Former national opener Anamul Haque Bijoy aims to get his place back in the Bangladesh’s T20 squad by playing well in the upcoming Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).
Knowing that the competition is stiff, Anamul said he particularly wants to focus on scoring at healthy strike, something for which the team management is craving for.
The strike rate of the most of the top order batsmen in Bangladesh’s T20 set-up is not satisfactory enough which is why the team management this year said that they are finding the players who are able to score runs with 140/150 strike rate.
Anamul, who is recruited by Dhaka Platoon, insisted that he wants to take this chance to cement his place in the national team and want to make sure that he would score runs at a strike-rate over 140 runs.
“Players have their own plans. How he will play, how well he can play, how much he can contribute for the team. Of course the players will have their plan, I also have some plans as to how I can contribute for the team,” Anamul said here on Sunday.
“I think, with good performance I can get my place back in the national team and prepare myself for the T20 World Cup,” he added. “Not only for me, it’s a very good platform for every player. And it excites me the most because I could contribute for three champion teams out six BPL tournaments.
So I think BPL is a wonder platform for me to perform. I hope there will be no difference this season. I will try to perform better this time. I will try to keep the strike rate 140 for the team to win,” he said.
He admitted that there is also some pressure to perform due to the hype of BBPL. “Yes there is some pressure as a player. Everyone talks around. Everyone expects (me) to play well. I also have some plans. When I am not able to be successful, then the pressure comes. We have Mashrafe bhai, who is expert in winning the BPL trophy. We have champion teammates.”
