BSS, Indore :
Bangladesh hope to fight India vehemently, which many team had of late found incredibly tougher on the Indian soil, as the visitors take on the hosts in the first Test at Holkar Stadium in Indore today.
With the Test, which starts at 10 am BST, Bangladesh begin their World Test Championship journey and it can’t be tougher than anything else in the cricket world at this moment. GTV will telecast the match live.
Playing India against their home is always the toughest job and in recent years, the rise of Indian pacers has made the whole situation more unbearable for the tourists.
Bangladesh did exceedingly well in the three-match T20 series, winning one match at Delhi, which was beyond imagination. That much needed victory came on the back of a tumultuous period of country cricket.
Before the start of the tour, Bangladesh lost their best player and regular captain Shakib Al Hasan due to the ICC ban and beforehand he led a successful players’ strike against BCB, leaving the country’s cricket in an uncomfortable state.
The T20 victory came as a relief. Even though they lost the series by 2-1 after coming agonizingly close to win the series deciding third game, Bangladesh at least could console them that they didn’t give India to make it a cakewalk.
Test cricket however is altogether a different proposition. Bangladesh, which turn to 19 in cricket’s elite format on last November 10, so far played 115 Tests and lost a staggering number of 86 matches. They won just 13, drew 16 and most of the draw came thanks to the rain blessings. Against India, Bangladesh played 9 Test matches and lost 7. The two matches they drew against India, largely for the rain.
The results itself suggested how vulnerable they are in Test cricket. Bangladesh even lost their last Test to Test cricket’s newest nation Afghanistan by 224 runs and that too at home. If their last match is taken into consideration, even a diehard Bangladeshi fan would not see any chance of Bangladesh’s honorable defeat against India, let alone the victory.
Bangladesh hope to fight India vehemently, which many team had of late found incredibly tougher on the Indian soil, as the visitors take on the hosts in the first Test at Holkar Stadium in Indore today.
With the Test, which starts at 10 am BST, Bangladesh begin their World Test Championship journey and it can’t be tougher than anything else in the cricket world at this moment. GTV will telecast the match live.
Playing India against their home is always the toughest job and in recent years, the rise of Indian pacers has made the whole situation more unbearable for the tourists.
Bangladesh did exceedingly well in the three-match T20 series, winning one match at Delhi, which was beyond imagination. That much needed victory came on the back of a tumultuous period of country cricket.
Before the start of the tour, Bangladesh lost their best player and regular captain Shakib Al Hasan due to the ICC ban and beforehand he led a successful players’ strike against BCB, leaving the country’s cricket in an uncomfortable state.
The T20 victory came as a relief. Even though they lost the series by 2-1 after coming agonizingly close to win the series deciding third game, Bangladesh at least could console them that they didn’t give India to make it a cakewalk.
Test cricket however is altogether a different proposition. Bangladesh, which turn to 19 in cricket’s elite format on last November 10, so far played 115 Tests and lost a staggering number of 86 matches. They won just 13, drew 16 and most of the draw came thanks to the rain blessings. Against India, Bangladesh played 9 Test matches and lost 7. The two matches they drew against India, largely for the rain.
The results itself suggested how vulnerable they are in Test cricket. Bangladesh even lost their last Test to Test cricket’s newest nation Afghanistan by 224 runs and that too at home. If their last match is taken into consideration, even a diehard Bangladeshi fan would not see any chance of Bangladesh’s honorable defeat against India, let alone the victory.
