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Sports: Bangladesh\u2019s team leader Khaled Mahmud insisted that young guns need to blaze in order to earn success in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\nSports: Bangladesh\u2019s team leader Khaled Mahmud insisted that young guns need to blaze in order to earn success in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh team reached Colombo safely following the PCR tests have checked in at the quarantine facility at Negombo on Monday to play the two-match Test series, scheduled to start at Pallekelle from April 21 while the second Test is slated from April 29.<\/p>\n
BCB appointed Mahmud as the team leader after the disastrous Tigers\u2019 performance in the recent past losing eight games on a trot across the format.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t consider anyone as young even though the likes of Tamim (Iqbal), Mushfiqur (Rahim), or Mominul (Haque) are far experienced than the rest, I\u2019d still say they are all the same, as everyone that is wearing the Bangladeshi jersey, has the same amount of responsibility,\u201d said Mahmud.<\/p>\n
\u201cMiraz had a phenomenal performance against England, who is an example of youngsters showing their skills and making impacts early, which in my opinion, is possessed by every other youngster, as they just need to have the mindset and the positive attitude. We would have to care less about the result but we need to fight first,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh left for Sri Lanka with their 21-member preliminary squad so that they can choose the Test squad after the practice match. Mominul said that when a team is losing, selecting the playing XI becomes easier as those out of form keep making way for others.<\/p>\n
Bangladesh will be completing three-day quarantine upon arrival and Mahmud said that he is sure cricketers will have no problem with it.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019d ultimately be good for the boys as they\u2019d have ample amount of rests, alongside being physically fit; after the three-day room quarantine period, they\u2019d get to talk among themselves, practice within themselves; so they\u2019d have no problems with it. They may feel bad for the first couple of days but will get used to it eventually,\u201d Bangladesh team leader said adding that he is well aware that it will be tough to beat Sri Lanka in their own backyard.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s quite humid weather over there at this time of the year, as we also know, Sri Lanka are one of the toughest competitors in their home turf, but in terms of the skills, I don\u2019t think we are lacking behind them at all. We would do a lot better if we can play our best cricket according to the process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven though our last Test series wasn\u2019t fruitful enough but I think we have the capabilities, as the same goes for our last foreign tour in New Zealand. Playing in Sri Lanka will generate new opportunities, as we had played there before, so we are quite familiar with the conditions. Maybe we haven\u2019t played in Kandy before, but we\u2019ve played in Colombo, so we\u2019d like to play our best cricket possible; to cultivate positive results,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mahmud, the former national head coach, added that he will have his plans in place while added that they need to play with a positive mindset.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have my own ideas with a positive mindset, and I decide how to talk to them, and I believe, none of them are new around here, as I\u2019ve worked with every one of them in some stages; so I think I\u2019m quite capable with my job. However, we don\u2019t have much time, but we have to make the most of it, and I\u2019m hoping for a good outcome,\u201d said Mahmud.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe obviously want to win, and we want to dominate over thereby playing the best cricket possible, and by being the better team. It\u2019s a game of five days, so we need to play session by session, as previously against the West Indies; we had lost the match even though we had domination on the first four days; so we don\u2019t want to make it a pattern, and we want to keep our concentration level high,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlayers are very fit, yet it\u2019s debatable as to why they are continuously being unable to illustrate in the field. They are going through a process, and I think we need to get them to play as a unit, as individual performance doesn\u2019t matter much in a team game,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sports: Bangladesh\u2019s team leader Khaled Mahmud insisted that young guns need to blaze in order to earn success in Sri Lanka. Bangladesh team reached Colombo safely following the PCR tests have checked in at the quarantine facility at Negombo on Monday to play the two-match Test series, scheduled to start at Pallekelle from April 21 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":68045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n