Shahadat Hossain Rajib changed his bowling action?

Nadim · #1 April 1, 2011, 11:37 AM

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Nadim · #2 April 1, 2011, 11:38 AM

Offtopic:

Ashfuler er DORSHONIO innings? WTF????? only scored 47 not 247

Night_wolf · #3 April 1, 2011, 11:42 AM

dont know if it'll do good to him but with my naked eye his new action looks like will give him more control..

Night_wolf · #4 April 1, 2011, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by nadim 98
Offtopic:

Ashfuler er DORSHONIO innings? WTF????? only scored 47 not 247

Ash double figure e galei BD er sangbadik r former player der kase seta dorsonio innings

revolver · #5 April 1, 2011, 11:46 AM

Ahh in few years he will turn into a spinner

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Mr-khan · #6 April 1, 2011, 11:49 AM

I guess he changed his action to increase his speed.

Night_wolf · #7 April 1, 2011, 11:50 AM

looks kind of like shawn tait

roman · #8 April 1, 2011, 11:52 AM

Did Pont change his action?

Equinox · #9 April 1, 2011, 11:53 AM

Yup looks like it. Looks like he has adopted a slinging action to gain more pace.

al Furqaan · #10 April 1, 2011, 11:54 AM

Pont says he did not change anyone's action. we havent' seen rajib in a while, might have been changed before. or it might be the unconventional angle we are seeing in that video. rajib also looked short and stocky in the video, which he is not.

cricman · #11 April 1, 2011, 12:21 PM

1st part was Rasel (left arm) he bowling pace too not that SLA stuff, back end of the Video was Rajib very nice Angle and Zip he's getting

SS · #12 April 1, 2011, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by cricman
1st part was Rasel (left arm) he bowling pace too not that SLA stuff, back end of the Video was Rajib very nice Angle and Zip he's getting

I like it and also miss them too...reminsicing Rasel's effective left armers during 2007 era with Mash and Shahadat's sharapova like helmet hitting aggresion in few ODIs and lot in tests...miss those days...I hope they will come back...Rasel trying best but not sure why he is not getting chances...Shahadat keep on trying someday your hard work (if you still realize the importance of it) will be rewarded...it's very sad that Mashrafee's 2007 era partners gradually deteriorated like that...

RazabQ · #13 April 1, 2011, 02:37 PM

He looks more side-on and seems to have a Shoiab like wind-up of his bowling arm. That ball looked rapid though!

simon · #14 April 1, 2011, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Night_wolf
Ash double figure e galei BD er sangbadik r former player der kase seta dorsonio innings

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simon · #15 April 1, 2011, 03:37 PM

Shahadat changed his bowling action,means he doesn't grunt anymore.

Farhad · #16 April 1, 2011, 04:02 PM

Looks slightly more slingy. Could just be the angle. Here's a video of his old action for comparison:

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Nafi · #17 April 1, 2011, 05:20 PM

Looks sooo much better, cleaner action, less wind up, therefore more control.

And there is a point, where he gathers his momentum very well, slightly more slingy, therefore more pacy, as evident in the video, that ball looked around 140k.

Even Rasel looks like he's bowling decent speed 130K

RazabQ · #18 April 1, 2011, 07:04 PM

I asked Rasel in FB - he says pace more or less the same.

Farhad · #19 April 1, 2011, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Nafi
Looks sooo much better, cleaner action, less wind up, therefore more control.

And there is a point, where he gathers his momentum very well, slightly more slingy, therefore more pacy, as evident in the video, that ball looked around 140k.

Even Rasel looks like he's bowling decent speed 130K

al Furqaan · #20 April 1, 2011, 08:22 PM

there's no way to tell how fast these guys are bowling...not with any reasonably measure of certainty. we will have to wait to see Rajib bowl in Zimbabwe (if they even get speed guns).

Rifat · #21 April 1, 2011, 09:16 PM

Eagerly awaiting to see Rajib in National colors again. He has been very good in the Last DPL!

AhmedN · #22 April 1, 2011, 09:18 PM

Still missing in action.

beshideshi · #23 April 1, 2011, 11:36 PM

Maybe its the camera angle, but both Rajib/Rasel seemed to have a bit more zip than usual. And as Ian, and so many others have said, if Rasel can bowl around 125-130, he would be a true asset.
And as for Rajib, If I am not mistaken I think he was in a better rhythm in this video.The run up, the jump was smoother and his follow through looked a lot more fluid as well.

Sakib · #24 April 2, 2011, 12:02 AM

thats a dodgy angle to reach any conclusion

Ian Pont · #25 April 2, 2011, 12:56 AM

I can confirm that Shahadat is trying to bowl with more pace and he has been successful. At some stages during the past month or so he has been 145 kph or so. I work with pace all the time so I am a pretty accurate judge of speed and it is certainly between 140-145 at times when he cranks it up.

He has been 'tweaking' his action rather than changing it. In the same way a batsman might lift their bat higher or move their bottom hand on the handle, Shahadat has been trying to access his long levers (arm pull) far more which leads to a slight delay in his action (appearing a bit more 'sling', although it technically isn't a sling).

I said this way back in November about Shahadat that he could be a BD version of Stuart Broad. I still believe that. In the same way that we encouraged Rubel to have confidence in his bowling, Shahadat needs the same thing - just go out and try to bowl with good pace and enjoy it.

Yes sometimes he will get things wrong, but that's all part of learning. With encouragement I feel BD has a potential match-winner, if he is given chances. I have always felt the same about Syed Rasel by the way and that he is an asset to the BD team.

I hope some of these guys are not discarded and left behind.