Congratulations to the Tigers for their impressive performance in the West Indies, where they had their first 3-0 win in a T20I series in nearly two years.
While it is cause for celebration, especially as it occurred away from home in tough conditions in the West Indies, it is safe to say that for a cricket-loving nation such as ours, such results should happen more often than they do.
As with just about every sector in the country, our sports too has seen a stagnation; despite the millions poured into the sector, we have yet to see proportional success.
To that end, with Bangladesh now undergoing significant reforms, it is imperative that we do not squander the opportunity to also finally improve the infrastructure within our sports, especially cricket.
This starts with the grassroots, and having the right people in place to not only nurture the talent, but also provide the right incentives and opportunities for these young promising cricketers to succeed.
Equally important is to separate politics from our sports to the best of our abilities, and foster an environment where no player or official ever becomes larger than the team.
Much like export diversification is a regularly discussed topic, we must also speak about bringing more diversity to our sports as well. For a country with our youth population, there is no reason why we should only attempt to excel at cricket; the entire nation benefits from having better sports infrastructure, leading to a healthier and fitter population as we become a better version of ourselves in the future.