Fahim sure Mominul will return to form

Just one day after his resignation as captain of the Bangladesh Test side, Mominul Haque was seen spending time in the outer nets of the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday with his mentor Nazmul Abedeen, working on his batting.

Mominul has been under tremendous pressure over his poor form. The 30-year-old has averaged just 16.20 so far this year, with 162 runs in six matches. According to Fahim, the cricketer looked confident with his approach in the nets and the veteran coach believed that there was a high chance of Mominul returning to form during the upcoming West Indies tour.

"Whenever he plays next, he will play well. I felt that while he was going through the sessions. He looks confident and it seems he is enjoying his batting. It means that he is feeling better but he will be relieved once he starts to score again on the field," Fahim told The Daily Star.

Fahim, who worked with Mushfiqur Rahim ahead of the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka not so long ago, said that a fear of failure could be the biggest distraction for batters and it would be important for Mominul to stay focused.

"When you are not feeling good, distractions come into play. You face a lot of distractions brought on by fear of failure and wondering if you are good enough since you have failed. But when you are playing with confidence, it makes you feel whatever you are trying is going well. Then you wait for the next ball. But once you don't have that, the fear of failure comes in.

"When Mushfiqur played the first ball of the Test series, it looked like he was defending with supreme confidence and that confidence happened because of the work he had done before the start of the series in the training sessions. I hope the same thing will happen to Mominul as well," he said.