|| CF Correspondent ||

Bangladesh chief selector Minhajul Abedin said on Wednesday that he is impressed with the bowling of Mustafizur Rahman as the left-arm pace bowler is bowling consistently well after a long period.

Mustafizur, who is representing Gazi Group Chattogram in the ongoing Bangabandhu T20 Cup, is the highest wicket taker in the competition with 21 wickets.

Mustafizur, who had been considered the country's most talented pace bowler across formats only a few years ago, had a reality check in the recent past after being axed from the Test contract list. The left-armer last played a Test match in New Zealand in March 2019 and since then hasn't been able to make it into Bangladesh's playing XI. His demotion to B category in the white-ball national contract only indicates all is not well with him and Mustafizur admitted it without any hesitation.

Injuries have continued to haunt the young bowler since he picked up the shoulder strain in England in 2016 early into his career while playing in the Twenty20 blast. In 2017, he sustained a grade-two lateral ankle injury while warming up with a football drill on the tour of South Africa, an injury that caused him to miss the start of BPL 2017 while he also had niggles here and there.

After a long time we had seen him bowling well so consistently and we hope that he carries this form against West Indies. Usually he is injury prone but now we are seeing that he is bowling well on day in and day out basis without any problem and that is a very good sign,’’ Bangladesh chief selector Minhajul Abedin told reporters on Wednesday.