You see, talent always finds a way to shine. It is a given. With a combination of hard-work and a bit of luck, there is always recognition. However, it has to be earned first, otherwise the value of it is never truly understood.

Bangladesh cricket team are on the rise. They might have been humiliated by the Lankan at home, but the truth is that the Bangladesh team are not minnows anymore. They can’t be trifled with; they are no longer the punching bag of the top echelons.

There is a wave of talents being produced by the country and it is only natural. After all, the BCB are the fourth richest board in the world. The number of people that watch the sport has played a significant role in the production of talents.

It is a simple logic, really. When a country’s population watches one sport religiously and treats the players like heroes, the children of that nation also aspire to be seen in that light. As a result, more cricket is played on the streets.

And that’s where the journey begins.

This is why there is a plethora of talented players in the youth ranks of Bangladesh—and one of them is Nayeem Hasan. The youngster is a 17-year-old off-spinner that has been picked up by the national team for the Test series against Sri Lanka.

While this might sound great for the youngster, it probably isn’t in the hindsight.

One of the greatest problems of Bangladesh is timing. The selectors don’t seem to realize this just yet, but rushing a player to the international scene rarely ever works.

Almost every nation that has gone through the development phase like Bangladesh are now have done similar mistakes. India did the same with Abhimanyu Mithun, R.P Singh and Irfan Pathan. Australia, too, were culprits of it with the early rushing of James Pattinson.

It is not that Bangladesh themselves don’t have examples. Taskin Ahmed was rushed to the scene in his teenage and so was Mustafizur Rahman. The latter might be an exception given that he is blessed with supreme talent, but even then, rushing physically under-developed bowlers in the most gruesome format of the game always takes a toll on the body.

They come in with a bang as the opponents aren’t entirely aware of their prowess. After a while, rivals begin to find out their weaknesses and then the said bowlers loses himself to obscurity.

Nayeem Hasan might be a great talent, but having played only a handful of domestic games—where he didn’t entirely rip through any batting line-ups—calling him to the squad for the Lankan series was premature to say the least.

Hasan might as well go on to be the hero of the Test series comprising of two games, but his selection risks hindering his long-term growth. Teenage years are the ones where a player not only develops his skills, but also mental strength.

And playing in the international circuit requires more of the latter than the former. If, somehow, he gets spanked by the big boys, his confidence will take a huge hit—something that could push him back for years.

The selectors should realize that rushing bowlers in form never helps, not in the long-term. The thought-process should always be about the next 10 years and not the next 10 months. For Nayeem Hasan, we can only hope that he has a good outing as it would make him more confident.