Shakib al Hasan heaped praises on young and local batters for their impressive performance in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).
Shakib also stated that this year’s pitch in Mirpur was much better and advantageous for both batters and bowlers, which aided the batters more to score runs.
“This year the pitch is very good. It is very unexpected to get such a pitch in Mirpur. The curator has to be praised for that. That’s why so many runs are actually being scored and the matches are also getting better. It’s exciting,” said Shakib during a private company event. Sylhet’s right-handed batsman Towhid Hridoy is currently the highest run scorer of BPL with 195 runs including three consecutive fifties at a strike rate of 166.66. Nazmul Hossain Shanto scored a total of 167 runs with a fifty at a strike rate of 118.43 in 4 matches. Apart from the two Pakistanis Azam Khan and Usman Khan in the top five run-scorers, there is one more Bangladeshi – Rony Talukder. The batsman of Rangpur Riders scored 107 runs in 2 matches.
“Many batters are doing well. Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Zakir Hasan are batting very well. Other team players are also batting well.
The best part is, the local batters are doing quite well. This is a very good aspect for us. Kudos to Pitch for this. This has increased chances for getting runs,” Shakib added.
