DHAKA, Feb 19, 2020 (BSS)-A few days ago, when World Cup winners Bangladesh Under-19 team was given a heroes’ welcome in the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) headquarters, chief selector Minhajul Abedin Nannu was busy to figure out as to how those players should be used to make them a gem.
He specially was excited about the prospect of Tanzid Hasan Tamim after
watching him to take some good bowlers in Under-19 level with utmost ease.
Such was his delight about Tanzid that he said that he is the only one who
could right now get a chance to play in the national team.
“They have done an excellent job for which they were given huge welcome and
they were praised but I would advise them to keep their feet in the ground,”
Abedin told the BSS.
“All of the players are hugely talented but they still need time to prepare
them for the International cricket. If you ask me which player could get the
chance in the national team right at the moment, I would single out the name
of Tanzid Hasan Tamim. He looks fully prepared.”
His expert eyes were not wrong. On their first competitive game following
the Under-19 World Cup, when all of his colleagues failed to carry the
momentum, Tanzid was the exception.
He showed his natural stroke-making ability in the Youth World Cup and here
in BKSP, playing for BCB XI against Zimbabwean national team, he played in
same vein, proving Abedin preciously right.
With BCB XI reeling to a precarious 69-5, he came to the crease, forged a
219-run partnership with captain Al-Amin Hossain for an unbroken sixth wicket
stand and he himself struck 99 ball-125 not out, with 14 fours and five
sixes.
The way he went after the Zimbabwe bowlers after taking times to get him
set in the crease completely, it only implied that he is destined to be a big
thing if he is nursed well and if he can keep him motivated.