Mashrafe not the one who gives up

Making comeback has been Mashrafe Bin Mortaza's forte. He has made so many of those in an otherwise long career that the premier pace bowler has already emerged as a symbol of hope to many, a symbol of how to fight against injuries.
But there are many too who have been doubting his fate in competitive cricket after he suffered the latest injury. Mashrafe last played a competitive match on February 19 -- in the BPL final -- when he picked up the latest injury, a fat pad contusion in his left heel that had ruled him out of the Tigers' one-day series in Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
The 29-year-old pacer, nicknamed the 'Narail Express', who so far has played 36 Tests and 128 ODIs since making international debut in November 2001, however was not ready to give up his fight yet, rather he was looking forward to getting back his fitness so that he could be available for the Tigers' next international assignment against New Zealand at home in October, but for the limited-overs series only as he is no longer interested to take the huge workload of the longest-version of cricket.
"I have started running after a break of more than three months. My fitness level is not as good as the others. I have recovered from the injury and now got the chance to work on my fitness and I'm hopeful that I will be able to reach a certain fitness level before the next tour," hoped Mashrafe while talking to reporters on the second day of the special fitness camp that is being conducted with the introduction of Speed Light Gate, a new training device.
"I have a good chance to make a comeback for the New Zealand series as there is still three months to go before it starts," he added.
Mashrafe also believed that the hi-tech fitness training would bring positive results to the cricketers.
"Few things are really new. Right at the moment we are going through an experiment and I hope it will bring positive things to the players though it's very tough," Mashrafe said.