National opener Tamim Iqbal asked the young cricketers of the GP-BCB Academy to take time in mastering a single shot instead of trying to learn too many shots at a time.
Tamim had an hour-long session with the budding 24 players at the Academy on Wednesday, sharing his experience at the international level and giving tips on how to be a successful cricketer.
Mominul Haque, the diminutive left-hander of the academy team, felt the session with the number one batsman of Bangladesh will help them grow up as a player as he had focussed on different areas of the game.
‘It was a fantastic session as we have learnt a lot of things,’ Mominul told reporters at Mirpur on Wednesday.
‘Tamim Bhai told us to give time in mastering a shot before moving on to the next one,’ said Mominul.
‘He took four months to make himself skilled on the leg-side after he found out that it was his weakness,’ said Mominul.
Mominul said Tamim asked the players to come out of the shell while interacting with the coach as it is the players who have to ask for a solution rather than thinking that the coach will know the problem without being told.
GP-BCB Academy is currently having Australian Ross Turner as their head coach.
‘We must be able to interact freely with the coach if we want to learn something from him,’ said Mominul.
‘He said he was very inquisitive about different aspects of his game and always used to knock Jamie Siddons so that he could improve on his shortcomings,’ said the former BKSP student.
Apart from that, Tamim also mentioned that every batsman should know that he cannot be as fluent as he is capable of in each game but still it is his duty to stay at the wicket.
He cited the example of the World Cup match against India where he scored 70 runs at a pace that is not similar to his style. He battled through as he was advised by coach Jamie Siddons. His innings could have been crucial if run rate would decide Bangladesh’s fate.
-With New Age input
