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Nahid Rana, Bangladesh’s new pace star, said that he admires all the pacers of the national team but he emulates none and wants to remain as himself in international cricket.

"I don't want to be like anyone else. I'm Nahid Rana, I want to stay as Nahid Rana from Bangladesh," Rana said in a video posted on social media by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) today. Honestly speaking, I don't really follow anyone. I like all the pacers in the Bangladesh team, because I have grown up watching them play on TV," Rana said.

"Honestly speaking, I don't really follow anyone. I like all the pacers in the Bangladesh team, because I have grown up watching them play on TV," he added.

The 21-year-old was the quickest bowler in display from Bangladesh-Pakistan series and after hitting the speed of 149.9 kmph twice in the series, he finally broke the 150 kmph barrier in the second Test, clocking 152 kmph.

Rana, however, claimed that he was not striving to bowl that fast, saying, "I never felt as if I had to bowl at 152 kmph or quicker than that. The only thing on my mind was that I had to bowl according to the team's plans."

"You can't calculatingly conjure up something like pace, it depends on the rhythm. It just happens."