Gibson impresses with speed of Tigers’ young pacers
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh fast-bowling coach Ottis Gibson said that he is impressed to see the speed of the young fast bowlers Bangladesh have in the current growing arsenal.
Gibson has watched the pacers actively after being appointed as the national team pace bowling coach in January, 2020; Even when he worked in Bangabandhu-Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), he watched the local bowlers, he is impressed with the speed of young Bangladesh pacers.
Gibson disclosed his observation while speaking to a local renowned English daily today. He said that young pacers like Ebadot Hossain, Taskin Ahmed can bowl at speeds of 140kph, where he has high hopes on another young paceman 20-year-old Hasan Mahmud who recently made his T20I debut against Zimbabwe, after impressing in domestic and ‘A’ team competitions.
“I’ve really been impressed with Ebadot who can clock 140kph,” said Ottis Gibson.
“There’s Taskin who is still there. I’ve had some time to chat with him. He’s still hungry to get involved. Khaled has been injured for a while,” he said.
“Young Hasan Mahmud has really impressed me too. I’ve a lot of faith in him. He can really breakthrough and become a top international Bangladeshi fast bowler. I’ve high hopes from him. He is very hungry to learn. He has a fantastic action that can only get better, so it’ll be interesting to see how he goes over the next few years,” he concluded.
