Rubel Hossain emphasises on the importance of bowling coach

Rubel Hossain, the Bangladesh pacer, has asked the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to appoint a bowling coach for the team. Bangladesh are without a bowling coach after Heath Streak resigned from the position in May this year. The board then approached several candidates including Aaqib Javed and Venkatesh Prasad. However, the team is yet to handpick a suitable candidate for the post.

"We really need a bowling coach," Rubel said on Monday (August 1). "We can learn new things from him. We are professional cricketers who have picked up things from different coaches and there's no end to learning. When I am trying something new in the nets, a coach has much impact with his tips."

Javed, however, is in Dhaka he moment for a seven-day camp with the bowlers at the High Performance camp. Hossain understandably was excited to work with the former Pakistan pacer. "Pakistani bowlers are really skillful when it comes to swinging the ball, especially reverse swing. So there's a lot to learn from him," he said.

Hossain has been out of action since the Bangladesh A tour of India last year. The pacer has missed the Asia Cup 2016 at home and the ICC World Twenty20 2016 in India because of injury.

"I am working hard to keep my strength - bowling fast and yorkers - in its place," he revealed. "I am trying to return to my old pace though it hasn't really gone down too much during the Dhaka Premier League.

"I have been working on a different type of delivery for a long time in training. I basically hold the ball between my fingers and deliver it. The ball is supposed to slow down after pitching. If I can deliver it properly, it will be quite successful. I really want to add a few variations to my bowling because I can only bowl fast."