Sports Reporter :
Bangladesh Cricket team is set to return to host international cricket with the ensuing home series against West Indies in January-February. West Indies team will arrive in the city on January 10. Bangladesh will take on West Indies in the first One Day International (ODI) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) on January 20, face the Caribbean team in the second ODI at the same venue on January 22, meet West Indies in the third ODI at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (ZACS) in Chattogram on December 25. The first Test between Bangladesh and West Indies will be held at the ZACS from February 3 to February 7. The second Test between Bangladesh and West Indies will take place at the SBNCS from February 11 to February 15.
It may be mentioned that England, New Zealand, Australia, India, South Africa and Pakistan have returned to the international cricket.
The two-Test series against West Indies, which will be part of the ICC Test Championship, will be a crucial Test series for Captain of Bangladesh (Test) team Mominul Haque, who underwent surgery on his right thumb recently and is expected to return.
The Caribbean team are the first team to experience the new health protocols and stay inside a bio-secure bubble environment in Bangladesh when international cricket resumed amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Mominul thinks West Indies may face more pressure than the hosts when the Caribbean teams will enter and stay inside the bio-secure bubble environment of Bangladesh. He also expects West Indies will be on back foot when they arrive in Bangladesh after they lost to New Zealand in two-match Test series and three match T20I series recently.
Mominul said to the Reporters, “We are yet to play any international series while staying inside the bio-secure bubble. Until the vaccine arrives, we have to play like this and it’s better not to think about this and stay positive.”
The Captain of Bangladesh however does not want to take the Caribbean side lightly and said it will be important for Bangladesh to perform their best cricket.
He said, “There may be a chance that the West Indies side will be so desperate to win here that they could take on extra pressure. They were inside the bio-secure bubble for the last three series and it’s not easy.”
Bangladesh last played a Test match against Zimbabwe in March this year. When asked if Bangladesh are prepared for the longest format after such a long gap, Mominul replied that they had been prepared as they trained for the Sri Lanka tour, which was eventually postponed.
Bangladesh Cricket team is set to return to host international cricket with the ensuing home series against West Indies in January-February. West Indies team will arrive in the city on January 10. Bangladesh will take on West Indies in the first One Day International (ODI) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) on January 20, face the Caribbean team in the second ODI at the same venue on January 22, meet West Indies in the third ODI at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (ZACS) in Chattogram on December 25. The first Test between Bangladesh and West Indies will be held at the ZACS from February 3 to February 7. The second Test between Bangladesh and West Indies will take place at the SBNCS from February 11 to February 15.
It may be mentioned that England, New Zealand, Australia, India, South Africa and Pakistan have returned to the international cricket.
The two-Test series against West Indies, which will be part of the ICC Test Championship, will be a crucial Test series for Captain of Bangladesh (Test) team Mominul Haque, who underwent surgery on his right thumb recently and is expected to return.
The Caribbean team are the first team to experience the new health protocols and stay inside a bio-secure bubble environment in Bangladesh when international cricket resumed amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Mominul thinks West Indies may face more pressure than the hosts when the Caribbean teams will enter and stay inside the bio-secure bubble environment of Bangladesh. He also expects West Indies will be on back foot when they arrive in Bangladesh after they lost to New Zealand in two-match Test series and three match T20I series recently.
Mominul said to the Reporters, “We are yet to play any international series while staying inside the bio-secure bubble. Until the vaccine arrives, we have to play like this and it’s better not to think about this and stay positive.”
The Captain of Bangladesh however does not want to take the Caribbean side lightly and said it will be important for Bangladesh to perform their best cricket.
He said, “There may be a chance that the West Indies side will be so desperate to win here that they could take on extra pressure. They were inside the bio-secure bubble for the last three series and it’s not easy.”
Bangladesh last played a Test match against Zimbabwe in March this year. When asked if Bangladesh are prepared for the longest format after such a long gap, Mominul replied that they had been prepared as they trained for the Sri Lanka tour, which was eventually postponed.
