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DHAKA: Rookie left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman, who claimed five wickets in his ODI debut as Bangladesh thrashed India by 79 runs, said that he idealises Pakistani left-armer Muhammad Aamir and isn’t bothered by his spot-fixing allegations.

The 19-year-old’s figures of 5-50 helped Bangladesh dismiss India for 228 in 46 overs after half-centuries from Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar and Shakib Al Hasan led the hosts to a record target of 307 runs.

“Mohammad Amir is my idol. I just follow the bowling of Mohammad Amir. His spot-fixing allegations don’t bother me,” said the 19-year-old fast bowler.

“I wanted to perform well on debut. I know only a few have taken five on debut, but all I wanted was to do well against India,” he added.

Fellow paceman Taskin Ahmed complemented Mustafizur’s bowling with 2-21 himself as Bangladesh avenged their 109-run defeat in the World Cup quarterfinals this year to go 1-0 ahead in the three-match series.

Opener Rohit Sharma top-scored for India with 63 and shared a 95-run opening stand with Shikhar Dhawan, but after Taskin broke through and took Dhawan’s wicket, the hosts never looked back.

Taskin followed up Dhawan’s scalp by adding Virat Kohli, out for just one run, to his tally before Mustafizur sent Sharma and Rahane back in successive overs.

Left-arm spinner Shakib compounded India’s problems when he induced a sharp edge from Mahendra Singh Dhoni to dismiss the Indian skipper for five and leave his side down five wickets for just 128.

Suresh Raina (40) and Ravindra Jadeja (32) tried to rebuild the innings with a 60-run sixth wicket stand, but Mustafizur took three quick wickets to seal the deal for Bangladesh.

Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza said he was not surprised with the teenage bowler’s performance.

“Mustafizur was not a surprise for us. We know he can destroy any batsman,” said Mortaza, who also praised his own side’s “brilliant” start in the first innings.

“Maybe we were 15-20 short, but 300 is a big ask for anybody.”

Earlier, Bangladesh opener Tamim top-scored for the home side with 60 runs, while Sarkar and Shakib added 54 and 52 respectively as Bangladesh scored 307 runs in the first innings, surpassing their previous high against India of 296.

Opting to bat first, the hosts were looking for an even more imposing total as Tamim and Sarkar put on a 102-run opening stand, but a rain break halted the game for about an hour, shifting the momentum.

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who finished with 3-51, stopped the run flow with a tight spell after the run out of Sarkar earned India their first breakthrough.

Tamim then wasted his brilliant start, holing out a catch at long on to Rohit Sharma to end his 62-ball innings, which included seven fours and a six.

Ashwin then trapped debutant Litton Das leg before for eight and forced another mishit from Mushfiqur Rahim, also caught by Rohit at long on, for 14.

Shakib helped Bangladesh regroup with an 83-run fifth wicket stand with Sabbir Rahman, who made 41.

Dhoni praised Bangladesh for their win but voiced disappointment with his side’s batting and fast bowling.

“Bangladesh played some really good cricket as a team,” he said. “Right from the first ball they took our bowlers on.”

“It looked like they would score more than 330 but we restricted them to 300, but the batting didn’t turn up the way we wanted it to.

“The spinners bowled well, Raina’s contribution was important, but (I am) disappointed with the way the fast bowlers bowled.”

Yadav claimed 2-58 while Bhuvneshwar Kumar chipped in with 2-37.

Source: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/201...ur-rahman-idealises-pakistans-muhammad-aamir/
 
Lmao this thread has potential. Is the source reliable? :srt
 
lol thats why got 50% match fees cut for coming on the way of batsman. too obvious
 
Amir would be any pacer's ideal from the current generation.

He was a beauty and a complete fast bowler at the age of 17-18. He was more skilled than Wasim was at this age, as per the mentor of mentors, Imran Khan.

Now obviously, peopl, keep it to cricketing skills. And this kid admired Amir's bowling skills, not of no-balls.
 
Haters will attack this thread soon, but let me add his quote:

"Mohammad Amir is my idol. I just follow the bowling of Mohammad Amir"
 
He's a 19 year old.. He's too young for wasim or McGrath etc..

Has to be amir, steyn, etc ..

Good on him
 
Man, if i had been amir i have been feeling so proud that in just few years of cricket i have gained followers who are performing well too.
 
Generally, you 'idolize' someone who has achieved greatness and done it all, and you aspire to do the same that is why you idolize a certain player.

Amir is all potential at this point, because he has achieved nothing - has had 1 great series only, and a few other random matches, that is it, so it is definitely ridiculously strange that he is 'idolizing' someone who is all potential with hardly anything to show for yet.
 
Mamoon said:
Generally, you 'idolize' someone who has achieved greatness and done it all, and you aspire to do the same that is why you idolize a certain player.

Amir is all potential at this point, because he has achieved nothing - has had 1 great series only, and a few other random matches, that is it, so it is definitely ridiculously strange that he is 'idolizing' someone who is all potential with hardly anything to show for yet.
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You idolize the person you like and tend to follow, In a short career, Amir was a treat to watch bowling, And bowling is something you push to follow when you watch, Fast Bowling in particular.
 
Bhuvaneshwar Kumar said he followed and had Praveen Kumar as his idol,Did Praveen had all the greatness in the world or had done all the wonders continously? Its basically about following.
 
Hamzakhalid said:
You idolize the person you like and tend to follow, In a short career, Amir was a treat to watch bowling, And bowling is something you push to follow when you watch, Fast Bowling in particular.
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Liking a player is different to idolize someone. You can like a debutant, but it is really strange to idolize someone who has not achieved greatness yet.

Perhaps we have different definitions of what idolizing someone means.
 
BK idolizing Praveen, Parnell idolizing Nehra and now Rahman idolizing Amir.

Definitely very strange as far as I am concerned, but to each their own.
 
Mamoon said:
Liking a player is different to idolize someone. You can like a debutant, but it is really strange to idolize someone who has not achieved greatness yet.

Perhaps we have different definitions of what idolizing someone means.
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In real idolizing means to admire, And anyone can admire the person they like. There is no certain boundary in idolizing under the basis of admiration that a person who is being followed should be a high level great or has got it all. You can gain admiration by not being that great because every person have their own following, And thats how bowlers tend to inhale the bowling actions and patterns of the people they follow.
 
Mamoon said:
BK idolizing Praveen, Parnell idolizing Nehra and now Rahman idolizing Amir.

Definitely very strange as far as I am concerned, but to each their own.
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You are making the wrong connection, my friend. BK idolizing Praveen and Parnell idolozing Nehra was strange because they are not that much of high caliber bowlers and not taken in high regard although i have respect for Nehra.

On the other hand, the bangali boy is praising Amir who is a top lad as per every cricketing legend who has seen him.
 
11ShadyBrothers said:
You are making the wrong connection, my friend. BK idolizing Praveen and Parnell idolozing Nehra was strange because they are not that much of high caliber bowlers and not taken in high regard although i have respect for Nehra.

On the other hand, the bangali boy is praising Amir who is a top lad as per every cricketing legend who has seen him.
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It is not strange for me, because you can like players for different reasons. BK is a swing bowler like Praveen and Parnell too is a left-arm bowler like Nehra, so perhaps they like their bowling.

Parnell probably watched Nehra take 6/23 vs. England in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa and liked his bowling. Point is that you can like a player for different reasons, doesn't have to be great or average.

The reason why I find all three strange is because I find it difficult to understand why you would idolize someone who has not achieved anything yet, and same goes for Amir. Yes he is/was a top talent, but he has not achieved anything yet, that is why I found the word 'idolize' weird.

However, the meaning of this word is subjective, but I personally wouldn't use it for someone who is himself pure potential only, not a great/legend.

In this case, liking/admiring = idolizing, but generally speaking, idolizing is a bit different because you want to be like that player, and that's why I find the use strange here because why would you want to be like someone who is not a great or a legend of the game?
 
Mamoon said:
It is not strange for me, because you can like players for different reasons. BK is a swing bowler like Praveen and Parnell too is a left-arm bowler like Nehra, so perhaps they like their bowling.

Parnell probably watched Nehra take 6/23 vs. England in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa and liked his bowling. Point is that you can like a player for different reasons, doesn't have to be great or average.

The reason why I find all three strange is because I find it difficult to understand why you would idolize someone who has not achieved anything yet, and same goes for Amir. Yes he is/was a top talent, but he has not achieved anything yet, that is why I found the word 'idolize' weird.

However, the meaning of this word is subjective, but I personally wouldn't use it for someone who is himself pure potential only, not a great/legend.

In this case, liking/admiring = idolizing, but generally speaking, idolizing is a bit different because you want to be like that player, and that's why I find the use strange here because why would you want to be like someone who is not a great or a legend of the game?
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I feel Mustafizur idolizes Amir the same way you described BV's and Parnell's idolization. Toeing the borderline shirk line. :asif

Anyway jokes apart, thats how i see it and well maybe he likes and rates amir personally that much that he didnt need the legend tag attached.
 
11ShadyBrothers said:
I feel Mustafizur idolizes Amir the same way you described BV's and Parnell's idolization. Toeing the borderline shirk line. :asif

Anyway jokes apart, thats how i see it and well maybe he likes and rates amir personally that much that he didnt need the legend tag attached.
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Yeah I guess.
 
Those who watch Amir know he was already on his way to being an all time great

Quickest to 50 wickets in test cricket history backs up this claim
 
Didn't Jimmy Anderson say he wanted to be able to bowl Muhammed Asif's seam wobbling delivery that Asif had mastered the art of.
 
The way Asif was magical with the ball, it inspired MANY seamers. He was not a great.

Amir inspired many young pacers too with his varieties. If you're a kid or a young fast bowler, your only job is to learn the skill and how a pacer is magically using the ball and setting up batsmen.

You get impressed from that.
 
Bangladesh avenged their 109 run defeat in Worldcup Quarter Finals with a 79 run victory in a JAMODI?

Whoever wrote this article is an idiot.
 
Any clips of the youngster taking 5 wickets on debut?
 
Idolizing means to admire, so I really don’t understand why one must possess great record(s)?

Everybody has his own following, his own way of idolizing and basically this is how you, as bowler/player, develop your bowling attributes. Furthermore, you can like players for many different reasons and Amir was certainly treat to watch.

So again, really don’t understand why some people are whinging and pretending it’s ‘strange’.
 
Okay, I watched this Mustafizur now.

He's a left arm bowler. Amir too was, so I can understand why.
 
Amir was a beast of a bowler and its good to see upcoming pacers from other countries idolizing him for his bowling skills.
 
After these quote from Mustafizur about Amir, I'm wondering, hypothetically speaking, when Amir is back in full swing, will be able to inspire new/young bowler in Pakistan?
 
Mamoon said:
BK idolizing Praveen, Parnell idolizing Nehra and now Rahman idolizing Amir.

Definitely very strange as far as I am concerned, but to each their own.
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BK comes from the same city, they played for the same Ranji team & spent a lot of time growing up together.
 
asyed said:
Idolizing means to admire, so I really don’t understand why one must possess great record(s)?

Everybody has his own following, his own way of idolizing and basically this is how you, as bowler/player, develop your bowling attributes. Furthermore, you can like players for many different reasons and Amir was certainly treat to watch.

So again, really don’t understand why some people are whinging and pretending it’s ‘strange’.
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People will not 'whinge' and find it 'strange' if the world idolize is not considered synonyms with liking/following, which in general terms is not the case.

If you ask most players in the world whom they idolize, they will not name you a player who has played 14 Tests only, they will name you a legend of the game whose footsteps they want to follow.

That's why him idolizing Amir is a bit strange, but not when you consider that he used this term in the same vein as saying that he likes Amir.

Similarly, a young Pakistani bowler is more likely to idolize Wasim, Waqar etc. than Amir, who hasn't achieved anything yet himself.

It's just the usage of the term that is a little off here, and we are pretty much arguing over semantics.
 
this guy is very perspicacious so expect him to go far and be a huge success
 
Amir only played a year of Intl cricket yet he's already made an impact on the next generation of cricketers, that's a testament to his talent
 
Mamoon said:
People will not 'whinge' and find it 'strange' if the world idolize is not considered synonyms with liking/following, which in general terms is not the case.

If you ask most players in the world whom they idolize, they will not name you a player who has played 14 Tests only, they will name you a legend of the game whose footsteps they want to follow.

That's why him idolizing Amir is a bit strange, but not when you consider that he used this term in the same vein as saying that he likes Amir.

Similarly, a young Pakistani bowler is more likely to idolize Wasim, Waqar etc. than Amir, who hasn't achieved anything yet himself.

It's just the usage of the term that is a little off here, and we are pretty much arguing over semantics.
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I totally understand that he may've used a different word.

However, on the flip side, what have you seen in his bowling? I've observed is that, he tried to mimic his action similar to Amir's.

It's obvious that Amir has influenced the guy, and I really don't see him saying 'Amir his idol' inappropriate.

Certainly, as you said, many around would idolize ATG's or legend of the game, but it's not necessarily the criteria for everyone, specifically in this case.
 
I posted earlier and i say again Mashrafi is Mustafizur's long standing Idol and from outside of country Mohammed Amir is his Idle.
 
Definitely Amir is a kind of left arm seamer that most of the rookie left armer would like to bowl like him. That guy has sheer talent .
 
Not surprised because any youngster would have loved to possess the skill set Amir has/had.

He was the complete package.
 
Mamoon said:
Generally, you 'idolize' someone who has achieved greatness and done it all, and you aspire to do the same that is why you idolize a certain player.

Amir is all potential at this point, because he has achieved nothing - has had 1 great series only, and a few other random matches, that is it, so it is definitely ridiculously strange that he is 'idolizing' someone who is all potential with hardly anything to show for yet.
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no you idolize someone who's bowling you wish to emulate and as far variety and talent go amir was up there with the best.
 
This fella has already sparked a few controversies and he's only just debuted.
 
asyed said:
I totally understand that he may've used a different word.

However, on the flip side, what have you seen in his bowling? I've observed is that, he tried to mimic his action similar to Amir's.

It's obvious that Amir has influenced the guy, and I really don't see him saying 'Amir his idol' inappropriate.

Certainly, as you said, many around would idolize ATG's or legend of the game, but it's not necessarily the criteria for everyone, specifically in this case.
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I haven't seen him bowl yet, need to check the highlights out.
 
yadunoe said:
no you idolize someone who's bowling you wish to emulate and as far variety and talent go amir was up there with the best.
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Yes, but I find it strange why you'd idolize someone who hasn't achieved anything himself yet and has had just one great series. Not many players will say that they idolize a fellow young cricketer who is himself in the early phase of his career.
 
#GreenRoars said:
DHAKA: Rookie left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman, who claimed five wickets in his ODI debut as Bangladesh thrashed India by 79 runs, said that he idealises Pakistani left-armer Muhammad Aamir and isn’t bothered by his spot-fixing allegations.

The 19-year-old’s figures of 5-50 helped Bangladesh dismiss India for 228 in 46 overs after half-centuries from Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar and Shakib Al Hasan led the hosts to a record target of 307 runs.

“Mohammad Amir is my idol. I just follow the bowling of Mohammad Amir. His spot-fixing allegations don’t bother me,” said the 19-year-old fast bowler.

“I wanted to perform well on debut. I know only a few have taken five on debut, but all I wanted was to do well against India,” he added.

Fellow paceman Taskin Ahmed complemented Mustafizur’s bowling with 2-21 himself as Bangladesh avenged their 109-run defeat in the World Cup quarterfinals this year to go 1-0 ahead in the three-match series.

Opener Rohit Sharma top-scored for India with 63 and shared a 95-run opening stand with Shikhar Dhawan, but after Taskin broke through and took Dhawan’s wicket, the hosts never looked back.

Taskin followed up Dhawan’s scalp by adding Virat Kohli, out for just one run, to his tally before Mustafizur sent Sharma and Rahane back in successive overs.

Left-arm spinner Shakib compounded India’s problems when he induced a sharp edge from Mahendra Singh Dhoni to dismiss the Indian skipper for five and leave his side down five wickets for just 128.

Suresh Raina (40) and Ravindra Jadeja (32) tried to rebuild the innings with a 60-run sixth wicket stand, but Mustafizur took three quick wickets to seal the deal for Bangladesh.

Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza said he was not surprised with the teenage bowler’s performance.

“Mustafizur was not a surprise for us. We know he can destroy any batsman,” said Mortaza, who also praised his own side’s “brilliant” start in the first innings.

“Maybe we were 15-20 short, but 300 is a big ask for anybody.”

Earlier, Bangladesh opener Tamim top-scored for the home side with 60 runs, while Sarkar and Shakib added 54 and 52 respectively as Bangladesh scored 307 runs in the first innings, surpassing their previous high against India of 296.

Opting to bat first, the hosts were looking for an even more imposing total as Tamim and Sarkar put on a 102-run opening stand, but a rain break halted the game for about an hour, shifting the momentum.

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who finished with 3-51, stopped the run flow with a tight spell after the run out of Sarkar earned India their first breakthrough.

Tamim then wasted his brilliant start, holing out a catch at long on to Rohit Sharma to end his 62-ball innings, which included seven fours and a six.

Ashwin then trapped debutant Litton Das leg before for eight and forced another mishit from Mushfiqur Rahim, also caught by Rohit at long on, for 14.

Shakib helped Bangladesh regroup with an 83-run fifth wicket stand with Sabbir Rahman, who made 41.

Dhoni praised Bangladesh for their win but voiced disappointment with his side’s batting and fast bowling.

“Bangladesh played some really good cricket as a team,” he said. “Right from the first ball they took our bowlers on.”

“It looked like they would score more than 330 but we restricted them to 300, but the batting didn’t turn up the way we wanted it to.

“The spinners bowled well, Raina’s contribution was important, but (I am) disappointed with the way the fast bowlers bowled.”

Yadav claimed 2-58 while Bhuvneshwar Kumar chipped in with 2-37.

Source: http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/201...ur-rahman-idealises-pakistans-muhammad-aamir/
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Mohammad Amir was a surefire ATG in making so I can see youngsters already looking up to him.
 
Mamoon said:
What is his pace like?
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In Bangladeshi conditions early 130s...so nothing to write home abut but he was slightly quicker than Mohit Sharma and Bhuvi Kumar......but he is primarily a swing bowler with the cutter as variation


but he is the rawest ever player to debut for Bangladesh......he comes from a village not even a district town and his village was 40 km from the nearest town and his elder brother used to take him to the district town every morning at 7 am for practice and this was in 2011-12
 
Mamoon said:
What is his pace like?
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He was around in mid 120's. His cutter to Raina was beauty.

Also observed that got the ball to bounce rapidly many times. And also rolled his figures effectively.

On the flip side, Taskin was also good bowling around mid 130's.
 
Mamoon said:
Yes, but I find it strange why you'd idolize someone who hasn't achieved anything himself yet and has had just one great series. Not many players will say that they idolize a fellow young cricketer who is himself in the early phase of his career.
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Amir was a phenom and maybe mustafizur like his style and his variety its not all about stats and achievements, Amir achieved enough in his early part he showed his potential he wasnt all just potential
 
Mamoon said:
Generally, you 'idolize' someone who has achieved greatness and done it all, and you aspire to do the same that is why you idolize a certain player.

Amir is all potential at this point, because he has achieved nothing - has had 1 great series only, and a few other random matches, that is it, so it is definitely ridiculously strange that he is 'idolizing' someone who is all potential with hardly anything to show for yet.
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His action was near perfect so I can see why someone would want to emulate it...
 
I heard somewhere that they both are playing for the same BPL team this year, Is it true? Will be good for Mustafizur to play with his Idol, Amir.
 
Arsalan Pro said:
I heard somewhere that they both are playing for the same BPL team this year, Is it true? Will be good for Mustafizur to play with his Idol, Amir.
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Likely.

Hope Fizz can learn the inswing to the RHB. Once Fizz bowls with old action, gains his former pace and learns inswing it will be great for him.
 
Executioner said:
Likely.

Hope Fizz can learn the inswing to the RHB. Once Fizz bowls with old action, gains his former pace and learns inswing it will be great for him.
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I think fizz has similar problems like wahab when it comes to wrist positions. He needs to rectify is ASAP. It will be harder as he grows older.
 
I haven't really seen or heard much of Fizz apart from some ODIs he played in Bangladesh. It seems he is so overhyped. He needs to be very consistent against the top sides in all conditions first to be compared to Amir
 
Madplayer said:
I think fizz has similar problems like wahab when it comes to wrist positions. He needs to rectify is ASAP. It will be harder as he grows older.
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He is actually bowling with a remodelled action to avoid injury.

His previous action was smoother. Wrists were fine. Hope he returns to his old action
 
Fizz is a great bowler and he is very young too. People are forgetting that he was injured and was out of the game for months. Don't forget that he is the man who obliterated India, South Africa single handedly and he is also one of the smartest bowler's in the game so he'll figure it out. Underestimate him just because of 3 matches at your on peril.

love from Pakistan
 
Hopefully Mustafizur gets back to his old form.
Loved the sight of him sending stumps flying.
 
Surf said:
Fizz is a great bowler and he is very young too. People are forgetting that he was injured and was out of the game for months. Don't forget that he is the man who obliterated India, South Africa single handedly and he is also one of the smartest bowler's in the game so he'll figure it out. Underestimate him just because of 3 matches at your on peril.

love from Pakistan
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I have watched every ball he has bowled. His novelty has worn out, his cutters are ineffective outside Mirpur. He lacks pace to beat a batsman for sheer speed and doesnt swing it at all. I write as a Bangladeshi but I must be honest. Taskin is much better as a LTI.
 
Amir is in my blood and in my heart,It just makes me hate salman butt more for what he did to Amir

Butt is an Immature Bunny

Amir was a OP fast bowler,Made holding cry,Whilst watching I shed tears as well
 
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