Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladeshs Test captain, has said coach Chandika Hathurusingha gave Tamim Iqbal the role of helping the bowlers closely during the last session of the Dhaka Test against England. He said that the four senior players in the field - himself, Tamim, Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah - were given specific roles and told to lead the team from the front.Parallel to Bangladeshs 108-run victory last Sunday, there had been ongoing speculation about Mushfiqurs captaincy after it appeared that Tamim was in charge of making bowling and fielding changes in the 22.5 overs after lunch in which Bangladesh took all ten England wickets as they were bowled out for 164. He was in discussions with Shakib Al Hasan and Mehedi Hasan ahead of every over, and was also setting fields for them.It is highly unlikely for Tamim, despite being Mushfiqurs deputy, to usurp the role on his own, but Hathurusingha only described what had happened inside the dressing-room during the tea break in an interview this week with ESPNcricinfo, saying he was disappointed after England got to 100 for no loss at the tea interval and told the players to step up to the challenge.Mushfiqur said that other players apart from Tamim, such as Mahmudullah and Mominul Haque, were also tasked with specific roles, which ultimately helped Bangladesh take all ten wickets in one session.During the tea break, the coach was angry towards the players, which was obvious as we were not able to execute our plans in the middle, Mushfiqur told the Dhaka Tribune. The bowlers also struggled to execute. We had a group chat comprising all the senior players and the coach. He told the senior players to step up and take the responsibility. We were given some roles. Tamim was standing at mid-off so that he could help the bowlers closely.To add to that, close-in fielders like Mominul [Haque] and Mahmudullah Riyad bhai, they were also given roles to distract the batsmen. Shakib and Miraz meanwhile, were given roles as bowlers so that they could get the breakthroughs. With the combination of everyones effort, we were able to win the match.Mushfiqur skirted the notion that he wasnt in charge of the team, saying the players tried to implement on the field the messages that Hathurusingha sent from the dressing room.Coach always tells us, whoever has the ball in his hand, he is the captain at that time as only he knows how and what to do in that particular situation and what is the plan, he said.So, all the 11 players in the team always try to follow that and whatever message we receive from the coach, we discuss and try to implement that on the field. Especially us, the four senior members of the team, were given instructions to lead from the front and fulfill the responsibilities.While it doesnt answer who exactly decided that Mushfiqur should not be in charge of bowling changes and fielding positions, it is clear that there are rumblings about Mushfiqurs captaincy within the Bangladesh cricket hierarchy. Ever since he lost his limited-overs captaincy to Mashrafe Mortaza in September 2014, Mushfiqurs leadership in Tests has come under a lot of scrutiny, especially after his defensive approach during the second Test against Pakistan in Dhaka.Mushfiqur said he was still up for all three roles - batting, wicketkeeping and captaining - in the Test arena, though he would accept anything that the board decides for the teams benefit.I think I am enjoying all the three roles at the moment, Mushfiqur said. If you notice, wicketkeeping has always been my first priority. I have scored a double-hundred in Tests and also kept wickets in the same game. There is always a soft corner for it (keeping).But if the team management and the board decide that they might get the best outcome by picking someone else and approach me, then I will have to think about it. I will decide which will help my team as we all are part of the team.BCB president Nazmul Hassan, on the day following the Test, said he was aware of Tamim taking charge of fielding and bowling changes but didnt want to comment on Mushfiqurs captaincy, saying he would talk to the incumbent soon.Bangladeshs next Test series is against New Zealand in January 2017, closely followed by Tests against India and Sri Lanka. Nike Shox Outlet Clearance . Ivanovic was leading 7-5, 1-0 when Hantuchova withdrew after falling 0-40 behind in the second game. The match started slowly for Ivanovic, who surrendered her first two serves as Hantuchova took a 5-3 lead. Nike Shox Cheap Wholesale . 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Across the room, backup quarterback Derek Anderson fills his lip with dip and conducts an impromptu clinic for a lineman on the undercarriage etiquette of the QB-center exchange.Cam Newton, battered and bruised most of the season, is all smiles today; hes luxuriating in a short plush gray robe and squeaky red shower flip-flops. Rotund fullback Mike Tolbert, having heard enough of Olsens a cappella performance, fires up some old-school hip-hop on the coffee-table-size speaker that occupies half his locker.Head coach Ron Rivera looks in from a doorway on the far end of the room. One glance tells him everything he needs to know about the teams mental state. A year ago, the Panthers were on a magical ride toward the Super Bowl. This season has been one hellacious hangover, up to and including a Week 11 victory over the Saints that landed like a loss when Carolinas best defender, linebacker Luke Kuechly, went down with a late-game concussion.But youd never suspect it based on this scene. Rivera smiles, nods his approval and continues to lunch. To the main alchemist behind this hypermasculine, homosocial kaleidoscope of racial, religious, political, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds, the Panthers locker room is a nearly perfect portrait of how team chemistry actually looks and behaves.True team chemistry is far from the Hollywood trope that gung-ho teamwork and camaraderie can overcome any lack of talent, preparation or execution. A few wins cant save a bad locker room, just like a few losses cant destroy a good one. Nor is a great locker room about sanctified uniformity: 53 robots harmoniously rallying together for the greater good.Instead, Rivera has discovered, team chemistry is an ideal rooted in and powered by diversity. At its core, its a complex formula of archetypes: divas and choirboys, naive rookies and cagey veterans, enforcers and politicians, comedians and a-holes, alpha males and foot soldiers.When mixed properly, the result can coalesce into epic performances and lifelong bonds. But if the recipe is off even slightly, the sour blend can just as easily blow a team up. The locker room is the pulse of every franchise, Rivera explains. But its not about sameness, about everybody being and thinking the same. Real team chemistry is about understanding and accepting everybody for who they are. Its more along the lines of what I keep telling these guys: In the end, we love people for who they are to us.But Rivera is not delusional. Of course hed rather have a locker room filled with healthy linemen, last seasons MVP version of Newton and some playmaking ability in the defensive backfield to make up for Josh Normans departure. Barring that, at least he has an intact locker room. Thats no small thing, because by this time in the season, most also-ran teams would be a vat of toxic tension filled with infighting and finger-pointing. One tiny spark over something as innocuous as the locker room stereo can lead to meltdown.Even worse is when theres no emotion at all, a clear sign that players have already checked out. Newton says the Panthers, despite their record, still have the best locker room hes ever experienced. With that one ingredient, even the pipe dream of a worst-to-first run after Thanksgiving remains alive. Thats why the locker room is so important, Rivera says. Theres a direct correlation between how you do on the field and the pulse you feel from inside that room.?Riveras room didnt truly begin to take shape until January 2013. The Panthers had finished 7-9 in the 2012 seasoon, and the clock was ticking on the second-year coach.dddddddddddd Rivera invited a handful of team leaders to dinner in Charlotte. After a few appetizers, he asked them to do an autopsy on the season, focusing on the bad vibe in the locker room. The players responded with prolonged silence. So again, Guys, come on, whats going on in there?Rivera grew up in a military family-his father, Eugenio, served 32 years in the Army, including two tours in Vietnam-and he once had a group of retired Air Force pilots speak to the team.At dinner, Rivera reminded his players about the story of how the pilots would peel off their ranks after every mission, throw them on the table and talk openly about one anothers performances. Then the floodgates just opened, Rivera says. At first I was like, Golly, screw you guys, why didnt you tell me any of this during the season?Rivera, who as a linebacker for the Bears from 1984 to 1992 was in some of the best-and most dysfunctional-locker rooms in NFL history, identified on this night that one of the main components he needed to change was himself. He had to be more in touch. Several years earlier, Hall of Fame coach John Madden had told Rivera that to lead todays players he first had to understand their world. That was hard to do while working out of an office on a different floor.So to open lines of communication, he set up a satellite office right outside the locker room and started making daily trips to interact with his players, even occasionally sitting in for a round of cards. He encouraged his assistant coaches to do the same.Eventually, it dawned on Rivera that its not race, religion or even politics that poisons a locker room. Its hypocrisy: the guy who talks tough but wont run across the middle; the Bible banger who cheats on his wife; the player who preaches selflessness in team meetings and then hangs teammates out to dry on Sunday while padding his own stats. Sure, a locker room is like a brotherhood, Anderson says. Anyone who has brothers knows that sometimes you just want to slap the crap out of your brother.Rivera put on his lab coat and looked at what he had to work with in his room. He had a diva (Newton), an enforcer (linebacker Thomas Davis), a comedian/DJ (Tolbert), a player-coach (center Ryan Kalil), a Captain America (Kuechly), a social commentator (Olsen) and a group of sincere religious players (including long-snapper J.J. Jansen). What he didnt need were any more alpha males.While every group dynamic needs some tension, too many volatile and unpredictable personalities inside the Panthers locker room had led to a Lord of the Flies dynamic and a growing animosity between the offense and defense. Although Rivera never mentions any players by name, the Panthers released Steve Smith Sr., their all-time leading receiver, after the 2013 season, and after 2014 they moved on from troubled defensive end Greg Hardy. Since then, Rivera has cultivated the kind of locker room that might even be immune to the current NFC South standings.The day after Newton debuted his midthigh bathrobe, 345-pound defensive lineman Paul Soliai saunters out of the showers looking like a shampoo commercial extra, his hair perfectly wrapped in a towel that stretches halfway to the ceiling. Theres a hopeful rumor going around that Tolbert -- whod persuaded fellow running backs to attend team meetings on Halloween dressed as Power Rangers -- might bring back his teamwide Dubsmash competition, featuring another Adele song.Even though the Panthers are 3-5 -- and headed toward 4-7 after 11 games -- everything seems fine in here. But Riveras best barometer for team psyche is another room: the players lounge. On most struggling teams, a room like this is where players flock when theyve lost all hope. Carolinas lounge is located just around the corner from Newtons locker. Its packed with cushy couches, massage chairs, a large-screen TV and video games galore. The works.On this day, at least, while the locker room buzzes, the lounge sits empty. 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