Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed believes that if they can go into the fifth day of the opening Test against India could expect a better result when they encounter the side at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chattogram, starting on Wednesday.
The match, which is the part of ICC World Test Championship, will start at 9:30 a.m. and T Sports will televise the tie live.
Over the years, Bangladesh have seen to suffer a defeat within the third or fourth day of a match that depicts a grim picture of their fiasco in Test cricket.
With the hosts featuring in the 10 games of the second cycle of the WTC could earn a single victory out of ten that pushed them to the bottom of the points table.
Even during their last visit in the West Indies in June, the visitors sustained a thrashing seven and ten wickets loss respectively and on both occasions they were concluded inside the fourth-day.
‘The wins we bagged until today pulled the ties into the fifth day. Whatever the wicket is here [Chattogram], if we could go into the final day, could expect something better,’ said Taskin on Monday in an official press conference at the ZACS.
The 27-year-old pace man further acknowledged that they need to improve in this format of cricket as they have been undergoing a relentless debacle.
Bangladesh who have played in 134 Tests until today could bank only 16 wins alongside 18 draws. And against their Indian counterpart they failed to seal a single victory in 11 ties but could draw two games.
‘To be honest our statistics in Test cricket is not very good. Our lone aim is to upgrade in this edition. Although we are a very strong side in the ODIs however we are also looking to improve us both in T20Is and Tests.’
The Tiger key pacer additionally claimed that being a batting paradise it is comparably onerous to give their best in the surface of the ZACS.
‘Among all across the country only the wickets of ZACS might be termed as the batting paradise. Was not never ever pace friendly. Although we have been improving by the grace of almighty, we have been hardly handed an easy wicket here.’
Meanwhile India skipper Lokesh Rahul promised to display a belligerent brand of cricket against the home side.
And to accomplish it, he is taking the motivation from the recently concluded first Test between Pakistan and England at Rawalpindi with the both sides managing a mammoth 657 and 579 after Zak Crawly, Ollie Pope and Harry Brook finished with a swirling 111-ball 122, 104-ball 108 and 116-ball 153-run respectively.
‘I think it worked for them. Every side has their own technique. We can learn from those who have done well.
