Purpose-based training reaps benefit for Tamim
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Comilla Victorians Tamim Iqbal finally found form, staving off the unusual poor form and for it, his purpose-based training should be attributed.
Tamim came into BPL with load of confidence on the back of consistent performance at the international level but seemed to be nowhere near to his usual self until the blazing half-century—a scintillating 42 ball-73 against Titans.
The dominating left-handed opener had the taste of successive ducks for the first time in his career before making sure he gets back into business with a bang against Titans as he made 35, 4 and 21 runs in his first three innings in the ongoing BPL campaign.
Victorians needed Tamim to shine more so after losing Steven Smith and Evin Lewis due to their respective injury and it looked the urgency gripped into his mind to look into his preparation that he took during the optional training session at Sylhet District Stadium on Wednesday.
While batting in the nets, head coach Mohammad Salahuddin had a throw down at the opener where he took up the challenge of batting against him in a match-like situation while before completing his session he decided to keep the fielders at long and long off along with others standing at different regions much like how the fielders to save boundaries at the rope during a match time.
Off-spinner Sanjit Saha was the bowler against whom he was required to get a specific run to win the battle similar to the way it happens during the last over in a limited over game and it only looked to be a perfect example of purpose-based training.
‘’I don’t feel the last over battle against Sanjit is purpose-based training,’’ Tamim told Cricfrenzy when his attention was drawn regarding it after the training session was over. The throw downs made by Sir [Salahuddin] can be considered as purpose based training because he was asked to bowl anywhere like it happens in matches unlike we do sometimes when we want someone to give us a specific kind of deliveries to play drives of cuts,’’ he said adding that he wanted those players at the ropes as it helped him to pick his gaps.
“There is no point of just coming into net and hitting wildly. I would like to bat in the net like I am playing in a match as that will help you prepare better both mentally, physically and technically,’’ he added.
Tamim showed his level of preparation against Titans when he looked destined to hit the first century of the tournament until Lasith Maling undid him with a slower delivery but not before that he smacked a dozen of boundaries and a six in his match-defining knock.
Tamim admitted later after the match that he is relieved to get over the lean patch as it was not only bothering him but also looked to have an impact on his mental toughness.
‘’I don’t think I was so nervous in the last seven eight years. I asked Sir that I am pretty afraid and he gave me confidence in his own way. Afridi was sharing some of his experience[ that he went during lean phase] and it all indicate I was not normal ,’’ Tamim told reporters after the sparkling half-century when he was asked whether he was concerned with his two successive ducks.
‘’I don’t think I was in similar situation in my international career because honestly speaking I was very nervous in the beginning,’’ he said adding that he is not sure whether he regained his form or still is going through the lean patch.
‘’I feel when a batsman is going through a lean phase for two three innings it does not imply that he regained his form hitting runs somewhere in between so I cannot say that I regained my form,’’ he said.
‘’I can only say that it helped me gain confidence to play the upcoming game but I cannot assure that whether my lean phase is over or not as one innings does not guarantee someone of regaining form,’’ he concluded.
