Bangladesh spin coach Sohel believes Rishad will soon ‘perfect the googly’

Bangladesh’s leg-spinner Rishad Hossain is “slowly becoming a master of the googly”, according to the team’s spin coach Sohel Islam. Sohel believes the 23-year-old is developing into a “complete wrist-spinner”. “Earlier, Rishad didn’t have the googly. Now his confidence in leg-spin has grown, and he’ll gradually master the googly as well,” Sohel said. Only months ago, Bangladesh were bamboozled by Rashid Khan’s googlies in Abu Dhabi. This time in Mirpur, on a pitch of black clay, it was a Bangladeshi who spun the web. Absent Rashid, it was Rishad who told the story of turn, flight, and deception, leaving the West Indian batters groping in confusion. Their struggles were reminiscent of what Bangladesh once endured against Rashid. Rishad is yet...