Melbourne: From managing to get bail 'in national interest' in a rape case back home on January 11, to the time he evoked national interest by recently guiding Bangladesh to their first ever World Cup quarter-final with a stunning 4-53 off 9.3 overs to dump out England (on March 9) in Adelaide, pacer Rubel Hossain has come a long way.


Rubel Hossain celebrates Bangladesh's win over England last week. Pic/Getty Images

And according to member of the touring Bangladesh World Cup squad, it is Rubel's sheer professionalism that has seen him through the dark phase.

'Good work ethic'
"Rubel has a very good work ethic and does his training just like all the other players. Of course, he is a fast bowler and they train vigorously anyway, so that may have helped him get away from the tension," the source told mid-day on the sidelines of the team's training session at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

The 25-year-old pacer joined his national cricket team for their World Cup campaign here only after being granted bail following a three-day arrest in January when his girlfriend Naznin Akter Happy had lodged a complaint of rape against him. His lawyers said then that the bail was in national interest as he was due for national (cricket) duty at the World Cup.