Taskin eying to eclipse previous BPL performance
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||CF Correspondent ||
Fast bowler Taskin Ahmed is keen to surpass his previous year’s performance in the upcoming Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) as he aims to force his case stronger for the national team from which he was away for quite some times.
At the same time, his target is to complete the tournament, being injury-free, considering the fact that he got injured in the last BPL season after performing magnificently. The last BPL was a breakthrough tournament for the fast bowler who took 14 wickets in the group stage and returned to the national team for the tour in New Zealand. But the injury which he carried from the BPL ruined his hope. Later though he came back in the national team, he couldn’t show performance worthy and was axed further.
But this year, he said he is well equipped to deal with the injury and perform as per the expectation.
“My target is to play well, wherever I get the chance. I will try to be fit and well. The main goal is to perform well in the upcoming BBPL and give my best, so that I can get back to the national team once again,” Taskin said here today after his side Rangpur Rangers’ practice session at the National Academy Ground in Mirpur.
“My injury management is now better than before. Now I can understand the type of my body and know what I should do to keep me injury-free. Still injury is the part and parcel of a players’ career and the pacer is more vulnerable to injury. So I will try to take good preparation to keep me in better stead.”
Taskin said that he would leave no stone unturned to surpass his previous year’s performance and will target to win matches for Rangpur Rangers as many as he can to.
“I am hoping for better performance than the previous year but at the end of the day, it is cricket. Some day you will play good and someday your performance won’t be up to the mark. But yes, I hope to win matches for Rangpur as many as I can,” he added.
Not only the previous year, Taskin in fact always put a performance worthy in the BPL always. As he enjoys the tournament more than anything else, he always comes up with better performance, Taskin revealed.
“Actually I enjoy BPL very much. It’s the best tournament of the country. There are so many star players with whom we share the dressing room, so there is festive mood all around,” he disclosed.
But that doesn’t mean that he gives less priority to the longer version format. He said he is working intensively to better his performance in the Test cricket also.
“Test cricket is a tougher place. You need to have mental fitness and skill to thrive in Test cricket. I think mental willpower is key to do well in Test cricket,” he said.
“BCB gives us better trainer and facilities to do well in Test cricket. We are training hard under their guidance. Hopefully the improvement will be visible.”
