HASSAN MISSES BPL

December 19, 2012

The fast bowler of Afghanistan cricket team, Hameed Hassan, has said that missing the last edition of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) due to injury was a big disappointment for him, but, he is looking forward to play in the second edition of this popular T20 league.

Hassan was the only Afghan cricketer who had earned a BPL contract, but, he injured his knee a few days before the start of that tournament and didn’t manage to take part.

In one of his interviews recently, when Hassan was asked how big that opportunity was, he said, “It was a huge opportunity. You know that the Afghan cricketers generally don’t get the opportunity to participate in such big leagues. So, when I got the offer, I was delighted. I wanted to perform at the big stage. I wanted to rub shoulders with some of the best cricketers in the world. But, unfortunately, I got injured and had to miss the league.”

“I was hugely disappointed to have missed the league. But, there is no player in the world who hasn’t suffered injuries during his career. Every player has to go through the injuries and that happened with me as well.”

“I am looking forward to play in the second edition of BPL. Hopefully, this time, I will not get injured.”

When asked about his huge popularity in his country, Hassan said, “It feels great when people love you and appreciate you for your talent. It really feels amazing. Now, whenever when I go outside, people want to take my snaps and ask me for the autographs and I always give them autographs.”

When asked about his hobbies, Hassan said, “Watching football is my favourite pastime. I am a fan of Manchester United and don’t miss the matches of United too often.”

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HASAN ENJOYED BATTING

November 14, 2012

The former captain of Bangladesh cricket team, Shakib Al Hasan, has said that he enjoyed batting at no. 3 in the World T20 Championship and he would like to continue batting at the same position in the limited over formats of the game.

Shakib generally used to bat in the middle order in the ODI and T20 matches for Bangladesh. But, in the World T20 Championship, the Bangladesh team management decided to promote Shakib in the batting order. Shakib looked quite comfortable batting up the order and he played a brilliant knock of 84 runs in the group stage match against Pakistan.

When asked whether he is happy with his new batting position in the T20s, Shakib said, “Yes, I am happy with my promotion in the batting order. When you bat in the top order, you get a bit of time to settle down and then, you can play your shots in the death overs.”

When asked about his inning against Pakistan, Shakib said, “We needed to win the match by a big margin to qualify for the super 8 round. We lost some early wickets, but, we had to keep playing aggressive shots. It was very hard to go after Saeed Ajmal, so, I decided to attack the fast bowlers of Pakistan and they helped me by bowling some wayward deliveries.”

When asked about the overall performance of Bangladesh in the World T20 Championship, Shakib said, “The team should have played much better cricket.  Our spinners were out of nick in both the matches and that was the main reason why we didn’t do well in the competition.”

“Our fielding was also not good in the competition. We dropped quite a few catches and you can’t afford to do that when you are playing against the top international teams.”

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