Thanks to the blustering knock of Mohammad Ashraful Bangladesh reached 251. It was surely one of the best knock by Ashraful. Bangladeshi bowlers also played great. Their tight bowling secured the first ever victory for Bangladesh in Super Eight round of the World Cup. South Africa never came closer and ended up with loosing by 67 runs. We hope to see more win for our team and best wishes for the Tigers.
From the begining of the match, Bangladesh team has dominated the match. With Mortaza striking early in the match bolwing out Shewag, followed by Uthapa’s departure, Rafiq and Razzak taking three wickets each. At the end of the match Mortaza striked again, taking couple more to end Indian innings.
Bangladesh batted with full confidence. Three batsmen made half centuries. Tamim Iqbal blasted through his innings, making 51 off 53 balls with seven 4s and two 6s. On the other hand Mushfiqur Rahman handled his innings more steadily; scoring the winning run by hitting a 4, which took him to 56 off 107 balls. Saqibul Hasan scored 53, who also bowled beautifully.
Habibul Bashar – captain of Bangladesh team – dedicated this win to Manjural Islam Rana, who died couple of ago in a road accident. Through out the match Bangladesh was on top and right after the match I am sure people back home are celebrating the win. It was 3:15AM in Bangladesh, when we won the match. I called my wife and cousin back home and they said it is wild on roads in Dhaka. People are celebrating, screaming and breaking the silence of night with joy.
Well done Bangladesh. I really hope we make it through the second round. Hopes are always high and it will be great to see what Bangladesh does against Sri Lanka.
It is a sad moment for Bangladesh. While we are waiting for our cricket team to play their first match tomorrow against India, we loose one of our fine cricket players – widely known as Rana.
At the young age of 22 Manjural Islam Rana died when he collided with a bus while riding a motorbike in Khulna (Inna lillahi wa inna ilahi raji’un). As far I have seen and felt he could have turned out to be one of the best cricket players for Bangladesh. Sajjadul Hasan Setu (local first-class player) also died in the incident. Undoubtably Rana’s presence will be missed.
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