Bangladesh's rich cricketing hinterland
In the Indian Express , Devendra Pandey looks at the small-town revolution sweeping through the Bangladesh national team
Cricinfo
25-Feb-2013
In the Indian Express, Devendra Pandey looks at the small-town revolution sweeping through the Bangladesh national team. He finds that the Bangladesh board's talent hunt programme and the Bangladesh Institute of Sports, with its five regional centres, have been instrumental in attracting talent from the hinterland.
Rubel Hossain says that had he not played cricket for Bangladesh, he would be working in some Dubai construction company, most likely repairing toilets. The 21-year-old pacer is the son of a fisherman from the coastal district of Bagerhat, which is anything but a cricketing hotspot.But the notion of cricketing hotspots in Bangladesh might be a thing of the past.