Sports Desk: Bangladesh cricket team made South Africa's Centurion a paradise on Wednesday. The Tigers under the leadership of Tamim Iqbal Khan have done the impossible. Winning the series for the first time in history by playing great on South African soil. Taskin Ahmed has become the pioneer of that victory. Even before the T20 World Cup, Mashrafe bin Mortuza gave him a guru initiation on the field. Tamim-Liton also showed great skill in batting.
After the historic victory, Tamim Iqbal posted a picture on his wall. Where it has been seen that four greats of Bengal cricket Shakib-Tamim-Mushfiq-Riyadh are shoulder to shoulder. Such a picture after many days must have moved and thrilled the Bangladeshi cricket fans. There is also a bit of forgotten memory. Many may have unknowingly said, aha! It would have been better if there was mash in the picture.
Someone has also said through social media that Mashrafe should be missed. Bangladesh played under the leadership of Mashrafe in the 2019 ODI World Cup. The match against Pakistan at Lord's in that World Cup was the last ODI match played by Mashrafe, Mushfiqur, Shakib, Tamim and Mahmudullah together. Mashrafe stepped down as ODI captain in 2020. International cricket too has now unofficially ended the mash chapter.
For the first time in the 2012 Asia Cup, Panchpandab came together. In the final of the service, Bangladesh lost the title to Pakistan for a short while. That resentment began to subside after Mashrafe bin Mortuza was re-appointed as captain in 2014. Under him, the red-green forces continue to win one match after another. Whitewash Zimbabwe at home that year, and reached the quarter-finals the following year, beating England in the 2015 ODI World Cup in Australia. In the same year, Pakistan won the series for the first time at home against Whitewash, India and South Africa. The semi-final match of the Champions Trophy in 2016. The Pandava cricket team of Bengal has witnessed many such achievements.
So seeing four Pandavas in the same frame, many are still looking for Mashrafe. Nostalgia for the eyes also causes a tingling pain in the chest.
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