2024-09-26 12:40:32
Kanpur sky was cloudy since morning. It started raining in the afternoon. It started drizzling just an hour before the practice of the Bangladesh team. It can also interfere with practice.
Bangladesh are scheduled to practice at the Kanpur Green Park Stadium on Thursday (September 26) from 1:30 pm. It was raining lightly at the time of writing this report. At the moment the field is covered with cover.
The Bangladesh team started practice on Wednesday, two days after the Chennai Test ended. Sometimes one day of rest and another day of traveling. The first day of practice was very hot. Bangladesh has practiced hard even in that.
Yesterday, the cricketers sweated for a long time in the heat of Kanpur. As always, Mushfiqur Rahim was ahead of everyone. He ran again after batting continuously for almost two hours. Apart from this, the tailenders also batted with time. Taijul Islam and Zaker Ali Anik, who were out of the XI in Chennai, also sweated with the bat.
Two pitches have been prepared at Kanpur’s Green Park for the second Test, which starts on September 27. However, the management has not yet confirmed which one will be played. The spin-supporting wicket will be considered as the XI. In the last Test held here in 2021, the spinners took 18 wickets for India in two innings.
How will Bangladesh do on this pitch? In this context, Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusinghe said, ‘I saw the pitch a little. The field workers are making two pitches. Don’t know which one to choose. Maybe you should come tomorrow and see.’
Bangladesh is on the back foot after losing by a big margin in Chennai. How is the morale of Bangladesh before the second test? Hathurusinghe gave a big tip, ‘The biggest motivation comes – you are playing for your country. Not everyone can play for the country. Everyone wants you to do well. We are thinking about how to do that, play according to ability, learn from the last match.’