Afghanistan pace bowling trainer Hamid Hassan feels their speed unit is on the climb lately with added liability. Hassan, who supplanted Umar Gul as the speed bowling trainer in Spring in front of the three-match T20Is against Pakistan, is currently setting up the quick bowling unit to take on Pakistan in the impending three-match ODI series, planned for Sri Lanka from August 22.

Afghanistan's bowling assault is overwhelmingly driven by spinners, however in the new past, following the appearance of Fazalhaq Farooqi and scarcely any others, the speed unit is getting more grounded. As indicated by Hassan, this is on the grounds that the pacers would rather not play similarly as a supportive role any longer, and need to praise them better going ahead.

"See, for the initial 10 years of Afghanistan cricket there were quick bowlers and later Nabi came, trailed by Rashid and parcel of different spinners likewise joined the party. At the point when we were playing matches it was generally spinners doing the majority of the bowling and we were reliant upon the spinners however that doesn't mean we didn't have quick bowlers around then," Hassan told Cricbuzz.

Presently we are attempting to get balance our bowling assault and as the Asia Cup and World Cup is drawing nearer, we would rather not be reliant upon a specific office in our bowling. Turn wise we are awesome and there is not even a shadow of a doubt. However, assuming you come to quick bowling there is Farooqi, who is world number two in T20Is, and there is Farid Malik, Naveen (Naveen ul Haq), Azmat (Azmatullah Omarzai) Nizaat Masood and you see the new person Abdur Rehman can bowl up to 140 and there is Salim Safi and Wafadar Momand so there is back-up in quick bowling unit.

"Once in a while when we pick the 11 we get confounded whom to play and whom to drop. This is something to be thankful for however we are attempting that we will find bowlers in next five to 10 years who can dumbfound 150 for Afghanistan," he said.

"Most certainly everything revolves around mindset since, in such a case that you support one player and energize them and let him in on that you have the capacity certainly that youngster will discover some way to succeed. It isn't so much that that we are relying just upon Farooqi no question he is delightful bowler except for others likewise have the capacity and know at whatever point they get the ball they can convey. Yet, as a chief as a mentor and as a group unit you should uphold them like inspire them. What we say is that on the off chance that you can do well in the net you are supposed to act in the center too and presently we have a decent speed bowling unit drove by Farooqi. As a bowling trainer I'm glad that everyone is getting better step by step," he said.

Farooqi is known for swinging the ball the two different ways however has additionally been utilizing the short ball well as of late. Hassan feels Farooqi's greatest strength lies in not getting stressed subsequent to being hit as he feels the youthful pacer can get back in the saddle regardless of being put somewhere around any batsman.

"I tell him (Farooqi) there is Stuart Wide who was hit for six sixes and later picked 600 wickets so getting hit for a six or two doesn't spell almost certain doom for the world on the grounds that in the wake of being hit, what is significant is that you need to get back in the saddle and convey far better. On the off chance that you see the last ODI against Bangladesh, Shanto hit him for a six and next ball he excused him, since he had confidence in himself," said Hassan.

"Farooqi is a decent student and great bowler and the individuals who can survey the wicket rapidly are fruitful bowlers. As a bowler, in the wake of bowling two three conveyances he can comprehend whether the wicket is slow or quick, on the off chance that there is lopsided skip or it is two-paced,".

Writer Salla Jyothi