Tamim managed to fall and was only looking at Vijay. Enamul Haque from the non-strike end with two hands spread as if asking Vijay – what happened? Tamim did not get an answer. Vijay turned his face!
In this way, he always turned away from the risk of runout. Earlier in the T20 series, Liton Das was run out to turn the tide of Vijay. The captain himself became a victim of Vijay’s selfishness on Wednesday. Vijay has a bad reputation in domestic cricket too with this runout. Many are uncomfortable to pair with him. There too, many have become victims of runout.
“To bat with him is to be at risk. If there is any fear of a run-out, he will never run, instead running out his teammates and keeping his face down. The teammate has to return from the middle crease to the non-strike end. If you analyze his career, you will find such examples.’ After Tamim’s dismissal in the last match of the tour, a veteran face of domestic cricket, speaking on condition of anonymity, lamented Vijay’s team-manship.
Vijay was run out only twice in a career of 41 ODIs; But more often than not, he has run out teammates. Without thinking about the team, without considering the situation of the match, Vijay plays only for himself. Such cricketers are very dangerous for the team – coach Chandika Hathurusinghe gave such a report to BCB before leaving Bangladesh.
Everyone in the current team management knows this about Vijay. It is largely because of that that he was not given a chance in the ODIs in the West Indies series. This time after Liton-Sohan got injured, Vijay had to be given a chance. But despite getting that opportunity, Vijay could not change his old image.
In the 8.3 overs of the innings, Ngaravar pushed the ball offside and Vijay gave the singles call. Responding to that, Tamim ran. As the ball falls into the fielder’s hand, Vijay backs away. A run might have been scored if he ran ahead. But Tamim had to return from the middle crease as Vijay turned away. Even after jumping, Tamim could not save himself from run out.
Tamim shook his head several times after his dismissal. When Tamim got out, the team was 41 in 8.3 overs. Vijay’s run is 18 off 20 balls, out of which Vijay played 15 dots. In such a sluggish innings of the team, he picked up two wickets in a row. Nazmul Hassan Shanto and Mushfiqur Rahim upper cut and got out for zero runs.
The team’s innings was hit hard by Tamim’s runout. Perhaps Vijay hit a few consecutive sixes to atone for his mistake. But Dot also played a lot in between. There is already criticism about Vijay’s innings in T20 among the team management. There has also been disagreement over his name being considered for the Asia Cup and T20 World Cup squads. Then the way he ran out his teammates in ODIs, no matter how much he scored 76 off 71 balls – now he can fall into danger in this format as well.
