|| CF Correspondent ||  

Bangladesh's spin-bowling coach Daniel Vettori foresees a bright future for young off-spinner Nayeem Hasan considering his improvement from the last 12 months.

The 20-year old Nayeem before the Covid-19 pandemic broke out took a match haul of nine wickets in Bangladesh's last Test match against Zimbabwe.

The right-arm off-spinner looked impressive in the two-day and one-day practice matches this month that took place after an enforced seven months break.

Nayeem has been awesome, really impressive. He spins the ball, he has amazing variations and he has an amazing top spin on the ball. It is crucial,’’ Vettori was quoted in leading cricket website Cricinfo.

‘’You look at what Nathan Lyon has done as a right-arm offspinner. Nayeem can look up to him and see how he releases the ball,’’ he said.

"Like all the other spinners, Nayeem works hard. I think he has a really big future as an allrounder as well - in all formats. He is a guy to keep an eye on. The last time we played cricket was in that Test match [against Zimbabwe] and he did so well. So hopefully he gets more and more opportunities. Him, Taijul and [Mehidy Hasan] Miraz can combine to be a pretty formidable trio,’’ he said.

As  the team management looking for a spinner who could extract spin out of a docile wicket in the early stages of the match,