[PICTURES/VIDEOS] Nahid Rana: Express speedster from Bangladesh

[FearlessRoar]

Nahid Rana (born 2 October 2002) is a Bangladeshi cricketer, who is a right-arm fast bowler. He plays for the Rajshahi Division cricket team in domestic cricket. Nahid made his first-class debut on 31 October 2021, for Rajshahi Division in the 2021–22 National Cricket League.

On 31 October 2022, he claimed his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket, against Barishal Division in the 2022–23 National Cricket League. He was the second highest-wicket taker in the tournament, picking up 32 wickets.

In January 2023, he was selected to play for Khulna Tigers in the 2022–23 Bangladesh Premier League. He made his Twenty20 debut on 24 January 2023, for Khulna Tigers in that tournament. In his debut match, he took 1 wicket conceding 20 runs from 4 overs, and grabbed everyone's attention by constantly bowling around 140-148 km/h.

He made his List A debut on 21 March 2023, for Shinepukur Cricket Club in the 2022–23 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League.

In September 2023, he was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2023 Asian Games. In March 2024, he earned his maiden call-up to the Bangladesh's Test squad for their series against Sri Lanka. He made his Test debut for Bangladesh on 22 March 2024, against Sri Lanka.

 

[FearlessRoar]

He's steaming in with pace against Pakistan in the 2nd Test

Probably the first genuine fast bowler from Bangladesh.

 

[sweep_shot]

Great pace.

Would be interesting to see how he does on SENA pitches.

 

[Rajdeep]

His real test will be against India in the upcoming series.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Nahid Rana to Pakistan pacers: " Beta tum se na ho paye ga."

 

[sweep_shot]

I just hope he will not retire from Test to play franchise cricket.

 

[angrypathan]

He’s raw but height and pace make him a good prospect. Will be one to keep an eye out for

 

[TheSultan]

Great to see. Shows all our lazy bowlers that you can actually bend your back in tests without the fear of falling apart.

 

[mominsaigol]

Rana can become a world class bowler if he fixes his line and length, His length was all over the place.

He's lucky he's facing pakistan who can't play extra pace lol.

 

[Dhakar Pola]

His real test will be against India in the upcoming series.

Not the coming series. He is still raw, will be wacked all over the park by indian batters. If he hones his skills and turns out to be a better bowler than we can talk about tests

 

[Dhakar Pola]

I just hope he will not retire from Test to play franchise cricket.

At the moment with his current line and length he would get murdered in T20.

 

[FearlessRoar]

I just hope he will not retire from Test to play franchise cricket.

No, he won't. there is hunger of Test cricket in Bangladesh

 

[Bhaijaan]

He's steaming in with pace against Pakistan in the 2nd Test

Probably the first genuine fast bowler from Bangladesh.

Second,

After Tapash Boysya

 

[sweep_shot]

Nahid Rana officially bowled the fastest delivery by a Bangladeshi pacer ever (in Test format).

149.9 KMH. That was the fastest in Bangladesh's history.

 

[gazza619]

Nahid Rana officially bowled the fastest delivery by a Bangladeshi pacer ever (in Test format).

149.9 KMH. That was the fastest in Bangladesh's history.

Wow! Who would have thought. Bangla brothers have come a long way. I hope this series win puts them on the right track.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Nahid Rana continues to impress with his pace

 

[FearlessRoar]

Sheer pace and struggling Babar Azam, Nahid Rana is consistently bowling at 140+ kph, no wonder he got the prized wicket of Babar Azam, who seemed helpless in front of his line and length.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Pace like fire.

Never thought we would see an express pacer emerging from Bangladesh at a time Ian Harvey is being remembered as a pace legend in Pakistan.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Will he cross the barrier of 150 KPH today?

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Pakistan being overtaken by India and Bangladesh for fast bowlers. any redeeming aspect of Pakistan cricket has gone

 

[Dhakar Pola]

Only pace will not be enough. He needs to learn the skills. Anyone know what happened to the indian bowler who cracked 157? Don't see him in indian team now a days

 

[KingLiton]

Could have had Rizwan for the second time but Shadman had to drop him. Hope we hire back Alan Donald, he will do wonders for Rana.

 

[FearlessRoar]

Nahid Rana (4/44) delivered a notable performance in 2nd Innings against Pakistan in 2nd Test

 

[sweep_shot]

Nahid Rana (4/44) delivered a notable performance in 2nd Innings against Pakistan in 2nd Test

Could've been a 5-fer. There was a dropped catch.

 

[Buffet]

Good to see some pacers from BD doing well. He needs to develop some skills. If you can move ball both ways at high speed then it's hard for any batsman.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Only pace will not be enough. He needs to learn the skills. Anyone know what happened to the indian bowler who cracked 157? Don't see him in indian team now a days

Because Indian team has bowlers like Bumrah and Shami.

 

[Dhakar Pola]

Because Indian team has bowlers like Bumrah and Shami.

Is he totally out of BCCI radar? I mean 157 is no joke..u don't get this pace running around. Surely a future prospect..

 

[The Bald Eagle]

The game changer

 

[sweep_shot]

Almost all of his wickets were catches or caught behinds.

Some of the wickets happened because batters were impatient and they fished outside of off stumps.

Better opponents are unlikely to gift away wickets like this.

I feel like Nahid should attack the stumps more.

 

[KingLiton]

Some of the wickets happened because batters were impatient and they fished outside of off stumps.

Better opponents are unlikely to gift away wickets like this.

I feel like Nahid should attack the stumps more.

Agreed, I wouldn't pick him against India.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Been much quicker than opposition pacers so far.

 

[YousafTheBeast]

We got a Bangladeshi fast bowler before GTA 6.

Pakistan cricket is finished, in the next 3-4 years we’ll all be coming on to this forum for the Tekken 6 guy.

 

[Savak]

Don't think the Pakistani team think tank thought that Bangladeshi pacers would be more potent than the Pakistani pace attack this series.

Overall the Pakistani think tank showed complete dis respect to Bangladesh this series which was evident by the hasty declaration in the first test.

The Pakistani team psychologically never recovered from the first test loss.

Bangladesh has bossed Pakistan on all fronts this series ie pace bowling, batting, lower order resistance, spin bowling, captaincy.

 

[IAJ]

Ma sha Allah. Great to see a Bangadeshi with express pace. Hopefully he can bowl even faster in future.

 

[Bangladesh_Fan]

Almost all of his wickets were catches or caught behinds.

Some of the wickets happened because batters were impatient and they fished outside of off stumps.

Better opponents are unlikely to gift away wickets like this.

I feel like Nahid should attack the stumps more.

This is called attacking the fourth/fifth stump , putting the ball in such a line that the batsman will be indecisive about playing the shot or defending.

All credit goes to Nahid for the wickets. Some of those wickets also fell because the Pakistan batsman couldn't time the ball properly due to the pace and bounce.

 

[Buffet]

Almost all of his wickets were catches or caught behinds.

Some of the wickets happened because batters were impatient and they fished outside of off stumps.

Better opponents are unlikely to gift away wickets like this.

I feel like Nahid should attack the stumps more.

Nothing wrong in testing batsmen on 4th stump.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

I dislike it when India has fast bowlers.

But Bangladeshi fast bowlers fills me with pride. I hope the lad has a good career.

Entirely optional but I recommend he grows his hair out, styles it with brylcreem or mustard oil and unbuttons his top three buttons. Perhaps chains too

 

[KingLiton]

Fastest ball was 152 kph to Shan Masood in the first innings.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Is he totally out of BCCI radar? I mean 157 is no joke..u don't get this pace running around. Surely a future prospect..

No he isn't. He holds a central contract with BCCI.

 

[sweep_shot]

Nothing wrong in testing batsmen on 4th stump.

Some of the deliveries were at 5th or 6th stump lines.

Good pace but line and length requires work.

 

[sweep_shot]

This is called attacking the fourth/fifth stump , putting the ball in such a line that the batsman will be indecisive about playing the shot or defending.

All credit goes to Nahid for the wickets. Some of those wickets also fell because the Pakistan batsman couldn't time the ball properly due to the pace and bounce.

It was a bit one-dimensional. He needs more control over line and length.

But, he is new. Hopefully he will improve further.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Nahid Rana is a genuine talent and can help Bangladesh finish competition in the tier 3 and become the leader in that group. I think they’re going to dominate Pakistan, Sri Lanka type teams for a while now.