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Originally Posted by IndYeah
When I pointed out the fact that Taskin is just an average bowler, and a raw prospect, a few months ago - I was verbally abused on here. Looks like the tube light takes some extra time to light up for a few folks!
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Usually the posts of people who can't tell if 90 is greater or less than 88, aren't taken seriously even on kindergarten forums.
A random guess is not a demonstration of any level of skill. There was no analysis given beyond a open dislike of anything Bangladeshi. There was no method to the madness.
Taskin when he first hit the scene had all the raw ingredients. Decent height (he's taller than all the Indian seamers except Ishant), decent pace (terrific pace for a teenager) although his pace never developed, "strong action" as quoted by Wasim, good seam position, and good aggression. Same reason people were excited about Alzarri Joseph who seems to be struggling at the moment. Taskin at age 19 had everything Pat Cummins had at 19, except 5 km slower. At that point skill is something that is still to be determined. You can measure height, you can measure pace, you can measure seam position relative to an axis, you can see aggression. You cannot measure skill until someone has played a statistically significant number of games.
The one argument in favor of Taskin is that he has bowled on rank flat tracks for most of his career. No point even comparing him to a freak like Mustafiz, but Mashrafee has also bowled fairly well on those same tracks.
March 10, 2018, 02:10 AM
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