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As you can see (screenshot taken from ICC’s official website) Shakib is ranked with 380 points followed by New Zealand’s Jacob Oram and England’s Andrew Flintoff. Shakib also ranks 10 in the list of top 10 Test all-rounders, which is not bad at all. He is younge and performing really well for Bangladesh. I really hope that he keeps up the performance and do the best things for Bangladesh cricket team. I wish him all the best and congratulations.

Good day.

First of all I would like to thank you for what you have done for our team. I know your effort and hard work deserve much more than that but that is only I can convey. I know that you are a great coach and with such profile as yours you will be one of the top choices for other countries to have you as their coach.

Being a Bangladeshi I believe our team has a great potential to be one of the best team in near future. Our players are very comfortable to have you as their coach. From what I feel Bangladesh team will need you to be there with them for as long as possible and it will be really sad to see you leave, especially at the time when our team is starting to evolve. I will really hope that you will continue your service for our team and guide us towards a bright future in Cricket. I also believe Bangladesh Cricket Board will be keen to renew your contract and will be more than happy to do so.

This post in my blog is a very small effort to reach out to you. But I hope, if somehow my message gets to you, you will consider extending your stay with us.

With best regards,

Ehsanul Haque

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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.

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Thank you.

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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.

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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.