Hathuru scouted? You kidding me? Hathuru dont even go to our 1st class matches, let alone scouting for talents. It was Faruq who watched Fizz bowl in a donestic match and dragged him into the national team. He was even quoted saying 'this bowler is different'.
our best U-19 batch of 2006 was made under Faruq's selection team and guess what? Our most successfull U-19 team of 2016 was also made during Faruq's tenture. I am personally an witness of how he hand picked Saifuddin 10 freaking years ago from a town that is not even known for producing cricket players.
Our big 3 debuted during his time.
Soumya, Fizz, Sabbir, Mosa debuted in his 2nd outing. Hathuru didnt want Mosa but Faruq forced his case and asked them to have a look at him even in a not so important t20 series against Zimbabwe. He didnt rate Zubair and look where is the guy now.
Dont forget the 2007 t20 WC. Where he debuted Mahmudullah, Zunaid Siddique, Nadif chowdhury. After he left the post we were playing ROK in t20 WC and every1 was crying whey we were not trying out new players?
He always had an eye for talents, only blamish he had was that he was a bit harsh on senior fringe players.
You can clearly see the selection blanders after he left. There is no way Tanbir Haider would tour NZ if he was here, nor Hom would enjoy a free ride like this. Now Papon has to pick the team because no one else has the guts like Faruq had. You need balls to go against a member of parliament in BD and he did exactly that when he resigned. Its easy to critise people but u didnt see the hard work he did behind the scenes to find new talents.
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