I was just going to add this article. Excellent piece and sums up the problems of our team. Personally I love following Under 19 teams in general. This particular team, although lacks any clear talent aside from Anamul and Hasan, is remarkable in one other way: serious lack of mental strenght. There's no other way you could describe the losses against WI and Pakistan other than the team lacking the mental resolve to finish off matches (and lacking even a decent seamer).
My question is:how do you make young players mentally stronger? What training techniques do you use? I know playing practise matches and tournaments aren't enough as the article clearly makes it obvious. So how does our system produce the Bangladeshi Steve Waughs of tomorrow?
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