Thursday, May 24, 2012

Generation Next: The young brigades of Bangladesh cricket

f you see a young boy struggling with the big boys of international cricket, it is difficult to believe that his debut for Bangladesh national team made this season. He is comfortable and safe in the middle, which can only be seen in a seasoned player. Bangladesh cricket needed someone like him in the midst of a good work Tamim and Shakib helix. Before his arrival, the Bangladesh team longed cool head in the middle of the batsman played for them to finish. Bangladesh has suffered several close defeats in the last few years due to the lack of a finisher. The restraint shown by Nasir Hossain in the recently concluded Asia Cup shows that the waiting is over. He along with Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim is expected to give Bangladesh the steel cans for so long lacked. Appearance of Nasir is no surprise at all. He has been a consistent performer in each age group teams and a team of Bangladesh.
 
Nasir Hossain was in excellent form in Asia CupNasir Hossain started playing cricket in his home town of Rangpur. Shakil Raihan was a cricket coach in a small cricket academy in Rangpur. Every day was Shahin and Shamim, two brothers who used to go with him to cricket practice, but he was more attracted to another boy, younger brother Shahin and Shamim. That the child once came to practice with his brother, he was not as frequent. But coach is always looking for the baby. Shakil so real talent in the little boy, and he thought that this child will be a great cricketer ever. The little man is now Nasir Hossain.Shahin Shamim did in cricket Shakil Raihan Academy. Sometimes they took their youngest brother, Nasir with them. He wondered about the bat, or sometimes with the ball, while his brothers seriously practiced. But this small moments with cricket bat and a ball made Shakil think this man will be cricketer one day. Shakil Raihan is nostalgic when he thinks of the time. He said: "Nasir had a great talent, his batting style, body movements, footwork, everything was as true cricketers, I took him to competitive cricket for the first time when he was only 10-12 years ago ..."
 
Nasir Hossain in his WWF style celebration-typeThe story could have been much different. Nasir would be easy to just random people instead of promising cricketer. He was hospitalized at Backspace in 2004. Since then there have been some famous coaches in Bangladesh by Salahuddin, Imran Sarwar, helped Najmul Abedine Fahim him become who he is today. But the person who made the most contribution to cricket Nasir career, his youth coach Shakil Raihan. Nasir is no point in playing cricket. Nasir is always a tendency to avoid the cricket grounds. It was a bed, cricket practice, and he always tried to avoid his coach Shakil. But Shakil Nasir was worried if he does not see in practice. He often went to the house of Nasir catch him and take him to the cricket practice.Nasir gets emotional when he talks about Shakil Raihan. Nasir said: "Many people have contributed behind my career, but Shakil Bhai is one that really brought me cricket Somehow he forced me to play cricket .."Shakil Raihan recognize a true cricketer in Nasir, and we shall see him as he is now, but Nasir asked when he realized that he is his great cricketer. Nasir said during a-15 cricket team tour to Sri Lanka first gave him the conviction that he is his great cricketer.

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