Tamim has a touch of Shehwag, Gilchrist and Jayasuriya in him. A lot of times you would think how does he even get 10 runs with the way he bats, yet just like those two, he will have big scores. Maybe its the bat speed. People like that, even when they make mistakes, the simple edge to slips become blistering slashes. A catch becomes a four ! These players will also give you ducks but can literally destroy any plans the opposition have for you. There is certainly some method to their madness, or at least what seems like madness from outside. Some of Tamim's shots yesterday were the direct result of the field offered by Dhoni. If he brought them up, he went over them, and everytime Dhoni plugged a gap, he put it where the guy just vacated . Its not all mindless but a calculated gamblers mentality, soemthing people like Shehwag, Gilchrist, Jayasuriya and to some extent Tamim possess.
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