Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain said on Sunday (September 15) that their upcoming tour of India will be a tough challenge. However, he showed confidence that, following their historic series win against Pakistan, they believe they can do well against the formidable Indian side. Earlier this month, Bangladesh registered a 2-0 series win against Pakistan in Rawalpindi as well.
“This will be a challenging series for us but after having a good series against Pakistan, there is an extra confidence in our team as well as among all the people of the country,” Najmul told reporters before departing for India. “Every series is an opportunity and we will play to win both the matches. (We will focus on) the things that we need to do for the win…the process is important and we need to do our job properly.”
“If we can do our job properly certainly a good result is possible but still it’s going to be very challenging. If you see the ranking they are far ahead of us but recently we played a good series and the most important thing is that how we can play good cricket. The result happens in the last session of the five days and so if we can play good cricket we have a chance to do well in the last session. It is important what plans need to be executed to play well for five days and there will be a chance to win but let’s not think too far ahead and focus on our strength and how we can play good cricket,” again said Najmul.
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However, Najmul also said that Bangladesh’s pacers are relatively less experienced than Indian bowlers but added that their spinners are capable of doing well on any surface. He also stated that their success will depend on playing cohesively as a team as well.
“Our spin and pace is in a good frame. But still if you compare the teams, I feel our pacers are relatively less experienced compared to them,” said Najmul. “Spin wise we are close to them but experience wise I would keep them ahead but our spinners can bowl in any condition and I can say this much – that all the players, whether pacers, spinners or batters, whoever will play, every player will give a hundred percent. The difference can be made when we play as a team,” he concluded. “My personal goal is that Bangladesh team wins and I feel as a batter if I can contribute to the team. The preparation that is required to do that, I have done. The rest lies in the hand of Allah and I will try my best to contribute for the team.”
Bangladesh’s first Test against India will begin on September 19 in Chennai, with the second match slated for September 27 in Kanpur. After the Test series, Bangladesh will take on India in three T20Is on October 6 (Gwalior), October 9 (Delhi), and October 12 (Hyderabad) as well.
