricket for around ten years. It is quite natural that once in a while we would win a match. Whenever we win a match, the media blows it out of proportion and start using words like Greatest Hero, Mahanayak etc. I think this kind of euphoria spoils the boys. And again when we lose (which is the normal regular thing we do), we say we are learning, I think we should put a stop to this kind of exuberance and excuses. Encourage the boys, but don't spoil them. They lose their head and think themselves as 'Ami ki Honourey'. And for God's sake, do not humiliate the noble animal by calling them Tigers. Just refer to them as Bangladesh cricket team.