ngland head coach Brendon McCullum will encourage teen sensation Rehan Ahmed to play “as a lot franchise cricket” as doable.
Ahmed took a five-wicket haul on debut right here in Karachi, as he grew to become the youngest males’s Test cricketer in England’s historical past.
And whereas captain Ben Stokes needed to concentrate on the 18-year-old all-rounder’s efficiency on this Test, McCullum was ready to talk extra broadly.
“It might be nice if he [played in the IPL],” stated McCullum. “Why not give him the chance to rub shoulders with different gamers and choose up these experiences?
“What different 18-year-old goes to get these probabilities? He is a fully-fledged worldwide cricketer.”
It’s an early instance of the balancing act England should strike within the improvement of Ahmed, whose worldwide debut got here after taking part in simply three first-class video games.
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/ Getty Photographs“The necessary factor now’s we proceed to take care of him,” added McCullum. “I am going to encourage him to play as a lot franchise [cricket] and get as many experiences across the globe.
“No matter we are able to do to try to enhance his means to be taught and assist him develop. His perspective is good.”
Stokes added: “We cannot be placing extra stress on him; attempt to take as a lot of it off him as we are able to, and simply proceed to let him get higher and higher, as a result of he is not the completed article.”
