Shakib Al Hasan is the important bowler of the team. He came to the bowling attack in the 11th over! Not only that, Rangpur captain Nurul Hasan Hosan bowled one over with only two spinners in the first ten overs. Such a bowling plan of Rangpur Riders in an important match has surprised everyone. Originally, Rangpur had a different plan due to the preponderance of left-handers in Barisal’s batting lineup. But Barisal poured water on their plan.
In the second over of the innings, Sheikh Mehdi was brought into the bowling attack. Not too bad, spent 7 runs. After that another 7 overs passed but no spinner was brought. After Abu Haider Rony picked up two wickets in the fourth over, the pacers were getting beaten by Mushfiq-Soumya. After that, Rangpur got success by bringing Mohammad Nabi in the tenth over. Shakib took the first ball in the 11th over. Shakib’s arrival so late in an important match is surprising to many. He came after that over, in the 19th over. Barisal left the field after winning the match in three balls. Shakib bowled 1.3 overs and was wicketless at the cost of 17 runs.
Man of the match Mushfiqur Rahim thinks that Shakib was not seen bowling because of his own plans. Mushfiqur said, ‘I think because of the game plan we had, they forced Shakib to come in later. If you notice we opened with Soumya along with Tamim (in the previous match). But today I made a left-handed combination. We have tried to always create left-right-handed combinations. They are stuck with this game plan. You know Shakib is a valuable bowler at any time against any team especially at a moment like this. We succeeded in what we planned. Because their quicker bowlers have bowled earlier. Later it became easier for us to run.’
Rangpur Riders captain Nurul Hasan, however, said there was nothing on the wicket for the spinners, so Shakib was brought in to bowl later. He said, ‘Today the wicket was seaming a lot. I was talking about it with Shakib bhai. He said, we need wickets in the power play. There was not much help on the wicket for the spinners. That’s why we tried with our main pacers.
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