Sports Reporter :
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the sponsor of the Bangladesh National Cricket team Robi have teamed up to look for promising fast bowlers from all over the country. “Robi Fast Bowler Hunt” campaign will get underway on 17th January and continue till 20th February 2016.
Meanwhile, the registration process was started from Friday. Registration process can be completed through SMS/ Online/ by visiting any of the selected Robi Walk-In-Centers across the country. This challenge is open for both male and female participants. But the participants must be between ages 16-23. Also, minimum height for male participants is 5 feet 6 inches and minimum height for female is 5 feet. Interested young participants are requested to complete their registration by 14th January, 2016.
The campaign has been organized in two phases. In the first phase starting from 17th January, the fast bowler selection process will take place in 16 different locations of the country. 64 selected participants will be chosen to go to Dhaka High Performance Camp for the second phase for participating in the final selection round.
The participants will be judged based on their physical ability and skills (weight, height, flexibility test, knee to wall). There will be bowling coaches from National Cricket Academy monitoring and recording data for each participant. Following the end of the elimination round top 12 players (10 male, 2 female) will be declared as winners. These worthy winners will have the opportunity to train under the expert guidance of the High Performance Team, so that they can be prepared for playing at national level.
BCB President Nazmul Hassan, MP expressed his high expectation from this campaign. He felt that to become a leading cricketing nation there is no alternative to producing quality fast bowlers. He said, “We are looking for the next Mashrafees, Rubels and the Taskins through this programme. I am sure we will be able to find them through this initiative. I would specially like to thank Robi for their continued support to Bangladesh cricket.”
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the sponsor of the Bangladesh National Cricket team Robi have teamed up to look for promising fast bowlers from all over the country. “Robi Fast Bowler Hunt” campaign will get underway on 17th January and continue till 20th February 2016.
Meanwhile, the registration process was started from Friday. Registration process can be completed through SMS/ Online/ by visiting any of the selected Robi Walk-In-Centers across the country. This challenge is open for both male and female participants. But the participants must be between ages 16-23. Also, minimum height for male participants is 5 feet 6 inches and minimum height for female is 5 feet. Interested young participants are requested to complete their registration by 14th January, 2016.
The campaign has been organized in two phases. In the first phase starting from 17th January, the fast bowler selection process will take place in 16 different locations of the country. 64 selected participants will be chosen to go to Dhaka High Performance Camp for the second phase for participating in the final selection round.
The participants will be judged based on their physical ability and skills (weight, height, flexibility test, knee to wall). There will be bowling coaches from National Cricket Academy monitoring and recording data for each participant. Following the end of the elimination round top 12 players (10 male, 2 female) will be declared as winners. These worthy winners will have the opportunity to train under the expert guidance of the High Performance Team, so that they can be prepared for playing at national level.
BCB President Nazmul Hassan, MP expressed his high expectation from this campaign. He felt that to become a leading cricketing nation there is no alternative to producing quality fast bowlers. He said, “We are looking for the next Mashrafees, Rubels and the Taskins through this programme. I am sure we will be able to find them through this initiative. I would specially like to thank Robi for their continued support to Bangladesh cricket.”
