Bangladesh pace bowling coach Ottis Gibson has lavished praise on fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman and said that he is Bangladesh’s best when it comes to limited-overs cricket.
“I haven't seen much of the IPL and so I can't really comment too much on Mustafizur's performance in the IPL, but what I can say is that when he was with us he had shown some good improvement,” Gibson told Cricbuzz.
“When he plays for us he will take the new ball. Certainly he is our best bowler in white-ball cricket and he is our number one,” he added.
The left-handed medium-fast bowler who is a part of the Rajasthan Royals for the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League picked up 8 wickets in seven matches for the franchise before the tournament was suspended due to a surge in covid-19 cases in the bio-bubbles. Talking about the same, the bowling coach agreed that it would help the pacer gain more confidence.
“If he had a good IPL then that's great because then he gets more confidence and when he comes back to us he comes back as a much more improved bowler and a bowler with full of confidence. So that is an asset for us,” Gibson said.
Bangladesh are slated to play three ODIs at home against Sri Lanka scheduled to begin on May 23 at Shere Bangla Stadium. All three matches will be played at the same venue.
Rahman has so far played 64 ODIs for Bangladesh and has scalped 118 wickets during the course.