Nashua Titans opener, Gulam Bodi, has to be taken into consideration when the Proteas one-day squad for the return leg of the one-day international series against Australia is announced.
Bodi showed yet again in the MTN Domestic Championship final against the Gestetner Diamond Eagles that he is the in-form opening batsman in the country at the moment. He scored an aggressive 69 and ended as the tournament's top scorer with 530 runs at an average of 48.
Granted, Bodi hasn't delivered his best ! when he got the chance to play for the Proteas, but his performances this season suggests he's ready to fill that opening role alongside Graeme Smith for South Africa. He can't be much worse than our current national openers. Hashim Amla is still finding his feet in the shorter versions of the game and probably isn't suited to opening the innnings while Herschelle Gibbs has been given countless chances and not delivering. How many more times are we going to hope that one day he'll come good? I'm afraid this will be the last tour Gibbs plays for his country.
Bodi's batting has often laid the platform for the Titans to do well, no wonder his good form and his franchise winning the domestic title coincides.
Bodi, on form deserves to be in the Proteas one-day team and if given the chance now and if the selectors show faith in him like they've done with Gibbs, he'll be opening the innings for the Proteas in the 2011 World Cup and scoring bucket-loads of run! s in the process.
