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Hattrick is a matter of luck: Dollar
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Many cricket
fans regret the fact if there were another Mashrafe in our
national squad. There is another bowler who is making mark to
rise to Mashrafe’s heights. He has become a part of local first
class cricket history by claiming the first hattrick during the
fourth round match of the Ninth National Cricket League. Young
prodigy Dollar Mahmud speaks about his feat and future thoughts.
Q: You are the first bowler to gain a hattrick in the
local first class cricket. How do you feel? |
Dollar: I am feeling great obviously, but I was really surprised
to find that I was
the first person to do so. Though it is the ninth season of National
Cricket, I have achieved this feat for the first time. So I did not
realize what I did actually just after grabbing the hattrick.
Q: Did you have any specific target for hattrick?
Dollar: In fact I cherished such a wish. I did this on several
occasions with a tennis ball. Yet, a hattrick is a matter of luck.
Falling of two wickets in two successive balls occurs quite
regularly. But hattrick is still a rare incident. Somehow batsmen
always manage to save themselves from the third ball.
Q: Then, did you think of taking the third wicket after
picking up Junaid and Nayeem?
Dollar: I felt that I could claim a hattrick.
Q: Why did you feel so?
Dollar: The ball was swinging well, that's why I was very confident.
Q: Did you have any plan?
Dollar: Yes, I wanted to swing the ball after pitching it on the leg
stamp. And that was how Mushfik got caught behind. And eventually I
fulfilled my dream.
Q: Do you have any career plan now?
Dollar: I want to pursue a long career in the national team and do
something for the country.
Q: Are you happy with your current progression?
Dollar: Not yet. I have to perform a lot better to reach my dreams.
Q: Who is your idol?
Dollar: Mashrafe.
Q: What about foreign players?
Dollar: Shane Bond.
Q: You are playing with you idol in the same team. Do you
look for support, guidance or tips from Mashrafi?
Dollar: I am lucky to get a lot of tips. I always remain alert to
take his tips and to follow them. Actually he is a great player and
also a great person. No doubt he is our national pride.
Q: What factors you stress on most? Speed or technique?
Dollar: Obviously technique. Since no one can be a good bowler with
speed only.
Q: Test, ODI, T20, which one do you prefer the most?
Dollar: Test.
Q: Whom did you find the toughest batsman to bowl at in you
brief career?
Dollar: No one in particular. But it is really hard to bowl against
Ashraful Bhai.
Q: Tell us something about Bangladesh cricket?
Dollar: Cricket in Bangladesh is getting enriched day by day. This
year, National League has been arranged in a gorgeous set up. If
things go on this way, Bangladesh will be soon be ranked as one of
the top teams.
Q: What is your best quality?
Dollar: I am very confident.
Q: Any bad part in you?
Dollar: I easily get upset.
At A Glance
Name: Dollar Mahmud
Birth: 30th December, 1988
Zodiac sign: Capricorn
Height: 6 feet
Weight: 73 kg
Father: Molla Md Moniruzzaman
Mother: Shefali Zaman
Brothers-sisters: Two brothers, two sisters
Own position: Youngest
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