BSS, Dhaka :
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam was reluctant to underestimate Bangladesh, stating that the hosts already had shown what they are capable of at their own den despite a catastrophic Twenty20 World Cup performance and absence of some senior players. Citing Bangladesh’s series victory over Australia and New Zealand, the two finalists of the Twenty20 World Cup, Babar said at home soil Bangladesh can beat any team of the world and so Pakistan should guard against the complacency.
“Bangladesh are not an easy opponent especially in their home conditions and they have shown against New Zealand and Australia in recent past that what they are capable of,” Babar said here on Thursday as his side gears up for the first of three-match T20 International series against Bangladesh.
“They obviously are missing some players but who are here, they all played BPL and are capable of doing something very good. We are keen to build on the momentum that we got from the Twenty20 World Cup. At the same time, we would like to test our bench strength here and this is the reason that we have changed four players in our 12-players squad for the first game against Bangladesh.”
Bangladesh were heavily criticized for preparing an extremely slow and low pitch against Australia and New Zealand. But generally Bangladesh’s pitch tends to produce low scoring matches and Babar is aware of that.
