West Indian Coach Ottis Gibson proud of young Devendra Bishoo
West Indian Coach, Ottis Gibson, lauded his emerging leg-spinner, Devendra Bishoo, for his tremendous performance at the International level.
The young and talented leg-spinner bowled splendidly in his Test debut match against Pakistan and facilitated his team in taking a considerable lead of 66 runs over the visitors on the second day of the first Test match at Providence national Stadium Guyana.
Gibson said that he judged Bishoo’s talent and potential after his debut in the World Cup a few months back.
He added that Bishoo has the ability to cope with pressure which is a very special quality in any bowler, especially spinners.
Bishoo trapped http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 leg-before-wicket to assert his first wicket in Tests.
He then went ahead to take three more wickets, namely, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Salman-c77287 and Umar Akmal.
Gibson said that Bishoo only had 226 runs to bowl at, however, he did not hesitate. He has been malleable and coped with the situation brilliantly.
The Caribbean Coach added that Pakistani youngster, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595, came at him very hard, however, he replied exceptionally well and demonstrated his mettle and composure.
Bishoo’s ingress into the Test format has been exceptional despite the match being scheduled at his native town Guyana, much to his nervousness.
Bishoo said that he wanted to perform exceptionally well, "Here at home, a lot of people have been giving me great support, so I wanted to get wickets as my way to say thanks.
"My first wicket was a relief. It was a relief to get one in the bag. I knew I got (Misbah) 'dead' in front. He's the main batsman, so to get him so early on was a great feeling. The team needed me to come in and do the job at that stage, and I was happy
I delivered,” shared Bishoo.
Bishoo supplemented that he did not do anything special and just tried to bowl most of the balls within the right areas along with variations.
"When I came on to bowl, I didn't look too far ahead," he said. "I concentrated on what I wanted to do with each ball, and how I would attack each batsman.
"I got a lot of support from the guys on the field, and everyone in the dressing room. It was also good the crowd was behind me."
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