SYLHET, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh hopes that Nahid Rana can unsettle Zimbabwe batters with his raw pace in the two-match series opening test beginning Sunday.
The 22-year-old Nahid has established himself as the lethal pacer Bangladesh has long craved by regularly bowling 140 kph (90 mph).
“When he bowls and Zimbabwe’s batters face him, their body language will show just how different Nahid really is,” Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said ahead of the first test. “They will get how fast he is and how extraordinary he is.”
Nahid played a huge role in Bangladesh’s historical series sweep against Pakistan and a victory over West Indies on Caribbean soil for the first time since 2009 last year.