Nahid Rana. File Photo

CHATTOGRAM, Jan 16, 2025 (BSS)-Fast bowler Nahid Rana felt no problem to play
cricket continuously, saying that he knows when to stop.

Nahid's workload came into the fore after Rangpur Riders made him available
in their all matches when there is norm that a fast bowler with raw pace like
him should be given proper rest.

"A cricketer knows well about his workload. A cricketer knows well about his
body and when to stop. I think I feel well at this point," Nahid Rana told
the reporters today after Rangpur's practice session at MA Aziz Stadium here.

"Rangpur Riders team management assisted me in this regard and the BCB is
also looking after me. Above all everything is going well so far."

Nahid Rana shot into the limelight during a Test series against Pakistan by
unsettling the home side batters with raw pace. His bowling was key in
helping the side win the second Test and thereby clinch the historical
series.

Since then he is playing cricket continuously and so the question raised
whether a fast bowler like him should play all matches.

Generally every country has a common policy to rotate the fast bowlers to
give them proper rest and make them ready for the crucial matches.

Nahid Rana admitted that every player needs rest not only physically but also
mentally.

"There is no denying fact that every player needs rest to keep him fresh. Not
only physically, a player needs rest in mentally also," he said, adding that
the Rangpur Riders team management is sincere enough about his case.

"I feel well physically and Rangpur also are helping me in this regard. They
are not putting pressure on me. They rather said when you need rest, just
tell us. So when I will feel that I need rest, I will tell them."

Rangpur Riders assistant coach Mohammad Ashraful also said they are careful
about Nahid Rana's workload.

"He is desperate to play. He is young, extremely talented and knows well how
to maintain himself but of course a fast bowler needs rest," Ashraful said.

"We are careful about not putting pressure on him. We are not insisting him
also to come to practice regularly. A few days ago after the Sylhet phase of
BPL, he sought rest from practice, saying that he wants to take rest whole
day. So we allowed him."