"He used to bowl with a bent arm in the past. But that has been corrected over the last couple of years. I am confident that once the ICC takes a good look at his action, he will be cleared," said Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP)'s cricket coach Mohammad Salahuddin, who has seen Razzak mature at the country's premier sports institute.
"Besides, reputed Indian coach Manjit Singh also did not find any problems when Razzak approached him just before the tour of Sri Lanka," informed Salahuddin who had also worked closely with Razzak as coach of his club Victoria during and after the 2003-2004 Dhaka Premier Division league.
Punjab's Manjit Singh, who had coached Indian star spinner Harbhajan Singh, is now imparting his wisdom on the BKSP boys.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has also rallied behind the cricketer and strongly dismissed a report published by news agency AFP that said that Razzak would miss the rest of the Asia Cup while quoting an unnamed Bangladesh official.
"There must have been a misunderstanding. I'm not aware of any of our officials making such a statement," said BCB's cricket operation's chief Mahbub Anam.
"He is very much in the team. Not only that we think he has come to play for Bangladesh for at lest ten to fifteen years," said Anam adding that the Board had no plans to bring Razzak back home.
"We will follow the standard procedure as prescribed by the law. But in the meantime there is no bar on him to continue playing," said Anam.
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