Bangladesh’s participant Shakib Al Hasan addresses a press convention forward of the 2nd Take a look at cricket match between India and Bangladesh, on the Inexperienced Park Stadium, in Kanpur
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Star Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan on Thursday (September 26, 2024) admitted that travelling to India is the hardest Take a look at project and pitches do not make a lot distinction because of the sheer high quality of the hosts.
Bangladesh are nonetheless looking for their first Take a look at win towards India since 2000, once they first clashed in Dhaka.
The 2 groups have performed 14 occasions towards one another with India successful 12 contests whereas the remaining two led to attracts.
“In the event you have a look at different nations, now and again they are going to lose one or two video games. However in India, you hardly see them dropping in Take a look at matches. So sure, I might say you might be proper,” Shakib informed reporters when requested if a tour to India was certainly the hardest project.
“We received towards them within the ODI sequence in Bangladesh, we have been very near win a recreation towards them in a Take a look at match in Bangladesh. In Take a look at cricket, we’ve not acquired the success that we’re searching for. Tomorrow we can have one other alternative.
“I believed in patches we performed rather well in Chennai. However having stated that, ending the match in three-and-a-half days wasn’t superb for us. We felt like we have been a greater crew than that. So, we have to present that in tomorrow’s match,” he added.
Bangladesh did extraordinarily nicely to win the Take a look at sequence 2-0 in Pakistan earlier than coming to India, and Shakib drew a comparability between the 2 groups.
“Pakistan is a comparatively new crew. In expertise, I might say, if you happen to have a look at the matches they performed and if you happen to have a look at our crew and the matches now we have performed, now we have acquired extra expertise than them. And in Take a look at cricket I believe that may be a huge issue.
“If I discuss India, they’re the primary crew within the World Championship at this second. They’re most likely unbeatable at house. I noticed a stat someplace the place for some 4000 days they’ve been unbeaten in India. So, that reveals how good they’re in India.
“They’ve been doing nicely outdoors India as nicely. Any nation that got here to India discovering it troublesome, we aren’t any totally different there. However having stated that, now we have to play rather well towards them to have the ability to present the combat that we really feel like we are able to placed on,” he famous.
Requested if a spin-friendly pitch in Kanpur would assist their trigger, Shakib was clear that tracks should not a giant issue in terms of competing towards high quality groups.
“Once you play towards a crew like India, Australia, England, pitches do not matter a lot as a result of they are going to clearly have their weapon with which they will assault us.
“They are going to have high quality spinners, they are going to have high quality quick bowlers, they are going to have high quality batsmen. So, I do not suppose pitch can have any impact. It is simply now we have to carry out higher than what now we have finished in Chennai.”
Shakib exhorted the younger Bangladeshi batters to attain large for the crew to be aggressive.
“If I discuss batting solely, I believe there was an enchancment. In the event you see from the primary innings to the second innings. First innings we bowled out for about 150.
“Within the second innings, we scored about 250. If we are able to rating 350, someplace there, I believe that can be an enormous enchancment. And 350 to 400 on first innings will give us a number of confidence and the dressing room will really feel much more comfy,” he stated.
Printed – September 26, 2024 04:39 pm IST
