Enamul Haque's victory is like Robert Bruce's in cricket
Enamul Haque's victory is like Robert Bruce's in cricket
Kushtia's son Enamul Haque Vijay seems to have come back even though he was lost like this line of Kabir Sumon's song. Singing the praises of life in the sparkle of performance, he is taking himself to a unique height.
The story begins with the 2012 Under-19 World Cup. Even though Bangladesh finished the World Cup at seventh place in that event, the captain of the U-19 team made a lot of noise by becoming the best run scorer of the tournament, leaving behind the world famous batsman in the world like Quinton de Kock and Babar Azam. He has scored 365 runs in six matches at an average of 60.83. After that the call came to the national team camp. At the end of 2012, the victory against the Caribbean was wrapped around the national team jersey.
The next story is as captivating as Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa. Runs were coming from his willow. Enamul Haque Vijay was at the center of the discussion. However, the victory that won the hearts of the cricket fans did not last long. The 2015 World Cup seemed to be a curse in his cricket career.
As a result of all the great performances, Vijay was added to the 2015 World Cup squad as an automatic choice . He suffered a severe shoulder injury while fielding on the boundary line against Scotland in that tournament . From there, Vijay's career seemed to take a turn for the worse. Even after recovering from the injury, Vijay seemed to have lost himself in one failure after another.
This very talented cricketer then dropped out of the national team. Despite being around the national team by performing in the domestic league, Vijay could not be permanent. Where the procession of coming and going in extreme failure was also stopped at one time. Many feared that his cricket career would come to a halt.
The post-victory story of losing oneself is much like that of the Scottish King Robert Bruce. Kushtia Express has returned to its original form even after completing all arts of failure. Enamul Haque Vijay is a living example of how one can reach the golden peak of success even after losing through hard practice and perseverance. He returned to the center of the discussion with his performance in last Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League Cricket. It was thought that he would be called again to the national team. However, the wicketkeeper-batsman was not in the minds of the selectors at that time.
Without sinking into despair, Vijay has chosen Dhaka Premier League DPL as a platform to prove himself better. His willow can't be stopped there. After playing ten matches, he is adding one century and half-century after another to his name Vijay seems to be telling the selectors of the national team by scoring two centuries besides five half centuries, 'I am ready for the national team.'
60,126,53,33,174,15,94,7,65,0 ...
What do you think, any mathematical statistics? Then you are thinking wrong. These are the number of runs from the willow in the ongoing DPL. Saif Hasan holds the record for most runs scored in a single event since the recognition of Dhaka Premier League 'List-A' cricket. Saif scored 614 runs in 18 matches in Prime Doleshwar's jersey. On the other hand, Vijay has added 626 runs to his name after playing only ten matches in the current edition. The winning team, Prime Bank Cricket Club, is almost certain to play in the Super League. In that case Vijay will be able to play 7/8 more matches if he does not get injured. So it is almost certain that Enamul Haque Vijay will easily break Saif's record and take his name to the top.
The BCB selectors must be thinking about this consistent performer Enamul Haque Vijay . Why don't they think? Vijay has forced them to think a lot with his own performance. But what good news is coming for Enamul Haque Vijay this time? Let’s wait for the answer.