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A worthy walk

Mohammad Isam
A long walk can do wonders to a man's perception.
When Shahriar Nafees found no mode of transport to reach the team hotel after completing his Premier League transfer on Thursday evening, he and younger brother Iftekhar Nayeem walked from the Bangabandhu National Stadium to Shahbagh. During the 45-minute sojourn through the capital's busiest area at that hectic hour on the most chaotic of days, Nafees went unrecognised as he tried to find a way to reach the hotel on time.
Afterwards, he spoke of how difficult it is for the commoners to find a way home, especially when the need most arises. It is quite certain that Nafees didn't score 97 yesterday in the second Test against Pakistan because he walked for so long (maybe his footwork was helped a bit) and he gritted it out in the streets.
But his fight with a moving ball, under dank conditions and against a rampant bowling attack was quite similar to the battle of finding a bus at 6:00pm in Motijheel in the dark and in front of a few thousand people vying for one seat.

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