2024-08-20 11:39:57
Mushfiqur Rahim injured his finger during practice during the first match of Bangladesh ‘A”s two four-day series against Pakistan Shaheens. Due to which ‘A’ team could not bat in the second innings. This raised doubts about his fielding earlier in the first Test of the national team, which will begin on August 21. Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto cleared that doubt a day before entering the field.
In the pre-match press conference, Shanto said the veteran cricketer is fully ready to play. Bangladesh is going to enter the field with him. Apart from this, the Bangladesh captain expressed hope about the fitness of the rest, ‘I believe most of the players are fit. Mushfiqur Rahim is ready to play the first match.
The first of the two Tests of the Test Championship starts tomorrow, Wednesday in Rawalpindi. Bangladesh had a good start to this Test Championship. Nazmul Hossain Shanta’s team defeated New Zealand in Sylhet. After that, he had a chance to win in Dhaka, but he couldn’t in the end. In the next series, Bangladesh lost due to a whitewash by Sri Lanka. This is Bangladesh’s away series against Pakistan.
Looking forward to doing well in this series, a confident Shanto said, ‘As for the Test Championship, I think we played a good series against New Zealand. We did not do well against Sri Lanka. We have a chance to do well against Pakistan. Our team is balanced. Hope we can play good cricket.’
Bangladesh’s Test record against Pakistan is shaky. From 2001 to 2021, the two teams played 13 Test matches. Where Pakistan won in 12. Bangladesh managed to draw only one match. Current Bangladesh does not think much about past records. Shanto said, it is possible to change the record.
‘It’s just a record. Records can be modified. The task will not be easy though. As I said earlier, our team is balanced. Hopefully we will do a special performance this time. The players are looking forward to playing here.’
Rawalpindi’s wicket will be pace friendly. Pakistan announced their XI 40 hours before the start of the match. Where there are four pacers. There is no specialist spinner. Bangladesh will pick the XI tomorrow morning after looking at the wicket. Shanto believes that the toss will play an important role in the match. But whatever the situation may be, he does not mind facing it, ‘the toss will be very important. Players will be ready to bat and bowl on the field. But I am not too worried about the toss. As a player you have to be prepared for every situation.’