But later it was known from one newspaper report of today that Monjurul Islam, who had already bowled one over - the 45th over and then went to reply to nature calls at that time. If it was true, then it a raises questions about Monjurul Islam's fitness to play cricket, let alone International cricket. At the end of the match, those 20 runs and in the next over 15 runs given by another bowler Tapash Baisya might not have affected the match too much as everybody knows the capability of Bangladeshi batsman against a strong South African bowling attack. But just think - South Africa's total could have been restricted to just around 230 to 240 runs if Khaled Mahmud had not come in to bowl and if not Monjurul Islam had gone to answer call of the nature. In other words, unfit Monjurul Islam could have make the difference between Bangladesh's winning and losing a match.

If Bangladeshi batsman could even reach the 200 run mark, we might have had some sort of a record by losing to South Africa in as less margin as 30 to 40 runs at best. Unfortunately, our batsman could score only 160 odd runs with a big contribution going to Mentos Fresh Maker of the day - Alok Kapali, in other words, the unofficial player of the match from the losing side.

When such actions were going on during a match, this incident was ignored by most of the print media as they were busy about other matters such as why the wicket keeper Khaled Mashud was not in the final eleven squad and why Mohammad Selim's inclusion in the final eleven was not properly stated to the team management. Clearly, there is a battle going on in Bangladesh cricket between the media and the officials of the BCB.

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