The Shohag Gazi Thread

[M.H.Rubel]

Gazi imbibes Saqlain's
wisdom
The day before the first ODI against
West Indies, Sohag Gazi spent close
to an hour bowling at Saqlain
Mushtaq. The former Pakistan
offspinner stood behind one
stump, baseball mitt in one hand,
on the wicket next to the one
where the Bangladesh offspinner
would make his ODI debut.
Apart from the bowling, the only
other activity during the whole
exercise was when Saqlain moved
the markers. It happened only a
few times, to indicate what lines
and length to bowl when the
bowler switched to around the
wicket, but there was very little
exchange of words. It was clear
that the plans were set and had
been spelled out to the youngster,
who devotedly carried them out
the next day. . . . . .http://www.espncricinfo.com/banglade...ry/594518.html

[Eshen]

I wish there were way to send him to play in Sri Lanka or India for a season, that would have accelerated his development.

[jeesh]

Sometimes it can backfire Eshen. Like how Enamul went to play in India and couldnt pick wickets. Was a huge blow to his confidence.

Gazi's development is accelerated enough. I bet 2-3 months ago he wouldnt even imagine the position he is in today. More time with Saqlain is essential. Also tournaments like BPL could aid in his development working with international players, coaches in pressure cooker matches.

[BANFAN]

Originally Posted by Eshen
I wish there were way to send him to play in Sri Lanka or India for a season, that would have accelerated his development.

That will only help those countries to pick him easily... If he is playing as a part of our national team then fine, otherwise all the local teams he plays with will only try to find out his secrets to play I'm better....they aren't going to help him be better....

[BANFAN]

And no appreciation for this boy...!! He keeps giving us important breakthroughs at the top to ensure our victory. Again a very good performance..... I can see him out performing Murali....

Waiting to see him outside BD...

[Roey Haque]

He's terrific. I only hope and pray he can keep it up and become a team mainstay like Tamim,Shakib and Nasir.

I'ma call him Showtime Shohag.

[Tiger Manc]

What a start to his ODI career! Like duck to water. 7 wickets in 2 matches. Keep it coming.

[Shaan]

Gazi we are so proud of you, you seems like right hand version of Shakib. But you deserve your own tag the Sohag Gazi

[WarWolf]

Way to go boy! Please remember it's just the start. You need to break many records.

[mij]

Originally Posted by Shaan
Gazi we are so proud of you, you seems like right hand version of Shakib. But you deserve your own tag the Sohag Gazi

When I said that some people here said I was waching worng game.

[mij]

Originally Posted by BANFAN
And no appreciation for this boy...!! He keeps giving us important breakthroughs at the top to ensure our victory. Again a very good performance..... I can see him out performing Murali....

Waiting to see him outside BD...

It does seems he does work hard.

[BANFAN]

Can some one post video of Gazi's wickets?? Would love to see...

[Gowza]

seems to be real quality, as said takes top order wickets giving breakthroughs when we need them.

[oronnya]

Originally Posted by Gowza
seems to be real quality, as said takes top order wickets giving breakthroughs when we need them.

Yeah pure quality. I would love to see him becoming as lethal as Ajmal with his hard work someday.Which is very much possible the way he is going now..

[Nadim]

Find of the year. He got alot to offer with the bat too.

[Equinox]

Huge find for us! The biggest positive imo is that we've found him very young. Offies don't hit their peak until their late 20s/early 30s, look at Swann and Ajmal. So hopefully he'll have a very long shelf life and continue to get better and better.

[oronnya]

Yeah great find !!!! I like his batting... I do think he can be someone like Ashwin and will be very useful with the bat lower down the order.. A confident guy.. Liked that

[BANFAN]

Impressed in Test, Impressed in ODIs and now looking forward to T20s. Pure diamond. ...
Keep working hard, a long way to go....crossing Murali is your target...that's quiet a Marathon.

[mij]

Originally Posted by BANFAN
Impressed in Test, Impressed in ODIs and now looking forward to T20s. Pure diamond. ...
Keep working hard, a long way to go....crossing Murali is your target...that's quiet a Marathon.

better bat.

[Tiger444]

Find of the series. We've been looking a long time for a specialist offie and finally found 1. Also a handy bat down the order. Full credit to the selectors for taking a gamble and selecting him over the likes of Sunny and Enamul.

[Tiger Manc]

Great find he looks like a keeper, handy with the bat too. Looks like this'll be the end of the 3 sla strategy.

[WarWolf]

Find of the year.

He got the ability to cross many milestones. Do it boy!

[Antora]

Awesome find for Bangladesh. Waiting to see how he performs in away matches.

[al-Sagar]

shohag has been the revolution. not only that he has done magic for BD, he has opened the eyes for all other teams on how to minimize the threat of gayle. teams around the world will see how gazil has kept gayle quiet and now will give the ball to their offies to open the bowling against gayle. offies around the world will look how shohag bowled and try to do the same against gayle.

[Kabir]

Great find, this Shohag guy is. His bowling figures are great, but I'm quite surprised to see him bat. He's got the right footwork, good hand-eye coordination, good looking strokes, and timing. He lacks in experience and temperament...and can be groomed to be a lower order dependable batsman. He should be groomed to hold the lower order together in case of a top/middle order collapse, and also add valuable runs if he's finishing off the game. That, in other words, will be magical.