2024-02-21 10:16:31
Coming to the press conference room, Tanjid Hasan Tamim made an announcement himself before the questions of the journalists, ‘We are all very happy. We dedicate this victory to those who gave their lives for our language.’
Tanjeed grabbed all the limelight on the last day of Chittagong phase of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Chittagong Challengers confirmed the play-offs by relying on Tanjid’s brilliant century in four-six rains.
Tamim-Tamim shouted in the gallery as he walked from the award ceremony to the press conference room. Selfie hunters face off to come closer, promise at the end and keep that promise at the end of the match.
The victory is dedicated to language martyrs but to whom is Tanjid’s century? Tanjid replied brightly, ‘I have a younger nephew. Always talk to him, even before coming to the field the day before the match. Six shows six, out shows out. I want to dedicate my century to him.’
BPL saw third century from Tanjid’s bat. He touched the magic figure of three with 7 six-fours from 58 balls. After the century, Hankan hits 1 more four-six. 116 runs came from his bat. This is the highest individual score in the ongoing tournament.
70 runs came from Tanjid’s bat in the previous match. Settled at the crease but could not convert into a century. The left-handed batsman did not make any mistakes in the next match. 32 balls saw fifty. The next fifty takes 26 balls. Even after going to the ninety’s house, six of them laughed.
Aiming for a century, this opener said, ‘I have never thought like this. What I was doing before was setting and going out. Was trying to carry from there after a good start. That’s what I’m trying to do today.’
On the banks of Sagarika, the fountain of runs ran to Tanjid’s bat. 240 runs in four matches. 1 century is accompanied by 1 fifty. Is the wicket here a good base?, ‘Everyone knows that Chittagong’s wicket is a batting heaven. There were many good wickets here.’
There was no specialist off-spinner in the Khulna team. This left-handed batsman made good use of that opportunity. Nasum Ahmed and Arif Ahmed took 56 runs against the two left-handed spinners!
Tanjeed said, ‘Actually, there was no off-spinner in that team. As I was a set batter, my aim was to go for the boundary if I got the ball in my zone.’
Naeem Shaikh-Enamul Haque Vijayara played well in BPL and made it to the national team against Sri Lanka. Tanjeed did not get another chance after the World Cup. Tanjeed is at the top with 382 runs. He has no regrets about missing this opportunity.
‘Never regret. They did what they thought was best. I will do my work to run, perform, everything else is God’s will.’