It’s not Walsh and Rhodes silly, it’s Mortaza and selectors!!

[ToBeFair]

Originally Posted by Anher
People like minds of Shakib, usually do not compromise with mediocrity.

Shak will tolerate Mash. If he revolts, his political future will be in the line of fire. So, he won't. He will be happy with MVP tag line.

[ToBeFair]

Originally Posted by Anher
As i stated before, the day he participated in rigged elections he lost all is credibility as an inspiring honest man. He was building that inspirational image for his bigger personal goal.

For those who are interested, here are few interesting facts about our last national election. Mind you, these facts are published by the national election commission - six months after election when they have published and certified results for every polling booth on their own website.

Fact 1. In 213 polling booths, there were 100% votes. These booths are spread out in 103 seats. Shame on America, the preacher of democracy - even they have not achieved this feat yet.

তাতে দেখা যায় ২১৩টি ভোটকেন্দ্রে শতভাগ ভোট পড়েছে। এটি কোনো বিশেষ আসনের হিসাব নয়। দেশের ৩০০ আসনের মধ্যে ১০৩টি আসনে এ অস্বাভাবিক ঘটনা ঘটেছে। সিইসিও স্বীকার করেছেন, শতভাগ ভোট পড়া স্বাভাবিক নয়। বাংলাদেশ কেন, পৃথিবীর কোনো দেশের নির্বাচনী ইতিহাসে এ রকম ঘটনা ঘটেছে বলে মনে হয় না। ঘটা সম্ভব নয়। কেননা ভোটার তালিকা চূড়ান্ত করার সঙ্গে সঙ্গে নির্বাচন হয় না। নির্বাচন হয় কয়েক মাস পর।এ সময়ের মধ্যে কেউ মারা যেতে পারেন, কেউ অসুস্থ থাকতে পারেন, কেউ এলাকার বাইরে বা বিদেশে যেতে পারেন। এঁরা কীভাবে ভোট দিলেন?

Fact 2. In 1,418 polling centers, voting was 96-100%. Another achievement!

নির্বাচন কমিশনের তথ্য অনুযায়ী, ৯৯ শতাংশ ভোট পড়েছে ১২৭টি ভোটকেন্দ্রে, ৯৮ শতাংশ ভোট পড়েছে ২০৪টি ভোটকেন্দ্রে, ৯৭ শতাংশ ভোট পড়েছে ৩৫৮ ভোটকেন্দ্রে এবং ৯৬ শতাংশ ভোট পড়েছে ৫১৬ ভোটকেন্দ্রে। অর্থাৎ ৯৬-১০০ শতাংশ ভোট পড়েছে ১ হাজার ৪১৮টি কেন্দ্রে।

Fact 3. But there was also stark contrast.

অন্যদিকে ৪০-৪৯ শতাংশ ভোট পড়েছে ৫৯৯টি ভোটকেন্দ্রে, ২০-৩৯ শতাংশ ভোট পড়েছে ৩০১টি ভোটকেন্দ্রে, ১০-১৯ শতাংশ ভোট পড়েছে ২০টি ভোটকেন্দ্রে এবং ১০ শতাংশের কম ভোট পড়েছে ১১টি ভোটকেন্দ্রে।

Fact 4. In 576 polling booths, candidates outside BAL did not receive a SINGLE VOTE.

জাতীয় নির্বাচনে ৫৭৬টি কেন্দ্রে নৌকার প্রার্থীর বাইরে কেউ একটি ভোটও পাননি।

Fact 5. Aliens might have voted

ভোটকেন্দ্রে ভোটারের উপস্থিতি যত নগণ্যই হোক না কেন, ঘোষিত ফলাফলে দেখা যায় বিপুল সংখ্যায় ভোট পড়েছে। মহাবিশ্বে একমাত্র পৃথিবীতে মানুষ আছে বলে প্রমাণিত। অন্য গ্রহেও মানবসদৃশ কোনো প্রাণী বা এলিয়েন থাকতে পারে। হুদা কমিশনের দৌলতে ভোটের দিন ওই এলিয়েনরা এসেই ভোট দিয়ে গেছে। না হলে শতভাগ ভোট পড়ল কীভাবে?

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Don't care if Mashrafe is the Prime Minister of USA or the MP of Narail. He can do whatever he likes outside of cricket but when performance on the field has dropped at such an alarming level in whole world cup then he needs to step aside for someone else to come in and do the job instead of weakening the team, and blame also goes to coach and management for not telling him that we cannot go on like this in such an important tournament which comes once in four years.

If it was a strict coach like Hathurusingha at the helm I am sure he would have thrown tantrums at seeing mashrafe play. Even Sri Lankan best players like Chandimal and Matthews were not spared , though they have a poor team I would say they have done reasonably well winning the test series in SA (without Matthews and Chandimal) and finishing in a decent place in world cup.

[tiger1000]

He played with grade 2 tear, he's not gone shot overnight

Coach should have sidelined him for injury

[zman]

Originally Posted by ToBeFair
Shak will tolerate Mash. If he revolts, his political future will be in the line of fire. So, he won't. He will be happy with MVP tag line.

Shak will do what most people who have fame and wealth in BD would do. That won't bother me a whole lot. Mash is doing the same thing. Joke's on us who thought Mash would be a new breed of politician with integrity and a difference maker

[Roey Haque]

My BCB govt. complacency satire (where the team is melodrama entertainment showcase for the ruling govt.) threads do not seem so outrageous anymore, do they? I am going to bump them. I see things two-three years ago, before they happen.

[cricman]

Its a bit disheartening, I mean we knocked Out England in the 2015 WC which made them re-evaluate their whole 50 over set up. We beat NZ in the Champions Trophy in 2017 and I was comparing scorecards from that match to the XI that they'll field in the final & they've made some significant changes.

Just very lousy job from the administrations point of view.

[Eshen]

^^ That's a very interesting point - we knocked out India in 2007 as well, made them go through a serious evaluation, which ultimately helped them win WC'11.

In our case, unfortunately, the PM is already out to protect our "little boys" - some of who happened to be the most experienced players this WC

[NoName]

Originally Posted by Eshen
^^ That's a very interesting point - we knocked out India in 2007 as well, made them go through a serious evaluation, which ultimately helped them win WC'11.

In our case, unfortunately, the PM is already out to protect our "little boys" - some of who happened to be the most experienced players this WC

It's no surprise because you'll still see fans defend players like Mash,
Tamim etc after this massive failure. Though admittely the ones on the forum with blind love have gone quiet for the past two weeks.

But watch, when Tamim scores many runs and Mash gets buckets loads of wickets in this upcoming SL series they will come out with 'told ya so' comments and threads