- Mohammad Salahuddin believes Shadman Islam has finally found his role model as a batsman. Shadman looked set to record his third Test century but he failed to reach the milestone as the umpires stopped the day’s play.
- Mohammad Salahuddin believes Shadman Islam has finally found his role model as a batsman.
- (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP via ) Bangladesh interim assistant coach Mohammad Salahuddin believes Shadman Islam has finally figured out the right proach to batting in Test cricket after the opener remained unbeaten on 99 on the opening day of the first Test against the West Indies on Wednesday, October 28.
Mohammad Salahuddin believes Shadman Islam has finally found his role model as a batsman. Shadman looked set to record his third Test century but he failed to reach the milestone as the umpires stopped the day’s play.
Mohammad Salahuddin believes Shadman Islam has finally found his role model as a batsman. (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP via ) Bangladesh interim assistant coach Mohammad Salahuddin believes Shadman Islam has finally figured out the right proach to batting in Test cricket after the opener remained unbeaten on 99 on the opening day of the first Test against the West Indies on Wednesday, October 28. Bangladesh ended the day on 213/3 after a disciplined performance from the visitors’ bowling attack.
Shadman looked set to record his third Test century but he narrowly missed the milestone when the umpires stopped the day’s play. His inability to convert promising starts into major successes had already drawn criticism, making his unbeaten streak even more significant. Salahuddin said the entire Bangladesh dressing room is hoping for Shadman to reach three figures.
He also expressed hope that the innings will help the opener understand what it takes to convert a good start into a century. “The whole team is nervous at the end of the day. “We all wanted him to score 100 because in Test cricket he played around 30 Tests and scored only two centuries,” Salahuddin was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz. “I think that number should have been higher.”
Hopefully this round will help him better understand what it takes to actually score 100 points. And I think this round can help him a lot later in his life,” he added. Salahuddin was particularly impressed with the way Shadman handled the conditions and dealt with difficult periods during his innings.
The Bangladesh opener avoided unnecessary risks and remained patient at the crease, allowing him to build a powerful strike against a disciplined bowling attack. The coach noted that Shadman had already produced several promising half-centuries but was finding it difficult to convert them into major results. He believes the recent opening game performance could help him develop greater consistency in the longest format.
“I would say he rated the wicket very well and if you look at the entire innings, he didn’t play too many risky shots. Sometimes we play risky shots or there are times when we go through difficult times. At this point we can sometimes play free shots.
But I think he assesses the wicket, goes through difficult times and then plays the innings under his control,” he said. “I have seen such innings from him after a long time because he was 50-60 in many innings but it didn’t get long and that’s why I think maybe he worked on it too and that’s why maybe the innings was long and I hope he can do it for longer,” Salahuddin added. Salahuddin thanks Mohammad Ashraful for Shadman’s progress. Salahuddin also preciated former Bangladesh batsman Mohammad Ashraful for the work he did with the team’s batting last year.
Salahuddin joined the national team as interim assistant coach after he was asked to replace Ashraful as batting coach for the two-Test series against the West Indies. He explained that there was little time for changes before the series and admitted that Ashraful’s previous work had played an important role in the batting strategy. Salahuddin also suggested that Shadman could have worked on his own batting procedure to solve his difficulties in converting half-centuries to hundreds.
“I think maybe he realized his power or maybe he talked to the coach about it because his conversion rate isn’t really high,” Salahuddin said. “He played dominant 50s in many innings, but was unable to extend them. There may have been a problem in a process.
I think it (the innings against West Indies) will help him and I think he finds out for himself what he should do at this point,” he added. Salahuddin reiterated that Ashraful deserves credit for the groundwork done with the batters and highlighted his contribution over the past year. “As he (Ashraful) has done a lot of work in the past, we didn’t have much time and we don’t have much to change here.
So I think all the credit goes to Ash. “He worked with the batsmen last year and if their mentality helped in any big or small way then he deserves the credit,” he concluded.
