Many fish only as a hobby. The preferred method of fishing by hobby anglers is spear fishing. One of the reasons for the popularity of this very traditional and ancient method is that fish can be caught without touching the water.
Fish are lured with When a hungry fish sees a food-wrapped bait, it jumps in and swallows the bait. And Amani hangs on the barashi, unable to move much.
The condition of Bangladeshi cricketers has also become much like this. Like a fish that swallows bait. After being swallowed, they have nothing to do but 'learn'.
Those who watched the Bangladesh match yesterday (Wednesday) must have remembered how Nazmul Hossain Shanto got out. Mohammad Nabi made the Bangladesh captain a fish with the bait of Barashi! Plays a quiet sweep or reverse sweep well. And Afghanistan was getting trapped in that place of his strength.
The duo of Shanto and Miraj is then leading Bangladesh to an easy victory. Nabi took a trap in the 26th over to break the deadlock. He cleared deep square leg, there was no fielder at fine leg either. But the short fine was on the leg. Shanta forced to sweep, because of bad timing with the bat and ball, he was caught at short fine leg! A batsman who has played international cricket for so many years, who led Bangladesh to the World Cup, should have at least had an idea of this trap or bait. But he came out and explained that the word 'trap' is not in his cricket-knowledge, he did not understand the matter!
Soumya Sarkar is considered to be another talented batsman in Bangladesh cricket. It has been almost a decade in international cricket. But I could not exclude Soumya's character from this trap and bait story. The way the left-handed batsman started yesterday, it was a treat for the eyes to see him play shots. But after a while, he went to the opponent's lame hole and stepped up!
Azmatullah Omarzai was bowling in the 12th over. A trap is made behind the wicket for Soumya. Leaving the fielder for him at fine leg, this pacer 'bait' him at short length on the body, Soumya stepped into the trap and went for the pull, that was the mistake. Fazal Haque Farooqui standing at fine leg took the catch.
Another word came to mind while talking about not understanding this trap of calmness. There is a word called 'game awareness' in cricket. Which is explained in simple words, play by understanding the situation of the match. This is especially true for batters. Because the batsman has to change gears with time considering the wicket, opponent, bowler and match situation. The more skillful a batter is, the better his ability to change gears or adapt to the situation. And all these qualities together make game awareness.
'Game awareness' has nothing to do with ability. But it is important to have game awareness to reflect the ability in field cricket. The deficiency of which can be seen in almost all the batters of Bangladesh. Even Mushfiq-Mahmudullah, who played international cricket for nearly a century and a half, lacked it.
The way Mahmudullah was bold on Rashid Khan's google yesterday, there is no way to understand that he is standing at the peak of his career. Mahmudullah misreads a googly pitched outside the off-stump, mistaking it for leg-spin to drive on the front foot and the ball goes through the gap between his bat and pad and into the stumps.
Mushfiq also followed Mahmudullah with a smile on his face. One of Mushfiqur's most popular shots in recent times is the reverse sweep. He is so in love with this shot that he is willing to sacrifice himself for it! Mushfiq committed suicide while playing this luxurious shot despite the bad conditions of the team in several test matches! But game awareness is most expected from an experienced cricketer like him.
Of course, Mushfiq didn't get a chance to reverse sweep yesterday! Ghazanfar's carrom ball read like a blind Mushfiq! Thinking of off-spin, he wanted to flick his front foot forward, Mushfiq missed the line. However, wicketkeeper Ikram Alikhil did not make a mistake in breaking the wicket before stepping into the crease. The manner in which he got out is completely unbecoming of an experienced cricketer of 18 years.
Mushfiqur Rahim prepares to sweep, Pakistan vs Bangladesh, Asia Cup, Super Fours, Lahore, September 6, 2023
Mushfiqur's dismissal was similar to that of Tanjid Hasan Tamim, who was dismissed as the first batsman in the innings. The young opener misreads the same ball from the same bowler. He was trapped leg before by a loose carrom ball. Tanjid has played 16 ODIs so far. It is not a very short time in international cricket. Despite that, there is no sign of improvement in his technique or style of play. Just as he got out yesterday, he got out like this in his debut ODI against Sri Lanka by Mahish Thikshanar. Just like a carbon copy!
Tanjid Tamim or inexperienced quota discount! But Tawhid heart can explain his out? Chasing a target of 236 runs, Bangladesh lost 8 wickets for 138 runs. 2 wickets in hand but 17 overs left. The only recognized batsman on the wicket is the heart. In such a situation he went to sweep the slog across the bat. Be bold. Is this his game awareness?
But before going to this tour he was asked, your shot range is less on the off side, work on it
