Shoaib Malik always enjoys playing in Bangladesh
He hails Mashrafe as an inspirational captain
Sports Reporter
Former Pakistan captain and a player of Comilla Victorians praised the rise of Bangladesh cricket and said that he always enjoys playing here and so he comes to Bangladesh whenever he gets chance to play.
Its always been great pleasure to play in Bangladesh. So far BPL experiences are awesome. I think I have seen a lot of youngsters they have been doing well so far in the tournament. Bangladesh cricket is growing. I dont have any international matches. And so when I get the opportunity, I always come and play, Malik, who played 67 T20 matches for Pakistan with the best of 75, reckoned the 35-year old Malik while talking to media yesterday.
He hailed Bangladesh crowd for their supreme support to any tournament, organised by the country but he refused to compare the standard of BPL with others.
Shoaib Malik was instrumental in Victorians win in the match against Chittagong Vikings as he crafted the innings from a pressurised situation.
Malik termed captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza as inspirational saying, His record as the captain itself speaks what he has been doing for Bangladesh. He is a great leader. He is very helpful. He is helping the youngsters. Its great thing. Actually we are lucky that Bangladesh team captain is also our team captain.
Although the Pakistan cricketers are understood to have reservation about Mohammad Amir, Shoaib Malik left the onus on the PCB, selectors and captain to decided as to whether the fast bowler, who came back to the competitive cricket after serving a five-year ban, would be selected to play for Pakistan again.
Malik however had got the first hand experience of bowler Amir whom he faced during Comilla Victorians match against Chittagong Vikings in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). He praised the bowler for his awesome performance in the BPL.
We have played against him. In the last match he bowled superbly and he has been awesome in BPL, Malik told reporters ahead of Comillas todays match against Barisal Bulls.
