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Star Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan onThursday confessed that taking a trip to India is the hardest Test project and pitches do not make much distinction as a result of the large top quality of the hosts. Bangladesh are still looking for their initial Test win versus India given that 2000, when they initially clashed inDhaka The 2 groups have actually played 14 times versus each various other with India winning 12 competitions while the continuing to be 2 finished in attracts.
“If you look at other countries, every now and then they will lose one or two games. But in India, you hardly see them losing in Test matches. So yes, I would say you are right,” Shakib informed press reporters when asked if an excursion to India was certainly the hardest project.
“We won against them in the ODI series in Bangladesh, we were very close to win a game against them in a Test match in Bangladesh. In Test cricket, we haven’t got the success that we are looking for. Tomorrow we will have another opportunity.
” I believed in spots we played actually well inChennai But having stated that, ending up the suit in three-and-a-half days had not been perfect for us. We seemed like we were a far better group than that. So, we require to reveal that in tomorrow’s suit,” he added.
Bangladesh did extremely well to win the Test series 2-0 in Pakistan before coming to India, and Shakib drew a comparison between the two teams.
“Pakistan is a fairly brand-new group. In experience, I would certainly claim, if you check out the suits they played and if you check out our group and the suits we have actually played, we have actually obtained extra experience than them. And in Test cricket I believe that is an enormous variable.
“If I talk about India, they are the number one team in the World Championship at this moment. They are probably unbeatable at home. I saw a stat somewhere where for some 4000 days they have been unbeaten in India. So, that shows how good they are in India.
“They have actually been succeeding outdoors India also. Any nation that pertained to India locating it tough, we are no various there. But having stated that, we need to play actually well versus them to be able to reveal the battle that we seem like we can place on,” he noted.
Asked if a spin-friendly pitch in Kanpur would help their cause, Shakib was clear that tracks are not a big factor when it comes to competing against quality teams.
“When you bet a group like India, Australia, England, pitches do not matter a lot due to the fact that they will clearly have their tool with which they can assault us.
“They will have quality spinners, they will have quality fast bowlers, they will have quality batsmen. So, I don’t think pitch will have any effect. It’s just we have to perform better than what we have done in Chennai.” Shakib exhorted the young Bangladeshi batters to rack up huge for the group to be affordable.
“If I talk about batting only, I think there has been an improvement. If you see from the first innings to the second innings. First innings we bowled out for about 150.
“In the 2nd innings, we racked up regarding 250. If we can rack up 350, someplace there, I believe that will certainly be a significant renovation. And 350 to 400 on initial innings will certainly offer us a great deal of self-confidence and the clothing area will certainly really feel a whole lot extra comfy,” he stated.
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