He has been dreaming of this since his youth. BCB found leadership qualities in Mehdi Hasan Miraj long ago. It is for this reason that he is made the captain of the team in age-based cricket. In 2016, Bangladesh played Youth World Cup under his leadership. Mirage, who was looking for a future leader, got the chance to lead the Bangladesh team in the 176th international after spending 8 years of his career.
Miraj has said many times that he has dreamed of leading the Bangladesh team since childhood. Maybe the acting captain, but the dream of captaining the national team has been fulfilled to some extent. That too in a match, in which Bangladesh came to play with the aim of winning the series. In the unwritten final, the baton of leadership came to him in Daiva Chakra. As the regular captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto suddenly got injured, the burden of captaincy of the team fell on his shoulders. BCB has started thinking of Shanta's replacement Miraj as the captain for a few days. A rehearsal of that happened yesterday in Sharjah.
A bright smile flashed through his sunglasses as he stepped out to toss with opposition captain Hasmatullah Shahidi on a hot afternoon in Sharjah yesterday. Miraj won by luck. He won the toss and took the batting. And the same picture as usual in batting-Bangladesh is in danger of sudden collapse. 53 runs for 1 wicket suddenly became 72 for 4 wickets. Mirage has good experience of fighting against currents. Kal also led the team in difficult situations in the first hour of leadership.
Miraj stepped up with a cool, over-defensive batting to provide worthy support to the experienced Mahmudullah to overcome the disaster. Played 106 balls to make fifty. Mirage's slowest fifty was preceded by Javed Omar's 113-ball fifty against England in 2005.
Mirage wanted to go for a slog over without losing any more wickets in the middle of the innings to make a score of 250. Mahmudullah-Miraj's fifth wicket stand of 145 runs was the highlight of Bangladesh's innings. 66 runs next to the name when returning to bowl Omarzai in 45.6 overs.
Tomorrow saw how Miraj did in the first test of captaincy. Another test of his captaincy will be in the West Indies. Regular Test captain Shanto is out of the Test series against the Caribbean with a groin injury. Miraj also wants to learn from Sharjah's experience and do well in the Caribbean island. At the end of the match, he said, 'We have achieved something here After many days I played in Sharjah We turned around Next series in West Indies, leaving for there today. The work will be difficult.'
