England Test crew coach Brendon McCullum believes younger leg-spinner Rehaan Ahmed is a “special talent” and appears “really confident”.
18-year-old legspinning all-rounder Rehan Ahmed has been included in England’s Test squad for the tour of Pakistan.
Brendon McCullum instructed The Telegraph in an interview, “He was down this morning, testing his skin fold and I said ‘ah bugger let’s go and have some breakfast instead’.”
“And anyway, I was sitting there having breakfast and I said, ‘What are you doing outside cricket?’ He said ‘cricket’ and I said, ‘What’s your passion? What are the things that really inspire you?’ And he said ‘cricket’. What about school? And he said ‘Well, I did school. Left early because they wanted to tell me what to do. And all I wanted to do was play cricket.'”
Ahmed is understood for his huge googlies and legbreaks, which have gone viral within the English cricket circuit. Especially googly. He is an all-rounder and has featured for England Under-19s and Leicestershire within the current previous. He additionally performed towards India of their tour recreation towards Leicestershire in June. If he’s chosen to play, he might change into the youngest ever Test debutant for England.
“So what a fantastic alternative for somebody like him. He’s younger and clearly his household is concerned in sports activities. He appears actually assured in himself. I wish to get to know him and I wish to attempt to Want to assist,” McCullum mentioned.
“He’s right here. He’s 18 and on England’s tour of Pakistan, so there are some actual alternatives there and there can be some challenges alongside the best way, but it surely’s our job to search out out.
“We know he isn’t the completed product. He’s removed from that, however he has one thing that is very particular.
“We have a lot of senior players, a lot of people who will look after them in the set-up.”
Ahmed, who’s coached by his father Naeem, who moved to England from Pakistan in his teenagers, began off as a seam bowler but it surely was top that made him give up.
“I couldn’t bowl bouncers because I was too young! , “If I was going to bowl seam I wanted to be quick. I was at the nets with one of my very close friends, Akif Farooq, his father and my father. Akif’s father was a very useful spinner so he told me to try off-spin,” Ahmed as soon as instructed News.co.uk.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
