Bangladesh bowling coach Andre Adams, he urged everyone to have patience with newfound bowling sensation Nahid Rana.
New Delhi: In a recent reaction with Bangladesh bowling coach Andre Adams, he urged everyone to have patience with newfound bowling sensation Nahid Rana. The 21-year-old young speedster from Chapainawabganj has come into the lights of the town after consistently bowling over 150 kmph during the Test series against Pakistan and has the attention trained on him ahead of the India series.
“He [Rana] is pretty well-grounded. He is not someone who gets excited by the accolades, not from my experience with him. He is always trying to get better and his drive is to get better and he likes bowling well and he bowled really well,” Adams told Cricbuzz.
“He is working hard to get stronger. I think young fast bowlers need to be strong. He produces a lot of force so he’s got to know how to manage himself and he works very diligently in the gym. Since Nathan came on he got the group faster and fitter. That’s a big improvement. Nahid knows what he wants to achieve,” he said.
“When you are fast and got the bouncer you’ve got to use it when you can. The good thing with Nahid Rana is his pace doesn’t really drop and whenever he bowls he bowls fast and that’s pretty cool,” he said.
“If you look at the first Test [against Pakistan] he wasn’t as accurate and learning how to be more accurate. He only played three Test matches and you can’t expect him to bowl like Glen McGrath after three Test matches but what we do like to see is his improvement,” he said.
Adams added that he is also impressed with the way Hasan Mahmud is turning out to be a red-ball prospect after initially being labelled as a white-ball prodigy and credited the local coaches for this transformation.
“I think that comes from the local coach as he works more with the local coaches than he does with me at the moment,” said Adams.
“When it comes to game time and it was at the World Cup we had some good conversations with Hasan. We see him as a very high-potential bowler and we see him as a world-class bowler. When someone can be world-class he has to keep working hard and the only way to transform you from a white ball bowler to a red ball bowler is by working hard. He is a very good athlete and he is also smart and wants to get better,” he said.
Adams said that Taskin Ahmed struggled in the first innings against Pakistan which marked his return to Test cricket after a while due to health issues but gradually he got into his own groove. Many feel that Taskin needs to be managed well as he is the premier bowler across formats for Bangladesh.
“Not just Taskin managing workload is required (for everyone) coming back from injury. The thing with Taskin is that he works hard in the training to get ready.
“It’s one thing to bowl in the training, it’s another thing to bowl in the game and so he may have found the first innings a bit of a shock with the heat in the three spells and we knew that would happen and that wasn’t a surprise,” he said.
“The only way to get used to doing something is by doing it.”
Adams said that they will miss the service of left-arm pacer Shoriful Islam in the two-match Test series as he was rested due to injury but added that he is expecting him to be back in the squad ahead of the T20Is.
Shoriful, who sustained a groin injury ahead of the second Test against Pakistan, was not included in the 16-member squad for the India tour.
The left-arm pacer is currently doing his rehabilitation and on Tuesday (September 17) bowled a couple of overs in the match-scenario practice session consisting of the players who could be in the T20 squad for the India series.
“I think every team likes a left-arm pace bowler and Shoriful had been very good for us and he was very good in the first innings (against Pakistan) and he applied pressure and swung the ball. He keeps his energy level up in his spell and that is a pleasing thing to see,” said Adams.
“Shoriful has been working hard to get fit and getting better and getting stronger and that’s just what you have to do. Every team loves to have a left-arm pace bowler. We would have loved to have Shoriful in the mix for selection and so now he is probably going to be fit before the T20 internationals,” he said.