Mahmudullah after his century against South Africa Photo: AFP

Bangladesh did not care against South Africa in the World Cup. Batting first, South Africa scored 382 runs for 5 wickets. In reply, Bangladesh lost 6 wickets for 81 runs and finally stopped at 233 runs due to Mahmudullah's century. After this match, Bangladesh as a team was criticized but Mahmudullah was praised for his great innings. Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raza also praised Mahmudullah. He said, this innings of his can wake up Bangladesh anew.

Before moving on to the topic of Mahmudullah, Ramiz said on his YouTube channel that Bangladesh's loss was caused by the spinning wickets at home, saying, 'Bangladesh should build fast wickets and bring in batsmen who can deal with fast bowlers on good wickets. This will improve their overall cricket a lot. Spinners also need bouncy wickets. Because, spinners are very important for Bangladesh to win. They are winning by making turning wickets in their own country. But if you make a bouncy wicket, the bowlers can succeed even if there is no turn. A good wicket or a bouncy wicket will improve both your batting and bowling. Then you won't have to watch such one-sided matches on the world stage. Look, they gave a lot of runs. They bowled very badly.

Then Ramiz praised Mahmudullah's innings of 111 runs. Mahmudullah, his favorite batsman, the former PCB chief said, 'If only one of the first 5-6 batsmen in your team touches double figures, how can you chase runs! And if the two experienced cricketers Mushfiq and Shakib get out early, the pressure increases. Mahmudullah played a great innings. He is my favorite. Because, he batted quietly. His name was not (supposed to be) in the World Cup team initially. Later joined the team. Still he played a great innings. He has done well in the World Cup before. This is his third century. The ball hit his helmet. But still he played hook pool very well.'

Ramiz Raja is working as a commentator in the World Cup Photo: ICC

This former captain of Pakistan also thinks that this innings of Mahmudullah can wake up Bangladesh anew, 'In this innings he also gave a message to the dressing room of Bangladesh. Especially for batsmen. He said if you have a big mind, passion, play well on the backfoot and give yourself time, you can do well against any bowling attack. All in all, he played an amazing innings. Because, when wickets keep falling and you know that winning is difficult, the focus is gone. But he knew he had to prove himself. He knew it was a very important innings for his own career. He may have thought that because of this innings, Baladesh can turn around in the next match. He gave several messages to Bangladesh. Now let's see what Bangladesh does in the next match.