2024-09-27 09:26:28
While the teammates were busy practicing at Kanpur’s Green Park, Shakib Al Hasan was sitting in the dressing room biting his nails. The time on the field is not going well, he is being criticized for various reasons outside. Share scams are punishable by huge fines. Of course, Shakib never takes matters outside the field very seriously, but all things considered, this time it seems that he has been somewhat impressed.
Seeing Shakib’s body language in Chennai, several Indian journalists wanted to know, ‘What happened to Shakib?’ The team management, starting from the captain, everyone is batting for Shakib, but he still hasn’t opened his mouth. Shakib’s brief few-ball practice in Kanpur today (September 25) raises bigger questions.
After two days Bangladesh team practiced. Sometimes one day of rest and another day of traveling. Shakib spent only 15 minutes in almost three hours of practice. Played 10 balls with the bat. Started with spin, played pace and then again played a few balls through the thrower. Shakib has practiced 10 balls in total.
He scored 32 runs in the first innings in Chennai with the bat. Even though he was playing fluently, he suddenly committed suicide with a sweep shot. After a great start in the second innings, Ravichandran was bowled by a great delivery from Ashwin for 25 runs. Shakib does not practice much with the ball. Haven’t seen it yet. He bowled the worst of his Test career in Chennai. He scored 48 runs in 8 overs in the first innings and 79 runs in 13 overs in the second innings.
Despite such a performance, Shakib got the praise of the head coach Chandika Hathurusingha, ‘batted well in the second innings, could not make the innings bigger. Not that it hasn’t tried. The quality of the opponent’s bowling was very good.’
In the heat of Kanpur, Shakib reduced the practice but his teammates sweated for long periods. As always, Mushfiqur Rahim was ahead of everyone. He ran again after batting continuously for almost two hours. Apart from this, the tailenders also batted with time. Taijul Islam and Zaker Ali Anik, who were out of the XI in Chennai, also sweated with the bat.
Two pitches have been prepared at Kanpur’s Green Park for the second Test, which starts on September 27. However, the management has not yet confirmed which one will be played. The spin-supporting wicket will be considered as the XI. In the last Test held here in 2021, the spinners took 18 wickets for India in two innings.
But Hathurusinghe said, ‘I saw the pitch a little. The field workers are making two pitches. Don’t know which one to choose. Maybe you should come tomorrow and see.’
Bangladesh is on the back foot after losing by a big margin in Chennai. How is the morale of Bangladesh before the second test? Hathurusinghe gave a big tip, ‘The biggest motivation comes – you are playing for your country. Not everyone can play for the country. Everyone wants you to do well. We are thinking about how to do that, play according to ability, learn from the last match.’