Bangladesh cricket is going through a tough time now. Bangladesh under the leadership of Nazmul Hossain Shanto is not looking at the face of victory, they are not able to do the least challenge. Bangladesh's former captain Aminul Islam Bulbul sees darkness in the country's cricket.
Bangladesh has lost 8 matches in a row in international cricket after thrashing Pakistan in the Test. The last of which was a 92-run loss to Afghanistan in the first ODI of the series in Sharjah last night. Where Bangladesh lost the last 8 wickets for 23 runs.
Criticism about the continuous failure of Bangladesh is going on. Sarcasm is also regular in social media. While talking to journalists in Dubai last night in such a situation of Bangladesh, Bulbul said, 'Look, the game of cricket is so popular in Bangladesh. We have 18 crore people in Bangladesh. As everyone loves cricket, this love will not last long if we cannot retain the fanbase. It appears to be a very popular game at the moment. But you can't say. If this continues, after 10 years some other game will take our place.'
Bangladesh women's cricket team is also experiencing batting failure like men's cricket. Bangladesh, led by Niger Sultana Jyoti, has lost two consecutive series against India and Australia at home. Bangladesh could not reach the semifinals of the Women's Twenty20 World Cup last month. Bulbul says, 'We should involve everyone here (in cricket). School cricket, college cricket, girls' cricket said, these places seem like we have not done any work.
Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal, Mashrafe Bin Mortuza, Mahmudullah Riyad – many memorable victories in Bangladesh cricket have come through their hands. In which Shakib has written numerous world cricket records in his name. Under the leadership of Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Bangladesh played the semifinals of the 2017 Champions Trophy. Which is the best success of Bangladesh cricket in ICC event.
According to Bulbul, the focus should be on cricketers based on performance. The former captain of Bangladesh said, 'Cricket is a team game. But there is a structure. And that structure is a team thing. When we say, 11 people play. Actually 11 expert cricketers play. As there are two openers, one is at number three. We lack specialist cricketers in these areas. At one time I used to say that Panchpandava is playing. Such a cricketer is playing international cricket. This stardom, to focus on one cricketer, in my view, makes the rest second-class citizens. So I think the focus should have been performance-based.'
