CHATTOGRAM: Bangladesh’s fast-bowling coach Allan Donald has credited Sridharan Sriram and Shrinivas Chandrasekaran for serving to their struggling pacer Mustafizur Rahman get again his misplaced sting and play a key position of their ODI collection win over India.
The Indian duo of Sriram and Shrinivas, at the moment serving because the Bangladesh T20 coach and efficiency analyst respectively, labored with the pacer to determine his errors.
“Sriram and Shrinivas spotted that in the release point of his slower ball, his palm was facing the batter,” Donald informed ESPNCricinfo on the sidelines of the opening Test that India gained by 188 runs.
“It needed to be more side-on so that the palm was facing the off side on his point of release. He bowled a lot of overs to get that ball to come out softer and with a bit more bite. He worked really hard on nailing yorkers.
The 27-year-old, who is the most experienced among the Bangladesh pace battery, has been under pressure to deliver.
“He is a category act. When we wanted a man to step up towards a world-class participant in Rohit Sharma, Fizz got here to the celebration and produced an awesome yorker to win the collection for us. I really like working with him. Mustafiz has been around the globe. You write him off at your personal peril. I understand how arduous he’s working proper now.”
Having joined the side in March, Donald has overseen a rise in Bangladesh’s pace bowling, after they relied on spinners for years. They started to turn it around with Courtney Walsh at helm, followed by Ottis Gibson.
The South African great took it from there as the Bangladesh bowlers reached the mark of 167 wickets for the year, their best across formats in a calendar year in over two decades of playing international cricket.
Ebadot Hossain’s six-wicket haul paved the way for their historic Test win in Mount Maunganui, while they won an ODI series in South Africa where Taskin Ahmed was adjudged the Player of the Series.
“I coach mindset. I could be technical if I wish to, however at this degree, you’ll be able to have the perfect plans on the earth, however it’s essential to have the will and the mongrel in your stomach, you will not get previous anybody.
“I think slowly but surely we are starting to see this growing in this group. This excites me,” the 56-year-old mentioned.
Terming the expansion as vital, Donald mentioned: “I have taken out the fear factor of making mistakes… I say it almost every day: don’t worry about what I think sitting in the stands.
“I’ve been there. I’ve skilled your heartaches and errors. It is completely okay to make errors, so long as we give it a 100% crack on the market. It does not matter for those who go for six.”
Changing the “conservative strategy” has been the important thing, he mentioned.
The second and remaining Test towards India begins at Mirpur from Thursday.
The Indian duo of Sriram and Shrinivas, at the moment serving because the Bangladesh T20 coach and efficiency analyst respectively, labored with the pacer to determine his errors.
“Sriram and Shrinivas spotted that in the release point of his slower ball, his palm was facing the batter,” Donald informed ESPNCricinfo on the sidelines of the opening Test that India gained by 188 runs.
“It needed to be more side-on so that the palm was facing the off side on his point of release. He bowled a lot of overs to get that ball to come out softer and with a bit more bite. He worked really hard on nailing yorkers.
The 27-year-old, who is the most experienced among the Bangladesh pace battery, has been under pressure to deliver.
“He is a category act. When we wanted a man to step up towards a world-class participant in Rohit Sharma, Fizz got here to the celebration and produced an awesome yorker to win the collection for us. I really like working with him. Mustafiz has been around the globe. You write him off at your personal peril. I understand how arduous he’s working proper now.”
Having joined the side in March, Donald has overseen a rise in Bangladesh’s pace bowling, after they relied on spinners for years. They started to turn it around with Courtney Walsh at helm, followed by Ottis Gibson.
The South African great took it from there as the Bangladesh bowlers reached the mark of 167 wickets for the year, their best across formats in a calendar year in over two decades of playing international cricket.
Ebadot Hossain’s six-wicket haul paved the way for their historic Test win in Mount Maunganui, while they won an ODI series in South Africa where Taskin Ahmed was adjudged the Player of the Series.
“I coach mindset. I could be technical if I wish to, however at this degree, you’ll be able to have the perfect plans on the earth, however it’s essential to have the will and the mongrel in your stomach, you will not get previous anybody.
“I think slowly but surely we are starting to see this growing in this group. This excites me,” the 56-year-old mentioned.
Terming the expansion as vital, Donald mentioned: “I have taken out the fear factor of making mistakes… I say it almost every day: don’t worry about what I think sitting in the stands.
“I’ve been there. I’ve skilled your heartaches and errors. It is completely okay to make errors, so long as we give it a 100% crack on the market. It does not matter for those who go for six.”
Changing the “conservative strategy” has been the important thing, he mentioned.
The second and remaining Test towards India begins at Mirpur from Thursday.