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by Raja Baradwaj
Ever since the friends across their borders assured help, to avoid arrest the exodus and to improve the standards of the game, Bangladesh have started winning or being on a winning position.
They have lost talent, they have lost their experience to the rival league.
It is not the new guys who have put them in this winning position suddenly, for if they had new guys why didn’t they infuse this new blood long back?
It is actually the old guys, the guys who were part of the numbers (11) but didn’t contribute to anything except to probably taking their position in the team bus, hotel, breakfast table etc. who seem to make the difference now.
So how did it all happen all of the sudden?
How does a supposedly strong Kiwi team suddenly start losing hands down to those who were minnows till the Kiwi plane touched down in Dhaka?
Have the friends across borders started to deliver what they promised?
Monies, gentlemen?
Improved standards of the game?
Justin Vaughn, Sir Richard Hadlee, Daniel Vettori or someone from BCB should be able to explain better.
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That is what Mr. Mashrafe Mortaza of Bangladesh has said about ICL and the formation of the new Dhaka Warriors team (cricinfo). We need to remember that Mr. Mashrafe is the Vice Captain of the Bangladesh team, one of the most senior & responsible members of the team.
The moment I saw this piece of news I wanted to ask Vice Captain Mashrafe Mortaza a couple of questions.
1. It is commonsense that when they asked you to join Dhaka Warriors there must have been at least 10 other Bangla players who had or who were willing to sign-up. As Vice Captain why didn’t you take this to the notice of your board or the team management and try and stem the exodus??
2. Why do you disclose that you had an offer now? Are you expecting Mr. Modi to hear or read your interview and say “Good Boy, here’s your IPL contract”?
3. I heard you have a dodgy knee, till when do you think your board would support you and keep playing you in your national team?
4. Do you know T20 is for the supremely fit players (prima donna’s excluded!!)? What do you think are your chances are of making into a starting 11 of an IPL team?
Let’s hope Mr. Modi has seen this interview of Mr. Mashrafe and let us hope he has already fixed a base price for Mashrafe and asked his typist to send the letter out to the teams!!
Good luck Mr. Mashrafe… In case you come across this blog do try reply.
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