Bangladesh national team\u2019s assistant coach Ruwan Kalpage said on Saturday that remodeled bowling action of Arafat Sunny will help him to remove the tag of limited-over bowler.
\nSunny began his journey with a remodeled action recently in the Dhaka Premier League after being suspended by International Cricket Council for illegal bowling action.Sunny opted to stay away from the DPL for the first five rounds in order to help himself rectifying his action despite there was no bar on him for playing domestic cricket.
\nKalpage returned to Bangladesh on Friday after completing his vacation and looked satisfied with the progress of Sunny, who had been working with him since getting suspended.
\n\u2018We started working with him [Sunny] soon after the World Cup. I had two sessions with him there and after words I had five sessions with him,\u2019 Kalpage told New Age on Saturday.
\n\u2018We have made progress report and he has done really well.
\n\u2018I am sure he will be able to remove the tag of a limited over bowler and also be considered for Test as he is spinning the ball much more than earlier,\u2019 said the Sri Lankan.
\n\u2018Before playing the first game he called me and told that clubs are going very strong and wanted him to play and whether he is alright to play or not.
\n\u2018When you come up with an injury we ask the same question to the players. Are you ready to take the challenge or not ready to take the challenge?
\n\u2018Challenge according to me for him to play a match first. He has to bowl in training and later to a batsman and see when the latter is attacking him how he responses.
\n\u2018That is where a bowler can get wrong because for 15 years a bowler is bowling with a certain action.
\n\u2018Suddenly with a month he adopts a new action and I think he has done really well.
\n\u2018Good thing about him is that I told him he will not have a label [limited over bowler] when he will come up with a new action.
\n\u2018You should remove the label that you play only ODI cricket and you should play it at any format. That\u2019s his main challenge as far as I am concerned.
\n\u2018He is very happy and he was very comfortable,\u2019 said the former Sri Lankan spinner, who was a part of 1996 World Cup winning side.
\nThe International Cricket Council banned Sunny and his fellow team-mate Taskin Ahmed on March 19 for illegal bowling actions.
\nThe duo was reported with suspect action after Bangladesh\u2019s first match in the ICC World Twenty20 against Netherlands. They underwent tests in an ICC accredited centre in Chennai, India before being banned.
\nSunny did his rehabilitation with national assistant coach Kalpage for couple of days. He mostly had to do it alone as Kalpage left for Sri Lanka on vacation only to leave some video footage for him to follow.
\nKalpage believed that Sunny will not be having the same kind of fate like some other Bangladeshi cricketers because he had the mind-set to open up with the new challenge.
\nSohag Gazi, who was reported earlier, could not make a name for himself in the domestic circuit as he could not keep up his effectiveness.
\n\u2018I am not putting any one down but the truth is education is very important,\u2019 added Kalpage.
\n\u2018Some people think in one direction. They only focus on earning money.\u2019
\n\u2018As far Sunny is concerned I told him it is a matter of your life and death.
\n\u2018A lot of people will come up with lot of ideas but in the end it is you to decide whether you play with your old action and play for two three years or you play with a remodel action,\u2019 said the Sri Lankan.<\/p>\n

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