Despite having five pace bowling options in the squad, Bangladesh are carrying three extra pacers in Nahid Rana, Khaled Ahmed and Ebadot Hossain in Sylhet to better prepare for the Dutch pace attack they are set to face in the three-match T20I series starting on Saturday.
With the emergence Nahid Rana, for the first time, Bangladesh had a pacer in their arsenal who could breathe fire.
Pacer Nahid Rana stood out during Bangladesh’s fitness test at the National Stadium today.
The first of the two-match T20I series is scheduled to begin at 9:00pm, Bangladesh time.
Nahid Rana and Rishad Hossain, the two Bangladeshi players taking part in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), left Pakistan for the UAE tonight alongside the two other Bangladeshi journalists, who were also in the country to cover the event. The 10th edition of the PSL was postponed earlier tonight.
The escalation has not only cast doubt over Bangladesh’s upcoming T20I series in Pakistan but also raised immediate concerns for its players currently in Islamabad. Both Rishad, representing Lahore Qalandars, and Nahid, playing for Peshawar Zalmi, are awaiting safe passage home.
Zimbabwe pacer Blessing Muzarabani stood tall and won the battle against the much-hyped pace unit of Bangladesh in the first Test in Sylhet.
Bangladesh speedster Nahid Rana led Bangladesh’s fightback in the morning session by striking thrice as Zimbabwe were reduced to 133-4 at Lunch on Day 2 of the first Test at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today, still trailing by 58 runs.
Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said Zimbabwe will realise how lethal Nahid Rana can be when they face him in the first Test at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium beginning on Sunday.
Zimbabwe pacer Blessing Muzarabani stood tall and won the battle against the much-hyped pace unit of Bangladesh in the first Test in Sylhet.
Bangladesh speedster Nahid Rana led Bangladesh’s fightback in the morning session by striking thrice as Zimbabwe were reduced to 133-4 at Lunch on Day 2 of the first Test at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today, still trailing by 58 runs.
Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said Zimbabwe will realise how lethal Nahid Rana can be when they face him in the first Test at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium beginning on Sunday.
Zimbabwe’s veteran batter Sean Williams said that he and his side is not sweating too much over Bangladesh’s pace sensation Nahid Rana ahead of the two-Test series, saying they are prepared to face the speedster.
Bangladesh cricketers joined a camp in Sylhet today ahead of their two-Test home series against Zimbabwe, starting with the first game at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on April 20. The Tigers’ jovial mood on the first day of their camp was reflected through a post from pacer Hasan Mahmud on his official Facebook page. The post that included a picture of seven of the 10 players who joined the camp so far was captioned, ‘Ignore Nahid Rana’. Hasan was apparently poking fun at Nahid, who was the odd one out in the picture as the right-arm quick was the only one to be looking away from the camera.
Bangladesh all-rounder Mehedi Hasan Miraz feels that the upcoming two-match Test series at home against Zimbabwe will be a great opportunity for the youngsters to showcase their mettle in the absence of some top cricketers.
PSL beckons but Rana’s ambition lay in Test cricket which he divulged during an interview with The Daily Star’s Abdullah Al Mehdi yesterday
Bangladesh stars Liton Das and Rishad Hossain have been granted No Objection Certificates (NOCs) for the entire season of the upcoming Pakistan Super League (PSL) while speedster Nahid Rana has been granted partial NOC.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is all set to provide NOCs (No Objection Certificate) to all three of their cricketers -- Liton Das, Nahid Rana, and Rishad Hossain -- to feature in the upcoming Pakistan Super League, scheduled to run from April 11 till May 18.
An opportunity to play in the upcoming Pakistan Super League (PSL) beckons for young pace sensation Nahid Rana but before issuing him a No Objection Certificate (NOC), the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is pondering about Rana’s workload management and the national team’s upcoming Zimbabwe series.
