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Originally Posted by Eshen
Most of the Bangladeshi players in the above list, may be except Ash, are most likely couple of years older than their stated age. IMO, more than their young age, their inability to evolve in the international stage is the prime factor why they failed after their early successes. They enjoyed their initial success as they were unknown to opposition bowlers. Some of them even shocked the other teams (triple A are prime examples here) with their audacious stroke-plays. But once the opposition bowlers figured them out, they found it hard to get going. I call it Hannan/SN syndrome.
Tamim is an exception here as he has managed to keep evolving his stroke-play in last four years.
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Tamim is a class of his own...the opposition knows he's going to hit, but he still can't be stopped. he rarely edges the ball...has he ever been caught behind or in the slips? he plays and misses far more often than he edges it, which means that he just needs to work on his shot selection and not his technique. his lack of footwork hasn't gotten him into trouble yet, as he relies on power, so even if he's not fully behind a shot in a compact manner (a la Rahim, for example) the ball will still rocket away.
but i agree, tamim looks 2-3 years older than his stated age. but thats not veyr accurate, and he did play on a U-19 team after they medically tested them for age.
Ash is certainly his stated age.