Taskin can sleep again
Taskin Ahmed has filled the vacuum of the fourth pace bowler's spot for the series against Afghanistan, which came as a huge relief for the home team management who were loath to miss the services of a nimble fast bowler. Chief selector Minhajul Abedin was a relieved man as the International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday cleared the right-arm paceman as well as left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny.
But nothing could compare with the joy of the bowler who said in his immediate reaction that he was not only happy that he will be available for the coming home series but also that he will no longer be faced with strange questions about his action.
“Believe me I could not sleep since I appeared in the examination in Australia. Although I did not commit any crime, still it felt bad since I had been suspended from international cricket. Many people asked strange questions like 'has your arm now become straight?' and it was difficult for me to answer those questions. So today is a big day for me.
“It was a painful experience. Now nobody will ask those questions and I don't want to go through such an experience again,” said an excited Taskin.
“At first I called my parents and both were over the moon. After a long time they could rejoice wholeheartedly. All our national team's coaching staff helped me a lot. I want to give special thank to Mahbubul Alam Zaki sir who was with me over the last five months and even set up a six-foot mirror in my room,” continued the young paceman, who promised better performances on his comeback.
Minhajul also singled out Zaki. “He [Zaki] really worked hard, I want to thank him. We were confident and are now relieved that we got back one of our very important pace bowlers. I am confident that he will be the same bowler he was before the suspension because he only had a slight problem with some of his short balls. We have big plans for Taskin; we would like to see him playing in longer-version domestic cricket so that we can try him in Test cricket.”
Regarding Sunny, Minhajul said that they will prefer the left-arm spinner to play domestic cricket as he did not feature much in the Premier League matches and had to make significant changes in his bowling action.
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