2024-08-27 08:31:33
Mushfiqur Rahim went to Mirpur Indoors alone with two ball boys when he was not getting a chance to practice anywhere. Wicket there is also unprepared! Mushfiq continued his practice after saying that somehow. Batting on an unprepared wicket is difficult. Mr. Dependable did that job effortlessly for an hour and a half.
That is the incident of last June. The cricketers of the national team were on vacation playing the T20 World Cup. Mushfiqur quit T20 a long time ago. He doesn’t have much opportunity to practice. So forced to practice on their own. However, BCB allowed him to practice for the Test series against Pakistan. Bangladesh added him to the camp of Tigers. Mushfiqur played a preparatory match with the HP team in Chittagong.
Then played for Bangladesh ‘A’ team against ‘A’ team in Pakistan. Getting runs in the warm-up matches was not a big deal for him. The big thing was to practice in match situations. Mushfiqur’s scintillating innings of 191 off 22 yards in Rawalpindi showed how effective those chances were. Before this Test, Mushfiqur was suffering from finger pain. There was doubt about the game. However, Bangladesh made 565 runs against Pakistan with his impeccable 191 runs down by 22 yards. The lead in the first innings is 117 runs. Mushfiq’s big achievement.
He will have a huge regret for missing the fourth double century of his career. But at the end of the day, if you see the position of the team, you will definitely be covered in regret. Bangladesh scored 500 runs in an innings in Tests, and Mushfiqur did not play a big innings in that innings, it is very rare. Bangladesh scored 500 or more runs in an innings for 12 times in Tests. While Mushfiqur Rahim has nine big innings. Understand how much this player’s concentration is in the test.
Where did the work take him? Mushfiq has always said that his ability is less, his talent is less, so he needs more practice. Rather, Mushfiq says the team spirit, his dedication is more. So the work is more. When Mushfiqur came to the wicket, Bangladesh were 147 for 3. From there, Mushfiq remained on the wicket till 528 runs. Formed a partnership with Sadman, Shakib, Liton, Mehdi from the crease for 515 minutes. Where his partnership with Mirage is 196 runs.
Liton added 4 runs to the previous day’s 52 runs. Naseem, who scored 18 runs from Shahr’s over yesterday, showed him the way to Sajghar. Lytton was out for 56 runs while cutting the bouncer on the body. Then Mushfiq and Miraj messed up Pakistan’s bowling line-up. They resisted by standing as a wall for hours. The attack of Pakistan’s four pacers and two spinners completely poisoned the attack of four pacers in the boundaries with single-doubles.
Mushfiqur took century number eleven in the first session. Then in the second session he crossed 150. On the other hand Mirage picked up fifty. In the second session, Bangladesh added 106 runs to the scoreboard without losing any wicket. After that, only Mushfiq’s double and Miraj’s century are waiting. Everything was going well. Mushfiq went to the house of one hundred and ninety and lost his concentration. Tried to cut the ball slightly outside the stumps. The ball touched the edge of Mushfiq’s bat with an extra jump and took refuge in the keeper’s gloves. The marathon innings of 22 fours and 1 six stopped there.
After celebrating the catch, Rizwan came and congratulated him. Not only Rizwan, Pakistani-Bangladeshi sympathizers present in the gallery greeted him with applause. Everyone stood in the dressing room and congratulated Mushfiq. A brilliant innings ended with a poor shot. This regret is reflected in the overall image of the team.
At the end of the afternoon, Pakistan went into bat and scored 23 runs for the loss of 1 wicket. The hosts are another 94 runs behind. Barring anything unexpected on the fifth day on Sunday, the likely outcome of the match is heading towards a draw. A Test draw on Pakistan soil will be considered as a big achievement for Bangladesh in the Test Championship fight. Mushfiqur’s innings is the cherry on top.