Raja shared his views on the state of BPL, Bangladesh cricket, and more, in an interview with The Daily Star.
'I have the desire to represent Bangladesh across all three formats as I don’t want to confine myself to a particular format'
The 22-year-old left-arm pacer spoke about his game among other things with Mazhar Uddin of The Daily Star during an interview.
Shoriful is leading the wicket-takers list in this year’s BPL, having taken 22 wickets in 12 matches at an average of just 15.86.
Jaker Ali Anik came to the fore when he smashed three consecutive hundreds in the 2022-23 Bangladesh Cricket League, ending up as the leading run-getter of the tournament. The 25-year-old is one of the handful of local cricketers who have been able to show glimpses in the ongoing and the previous Bangladesh Premier League season for Comilla Victorians. Anik, whose exclusion from the Bangladesh T20 squad for the upcoming Sri Lanka series led to Comilla head coach Mohammad Salahuddin criticising the selection process, spoke about how playing for Bangladesh 'A' team and High-Performance team had helped his game and the way Pakistan’s star wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan had an influence on him along with a few other topics during an interview with Mazhar Uddin of The Daily...
Aliss Al Islam talked about his journey and experience during an interview with Mazhar Uddin of The Daily Star. The excerpts of the interview are as follows:
“One of my dreams came true,” said Najmul Hossain Shanto as he expressed his initial reaction after Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) declared him as the all-format captain yesterday.
'When you put good players on good wickets you will get to see some good T20 cricket.'
Bangladesh ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal probably did the right thing as captain by backing his teammates when questions were raised regarding some of the areas of his team ahead of the Tigers’ three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka.
Mustafizur Rahman, being the most experienced fast bowler in the Tigers side among the likes of Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam and Mohammad Saifuddin, is expected to lead the fast bowling department in the upcoming series against Sri Lanka.
The Daily Star (DS): Has there been a change of attitude overall in terms of playing shots or is that just in the Test format as we witnessed during the last Sri Lanka series?
“If you can’t perform consistently for the national team, you won’t see your pictures on billboards and get endorsements in near future.”
The one department in which Bangladesh have failed to find some sort of stability over the years, especially in the Test format, is the pace bowling department.
The beginning of Mominul Haque’s Test career was nothing short of a fairytale as the left-hander scored seven fifties and four centuries in his first 12 Tests for Bangladesh.
A stable top order remains one of the things that the Bangladesh team has been searching for over the years, especially in Test cricket.
A lot will depend on ‘Mr Dependable’ Mushfiqur Rahim when Bangladesh take on Sri Lanka in the two-match Test series on their tour of the island nation this month.
Tamim Iqbal will hold the key for Bangldesh at the top of the batting order and the team will depend on the experienced left-hander to make an impact in their upcoming two-match Test series in Sri Lanka.
Proper execution of a long-term plan from the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) game development committee, led by former captain and BCB director Khaled Mahmud, played a vital role as the Bangladesh Under-19 team tasted World Cup glory in early 2020.