18 months in terms of time. Mohammad Saifuddin played the last international match against Pakistan in October 2022. He then made his return to international cricket against Zimbabwe on Friday. Returning to the field after being out of international cricket for a long period of time is supposed to be uncomfortable, Saifuddin did the same.
Saifuddin was injured and went into hiding. He surprised everyone with a great performance in the last BPL. This trend continues in Dhaka Premier Division cricket as well. Following this, this pace bowling all-rounder got a chance in the T20 series against Zimbabwe. He played his comeback match for the national team with great bowling. However, Saifuddin was very nervous before entering the field.
After the match, the right-arm pace all-rounder said, ‘To be honest, I was very nervous today. Although I had played many international matches before, I was not nervous. It was very important for me to do well. Maybe after one or two matches Fiz (Mostafiz) will come. In that case, what will not happen in the best XI, the management knows very well. was challenging. Tried to give good. There are four more matches, we will try to surpass this performance.’
Saifuddin bowled 4 overs on Friday and took 3 wickets for 15 runs. He has better bowling in T20 than this. But this return is different for him. He also explained why, ‘because I returned to international cricket after almost 18 months. It was difficult for me. This performance is not an option for me if I want to get a chance in the World Cup squad. Earlier also in 2021-2022 World Cup I was dropped at the last moment due to lack of performance. That’s why I was more serious, I wanted to perform.’
Saifuddin got good marks in the first test against Zimbabwe by bowling well. He will face a tougher test in the next few matches. Now waiting to see how this pace bowling all-rounder of Bangladesh does.
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