Before the match against India, Hamza was the talk of the town –

When Bangladesh takes the field against India, Javier Cabrera and Hamza Dewan Chowdhury will be paired together. This will be the second match against India for both. The match was drawn in Shillong on March 25. If you win this match, both of you will win, if you lose, both of you will lose together.

Bangladesh has not won against India for 22 years. After winning the semi-final of the SAFF Championship at this Dhaka National Stadium in 2003, Bangladesh has played only four draws against India in 10 matches. Bangladesh fans are now looking forward to a win against India.

The wish of the fans can be fulfilled if the Bangladesh team can play in accordance with the weight of the name. Due to which the burden has increased, the expectations of Hamza Dewan Chowdhury of the party are increasing day by day. It must be said that Hamzai has exceeded the expectations of the fans. When Hamza scored 4 goals in 6 matches as a defensive midfielder, the fans will look to him for victory.

Starting with the March match against India till the Nepal match, Bangladesh played 7 games. Hamza played 6. Bangladesh scored 6 goals. Hamza scored four of them – a header, a free kick, a bicycle kick and a penalty. Hamzar is telling these statistics about the goal, where he does not live on the field. This is what a spectator was saying while leaving the gallery after the match against Nepal, ‘Hamza may only be playing under the goal post in the Bangladesh jersey.’

Hamza Chowdhury brought Bangladesh back from behind against Nepal with an eye-catching goal. The way his bicycle kick hit the Nepalese net will stick like glue in the eyes of the spectators for a long time. After November 13, that goal is on everyone’s lips.

It also came up in the pre-match press conference on Monday. Both of Hamza’s four goals came from assists by Jamal Bhuiyan. And the Bangladesh captain recognized the bicycle kick among Hamza’s goals separately, ‘Hamza’s bicycle goal is one of the best I have seen in Bangladesh.’

Although Hamza Dewan Chowdhury was not present in person at Monday’s press conference, he was in the discussion and more than all discussions had to be talked about. Be it Bangladesh phase or India phase. India coach Khalid Jamil came to the press conference with goalkeeper Shahil Punai. However, Bangladeshi media had more questions for coach Khalid who took charge this year. And most of these questions were about Hamza. The Indian coach gave a short cut answer to every question. And every time he said, ‘Not only Hamzai, all the players of Bangladesh are good.’

When asked whether the presence of players like Hamza is an additional pressure, the Indian coach again said, ‘Not one or two people of Bangladesh, the whole team is good. All of them are good players. So we will not take the match lightly. You have to think positively, you have to bring good results.’

When the Bangladesh team went to the Dhaka National Stadium for the last practice on Sunday evening, a group of fans who stood for a long time in front of the gate were clapping loudly. ‘Hamza’ ‘Hamza’… chants shook the area. It seemed as if Hamza was entering the field for the first time to practice with the Bangladesh team. These scenes show that even after 8 months of first coming to Bangladesh in March, love for him has not diminished. Rather increased. This growth is definitely after that great bicycle goal against Nepal.

After that goal against Nepal, many former footballers of the country couldn’t find a match with anyone’s past goals. Everyone recognized Hamza as one of the best goals. Hamzar praised the club on their official Facebook page after the Leicester City Nepal match. Congratulations. Even FIFA, the governing body of world football, posted pictures of Hamza’s goal on their Facebook page and expressed their appreciation.

Bangladeshi fans are not sure when they will see Hamza again after the match against India on Tuesday. Next March, Bangladesh will play the last Asian Cup qualifying match against Singapore. Hamza-Darshan of the audience depends on how many days before that match in the opponent’s field, Hamza will be available for practice. But until then, this Hamzai will remain in the discussion. There is no discussion about any other player in the prestigious Bangladesh-India match – let alone Hamza.

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