Kathmandu, September 16

Head  coach of Bangladesh Institute of Sports Masud Hasan, who is here to  train young cricketers and conduct workshop for coaches, said  Nepal needed to change the coaching approach to produce  talented players.

Hasan is currently conducting training camp to  50 cricketers at the Great Himalayan Cricket Academy. He said the approach of training  in Nepal was not up to the mark. “Nepal needs to come up with different  approach as the existing style of coaching has limitations,” said Hasan.

He also suggested the authorities to set a target to be achieved in certain period and work accordingly to reach summit. “The  concerned bodies need to set a target and assign different wings to achieve the goal,” he said.

Hasan  also said Nepal’s sports governing body could tie up with Bangladesh  Institute of Sports, also known as Bangladesh Krira Shikkha  Protishtan, for development of the sport. The  world’s best ODI all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh Test captain  Mushfiqur Rahim, and Nasir Hossain are some of the  well-known graduates of the institute.

Meanwhile, Great Himalaya  Cricket Academy President Sudeep Sharma, who invited Hasan, said the local players and coaches got the chance to learn a lot from the Bangladeshi coach.

“We have been applying the same old-fashioned techniques to train the cricketers. After attending Hasan’s session, we came to know that the traditional approach was out of date and we need to adopt research-based modern techniques,” he said. “The workshop of Hasan was fruitful for young cricketers at the GHCA and coaches as well. I invited Hasan after I felt the need of a different training as we were not getting desired results despite working hard on players.”