'Ten out of ten is my dream'
"I still have one big dream left which is to take ten wickets in an innings before my career ends." This was the way veteran left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak expressed his desire while he was talking about his achievement of becoming the second player to take 400 wickets in first-class cricket after another left-arm spinner Enamul Haque Jr. The 33-year old South Zone skipper achieved the feat by taking an eleven-wicket haul in the first round match of Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) against North Zone at the Shahid Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi on Friday.
"I don't know how people will judge it but to me it's a huge achievement. I was not aware of this until my teammate Enamul [Haque] informed me after returning to the dressing room. When I had started my career, 400 wickets were never on my mind. It's a long journey and I believe taking 400 wickets is something to be cherished," said an excited Razzak.
Razzak, a veteran of 12 Tests and 153 ODIs, played his last international match against West Indies in August 2014 and apparently his chances of making a comeback to the national side are very slim and it seems that the experienced campaigner was well aware of reality and that's why he only talked about his one final desire before ending his career.
"I took nine wickets in an innings [9-84 against Chittagong in Bogra in the NCL in November 2012] but it's my long-cherished dream to take ten wickets in an innings; something I never achieved in any level, even with the taped-tennis ball cricket. I know it would not be an easy task to fulfil my dream but I will live with this dream till end of my career," he concluded.
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