2024-02-10 18:34:28
Tawheed hit the heart with a length ball by long-bodied pacer Mohammad Irfan. As soon as the ball was sent to the mid-wicket and the end was changed, the stadium rang, ‘Who is going to stand in front of us, we are awake now…Who is going to beat us with bat and ball, we will win this time.’
Comilla Victorians reached the target of 176 runs given by great Dhaka 1 ball before. Just like their theme song, victory cheers started at the gallery in Mirpur.
In fact, the lyrics of the song would be bad if it was like that? ‘Who is there to stand in front of Tawheed, Tawheed has woken up now… who will bowl him out, Tawheed will score a century now’… surely it would not have been bad.
Comilla Victorians will not be disheartened by the entertainment Tawheed gave to the 15,000 spectators who turned up at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla on a Friday holiday even if the lyrics were changed. Why didn’t Tawheed make them happy with a century winning hearts. Unbeaten 108 off 57 balls. 8 fours with 7 sixes.
By ruling the bowlers of Dhaka alone, Tawheed has explained why he has been ‘torn’ from Comilla Sylhet Strikers for a fee of more than Rs.
About four months before the start of the BPL, Comilla expressed interest in signing Tawheed. There is an opportunity to take players on direct contracts outside of the Players Draft. When Comilla offered Tawheed, Sylhet Strikers also tried to retain him.
Tawheed got a chance in the national team after performing well for Sylhet in the last season of BPL. So he had a special attraction towards Sylhet. But Comilla’s offer was so great that Tawheed had no reason not to. Comilla gets ‘crore takar’ Tawheed.
Since the start of BPL, Tawheed did not have much runs with the bat. 47, 0, 9. Very inconsistent next to the name. In the fourth match against Rangpur, he could not win the team despite scoring 39 runs from 28 balls. In the next match, he gave a glimpse of returning to his familiar form with a storm of 31 runs off 13 balls. But when the BPL returned to Dhaka, his bat faded again. His innings ended with 16 runs against Khulna. All the equations changed in the match against Dhaka on Friday. On this day, the epic of Tawheed was written in 22 yards.
A century is just a number. A number that all batsmen reach. Tawheed is one of them. The joy of touching the century for the first time in recognized T20 was found in his eyes. Taskin sent the ball to mid-wicket for 2 runs to reach his century from 98. His celebration with the bat. Then he took off his helmet and screamed loudly. Then prostrate and express gratitude to the creator.
He got a chance to bat at the top in the first match of BPL. Then he had to go down due to the combination. Today, down to three, he saw that there is an opportunity to do something big. This centurion is very happy to take that chance and prove himself, ‘Every batsman wants to score a century. Earlier I got the opportunity to bat in the first match. Today I suddenly got a chance to bat at the top. Last year I batted above. The middle game is like this. Above is different. I tried to seize the opportunity and prove that there was an opportunity.’
When Tawheed went to the crease, the situation was not favourable. Litton returned to the dressing room with 9 runs. Will Jack and Imrul are also out in the next two overs. Chasing a target of 176 runs, Comilla’s runs were 23 for 3. Tawheed pulled the team from there. Responded to every attack. After that, he broke the bowling attack and left the field after defeating the team. Everything happened in the blink of an eye, in the plan of Tawheed.
It is every batsman’s dream to score a century. Couldn’t do it last year. A century like this is important for every batsman. In the beginning we lost 3 wickets. But the target was more than 170 (176). My plan was to play aggressive from the start. Going there and going 2-3 overs on the backfoot…the wicket that’s gone is not in my hands. I have carried out my plan.’
His plan to increase the innings and reach the target was clearly understood by the bowling. Part of his plan was to target a bowler, keep the run wheel rolling in doubles if he didn’t get a boundary over boundary and dot-com-com. At the end of the 14th over, when Comilla’s target was 68 off 36 balls, Dhaka brought in Saif Hasan to bowl. Seeing the off-spinner makes Tawheed smile.
Reifer took a single off the first ball and put him into bat and hit three sixes in the over. He brought down the target to 48 by picking up 20 runs. Instead of holding that line of attack, he took the century himself. Then won the team. ‘I was looking for the ball in my zone. I was trying for a big over. I was a set batsman. I had to take a chance. Then my team will go ahead. There will be an opportunity to bring the match to themselves. I was ahead with that plan.’
‘To be honest I haven’t played for a century. Even after ninety, I did not have such a thought in my mind. I tried to finish the game. No matter where the run is, I will try to get the boundary whenever I get a chance.’- said Tawheed.
The centurion opened his account with four hits and hit his first six in a slog sweep. Saif slogs three sixes on his knees. Taskin comes down the wicket and flicks it over mid-wicket to the gallery after flying it at long on. There was also a classical boundary biting the ground. Fascination spread in the eyes. Heart fluttered. By playing such an innings, Tawheed became the hero of Comilla. And Tawheed’s intense effort to repair such an innings, observe the match situation and finish the match is truly surprising. Tawheed spread that wonder and drew ‘108’ in his heart.