Mustafizur target bottle to get back his yorker
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||CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh’s pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman is trying to get back his lethal yorker in the upcoming edition of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League.
The left-arm pace bowler was seen practicing target bowling by following an interesting procedure to improve the ability to deliver more yorkers
After the World Cup 2019, the Tigers’ pace prodigy Mustafizur was trying to find his old form back but failed to impress on different occasions as injury issues could also be an obstacle that was keeping him out of his best.
But as Twenty20 World Cup 2020 is approaching thick and fast, Mustafiz seems determined to regain his game-changing yorkers abilities and with that aspiration, Mustafiz practiced with bottles this time.
On Saturday at the academy field of Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, the Rangpur Ranger pacer Mustafiz was seen practicing yorker deliveries, setting bottles at the bottom of the stumps while another Rangpur fast bowler Taskin Ahmed was also seen practicing along with Fizz in the same process.
Both the national team fast bowlers were accompanied by Rangpur’s bowling coach and their assistant coach Mijanur Rahman Babul during the session.
Mustafizur was also seen working hard to improve his speed of bowling as he was seen breaking the sticks couple of times during the practice. The pacer broke the stump even from his last delivery in the practice session at the academy. The-24-year-old pace bowler took 12 wickets in the last edition of BPL for Rajshahi
Babul, who also worked with Mustafizur at Rajshahi Kings during the last season, closely inspected the pacer during his spell.
The Rangpur assistant coach Babul is hopeful that Mustafizur can perform well also in this edition of BPL.
“The way he performed in the last season, he will perform the same way this time. The reason that made him Mustafizur, he will play that kind of pitch. When he will enjoy bowling, he will return in his rhythm,’’ said Mizanur.
Bangladesh Cricket Board official said on Friday that they have allowed Mustafizur Rahman to put up his name in IPL auction in order to regain his form as they are concerned with his prolonged lean patch.
Mustafizur performance in the recently-concluded three-match T20I series against India was another occasion when he fell short of expectations, looking a shadow of the bowler who debuted in 2015 and could win games for Bangladesh single-handedly
Mustafizur ended the three-match series without any wicket, giving away 92 runs from 9.4 overs with an economy rate of 9.51 while team management decided not to pick in the following two-match Test series.
While BCB is concerned with his fitness, according to BCB cricket operation chairman Akram Khan they are confident that if he can properly manage him he will be able to play with minimal chances of injury like the way he is doing for quite some time
Earlier BCB in July 2018 announced that Mustafizur will be stopped from taking part in franchise based cricket league as they felt that he was picking up injury in those tournaments and as a result could not fulfill his responsibility in the national jersey.
However, BCB had removed the bar from the left-arm pace bowler as they feel now he is more capable of managing his injury and more importantly eyeing to see him regain his form by playing in the cash rich tournament if picked.
