2024-09-20 07:03:10
Published: 20:00, 17 September 2024 Updated: 20:09, 17 September 2024
India and Bangladesh will face each other in the first Test on Thursday morning. Before that, Rohit Sharma had faced the journalists in a press conference on Tuesday (September 17). He answered various questions of journalists there. As expected, he was also asked about Bangladesh. In that question, he said that Bangladesh wants to have fun by defeating India. Let Bangladesh have fun.
At the beginning he said, ‘Actually the series against Bangladesh is not a dress rehearsal for the series against Australia. Every time we actually play for the country, it’s bigger. But the World Test Championship is still open. In that case you have to win every match.’
Then he said, ‘They (Bangladesh) want to have fun losing us. Let them have fun. We are now only focusing on how to beat them. England also said many such things. But we gave them the right answer.’
The first Test will begin on September 19 in Chennai. After that, India-Bangladesh will face each other in the second Test in Kanpur on September 27.
Both the Tests are part of the 2023-2025 cycle of the World Test Championship which is very important for Bangladesh. A win here will improve Bangladesh’s points table. Currently, Bangladesh is at the fourth position with a win rate of 45.83 percent. On the other hand, India is at the top of the points table with a win rate of 68.52 percent.
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