POBNEWS24, Dhaka, Mar 19, 2022 : South Africa was banned internationally because of the most egregious discrimination in society. The ‘apartheid’ era is now a thing of the past, but there could be academic discussions about whether racism has remained in the land of the rainbow. Of course, a disparity is visible in the case of Bangladesh. The green passport did not cause as much harassment in Western immigration as it did in getting permission to leave Johannesburg’s Tambo Airport yesterday.
The story of such inequality may seem absurd when writing about the traces of Bangladesh’s first victory on South African soil. But what do I say absurd? And the story of Bangladesh cricket team’s tour of South Africa like ten Bangladeshis is just a deprivation. Immigration would not be a problem, but the state’s problems have been around for so long. Test decisions would have been the same in the first session, just waiting for the scorecard to be valid. The result of ODI could be estimated in four-five overs. It used to be a joke, the frustration of the expatriate Bangladeshis has also touched the cricketers.
Centurion is therefore not a victory, its greatness is far-reaching. Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das formed the highest run partnership in the country. But in the space of 9 balls, the clouds were gathering in the sky just to say goodbye to these two, I understand the fall is coming! But from there Shakib Al Hasan took the responsibility of batting on his shoulders. Along with Mahmud Ullah, Yasir Ali, Mehdi Hasan Miraj played small but valuable innings. If you look at the history of Bangladesh on the soil of South Africa, it seems natural that it seems unbelievable.
314 runs a lot. However, considering the size of Centurion’s field and the batting-bowling ability of the two teams with white eyes, it is not much. Taskin Ahmed, Shariful Islam had something else in mind, he found out later. “We’ve been talking about winning the series, not just a match, since we came to South Africa,” Taskin told the same story over the phone yesterday afternoon. Tamim said in the pre-match press conference the recipe for following that roadmap, “Everyone knows the role of everyone. Talking about the role of Bangladesh pacers, Taskin said, “We know our pacers have to do better here. Having more runs on the scoreboard has been an advantage. However, we pacers have done a lot of work on fitness in the last one and a half years. All of us are bowling well, no matter what format we play. It’s good that we also played a role in Centurion’s victory. ‘
This is Taskin’s first time in South Africa. Came once in 2016. Didn’t do well himself, the team also lost all the matches. It is as if he and above all the Bangladesh team have come on a mission to forget that bitter experience of about five years ago.
It is a pleasure to go ahead 1-0. There is also the comfort of getting two ‘match points’ to win the series. But this time Bangladesh wants to erase this relief from the mind. That’s how Taskin said, “Even if we lose the second, our chances of winning the series will not end.” But we are not thinking like that. Because we all know very well that if South Africa invades, it will crush us. This is what they do with the teams of the subcontinent. ‘
India is the last team to be defeated in this way. There is no such thing in the fate of Bangladesh after the victory of Centurion. On the contrary, it is a suppressed but wild wave of series wins from South Africa found in the opposite bag in the background music of Taskin and Bangladesh team.
After the big win, such restrained body language of Bangladesh team has not been seen in the past. This resh series of victories in Centurion is also giving Taskin the strength to win. This force will also eradicate the ‘inequality’ of Bangladesh cricket history on South African soil.
