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Bangladesh Manages the Idea of Tackling Ashwin and Jadeja, Says Mohammed Mithun
By Shruti - Nov 13, 2019 9:44 pm
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India are all set to take on Bangladesh in the first Tests in Indore from November 14. Although India’s fast bowling unit has been setting the tone for India’s win, Bangladesh are more concerned about handling their spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the two-match series, top-order player Mohammed Mithun shared on Tuesday. However, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma are expected to do their usual job here as well.

“We all know the strength of their bowling line-up. We are working on how to tackle their spinners as it is batting-friendly for the first two days but afterwards their spinners come into play as they try to attack the opposition,” Mithun said. “We are working on some technical aspects keeping our focus on how to handle them. Let the technical things remain inside the dressing room.”

While he was asked to comment on India’s weakness, Mithun said that he preferred to look at his own strength rather than their opponent’s weakness.

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“We are looking at our strength more than focusing on their weakness because no team could do well against them at their home (in the recent past). We are looking forward to do well here. Obviously it won’t be easy and we need to work really hard,” he said. “The five bowlers they (India) have, we cannot take anyone lightly because everyone is world class.”

However, Mohammed Mithun has belief in his young gun.

“Any batsman can get out anytime. If we can bowl as a unit with discipline I feel we can pick 20 wickets. If we look at the past no one gave us any chance when it comes to beating India in the T20 and that too in their own backyard. But our players had that belief. We are disappointed that we could not win the last game (in Nagpur) despite creating chances at the same time now we are looking forward to do well in Test series,” he concluded.