Bangladesh cricket team is on a tour of Pakistan for a two-match test series, starting on August 21 in Rawalpindi. They have been one of the most competitive teams in the last few years in all three formats. But, they haven’t cracked the code of winning test matches consistently, especially when they play outside of home. Also, they haven’t won a single test against the Pakistan Cricket Team in 13 tests till now. Now, Bangladesh’s captain Najmul Hossain Shanto talked about his team’s record against Pakistan. He is confident that his team has the potential to overturn this record in this Bangladesh vs Pakistan 2-match test series.
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Bangladesh cricket team will look to overturn this unwanted record in this test series. Today, we will talk about this in detail and see what Najmul Hasan Shanto has to say on this. So let’s dive into it quickly.
Bangladesh cricket team has started to win test matches off-late
Bangladesh cricket team has progressed well in the last few years in the last few years. Although the growth is not rapid, they have shown the world that no other big teams take them lightly. Especially when Bangladesh played at home, they knew their conditions and exploited them very well to down the opposition.
They have won many matches at home and even away in white-ball cricket. As far as test cricket is concerned, they rely heavily on the conditions. Whenever they play at home, their spinners use the conditions to a good effect and the batters put enough runs on the board to win them games and series.
Bangladesh struggles in tests away from home, whenever the conditions are alien to them. They haven’t won a single test against big teams like India, South Africa, Pakistan, Australia, etc away from home.
Zero test wins against Pakistan in tests for Bangladesh Cricket
Bangladesh cricket team hasn’t won any test match against Pakistan yet. They have played a total of 13 tests against Pakistan and lost 12. They only managed to draw a test against them. When the two teams last played a two-match test series, Pakistan won by 2-0 in Bangladesh. Bangladesh lost the 2nd test by an inning and 8 runs.
So it’s a poor show by the Bangladesh cricket team against Pakistan in test cricket.
Bangladesh vs Pakistan 2024 – A great opportunity for The Tigers to turn things
Now, Bangladesh is on a tour of Pakistan to play a two-match test series, starting on August 21 in Rawalpindi. It will be a big opportunity for the Bangladesh cricket team to overturn their 0-12 record against Pakistan in tests.
Bangladesh as a country is going through hard times due to political unrest in the country. It also affected their training and other facilities. But PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) has given them some relief by allowing Bangladesh to come 4 days earlier than the expected date and providing them with facilities to train.
Bangladesh have some quality players in the team and will look to better their record against the hosts. Bangladesh cricket team’s captain, Najmul Hossain Shanto is confident that Bangladesh will do better this time and talked about a few more things in detail. Let’s see what he said before the start of the series.
Shanto on Bangladesh’s test record against Pakistan
Najmul Hossain Shanto thinks his side might improve their miserable record against Pakistan by doing some “special things” during the two-match Test series. He said – “No (pressure). It’s a record, (and) the record can be changed. It’s not going to be easy, but as I said we have a balanced side. We believe we can do some special things this time. Players are excited to play here.”
“I feel we had a good series against New Zealand but we didn’t play well against Sri Lanka. We have a good opportunity this time against Pakistan and I hope we’ll play good cricket here.”- he added.
After a dismal performance recently, Najmul is expected to raise their batters to the occasion and deliver a memorable performance this time.
“We don’t want to do anything different (as a batting unit) as we all know our batting hasn’t been well in the recent past. But we’ve had good preparation this time. Players tried to prepare well as much time as they got. Everyone has the belief that our batting unit will do well this time.
Najmul also thinks that the team has covered all the basis in the bowling and has some good-quality pacers and spinners. While talking about the current condition in his country, Najmul said the better time will come and is currently looking to be in the right frame of mind for the two tests.
“Shakib is a professional cricketer and knows how to prepare himself “– Najmul on whether the political unrest will affect Shakib’s performance
Bangladesh’s star cricketer Shakib al Hasan has also entered politics now. When asked about whether the political unrest will affect Shakib’s performance, Najmul said the all-rounder is a professional cricketer and knows how to prepare himself. Najmul also said that Shakib knows his role and he is not thinking about his political career. Najmul hopes that Shakib will do wonders for the team in this series.
So this is what the condition is right now. As we are writing this article, Bangladesh is 27-0 in the first 12 overs after Pakistan declares their inning on 448-6. They will look to bat deep to get closer or surpass Pakistan’s 1st inning score.
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FAQs:-
(1) When will the 2nd Bangladesh vs Pakistan test be played?
Rawalpindi will also host the 2nd test, starting on August 30.
(2) What are the head-to-head of Bangladesh vs Pakistan in ODIs?
The two teams have played 39 ODIs so far and Bangladesh only managed to win 5. Pakistan has won 34 ODIs against the Tigers.
(3) How many test matches Bangladesh has won till now?
Bangladesh has won 19 tests out of 104 they have played so far.
