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Last Updated: March 30, 2024, 00:01 IST
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Bangladesh will begin the second and closing take a look at in opposition to Sri Lanka on Saturday emboldened by the return of star allrounder Shakib Al Hasan, following the hosts’ crushing 328run defeat of their opener.
CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh: Bangladesh will begin the second and closing take a look at in opposition to Sri Lanka on Saturday emboldened by the return of star allrounder Shakib Al Hasan, following the hosts’ crushing 328-run defeat of their opener.
“I think any team that has Shakib in it is very fortunate,” Bangladesh assistant coach Nic Pothas stated Friday. “His energy is very infectious. He has a lot of experience for the guys to learn from and, whenever Shakib is back, he’s a giver.”
Shakib has been out of the nationwide workforce since November on the Cricket World Cup in India. The captain hit 82 and took two wickets to beat Sri Lanka. But he broke his left index finger, and a imaginative and prescient downside was revealed.
He’s been enjoying for the final two months within the Bangladesh and Dhaka Premier Leagues with success. Shakib’s final take a look at was in April 2023 in opposition to Ireland in Mirpur.
Batter Towhid Hridoy has been dropped to accommodate Shakib.
“He’s happy and that’s the only place we want Shakib. We want him happy,” Pothas stated. “He will adapt to the conditions. That’s why he’s world class.”
The final of Shakib’s 5 take a look at centuries got here in 2017 in opposition to Sri Lanka in what was Bangladesh’s a centesimal take a look at. Bangladesh gained that match in what stays the aspect’s solely take a look at victory in opposition to Sri Lanka in 25 conferences.
Bangladesh has by no means gained a take a look at in opposition to Sri Lanka at dwelling in 11 makes an attempt.
Pothas shall be answerable for the workforce within the closing take a look at within the absence of head coach Chandika Hathurusingha.
Dhananjaya de Silva turned the primary Sri Lanka captain to hit centuries in each innings of a take a look at through the opener in opposition to Bangladesh, which didn’t attain 200 in each its innings. He was unfazed by Shakib’s return, saying: “What I understand is that they will come hard but we’ll also come hard.”
De Silva made his focus clear.
“Why should I talk about him (Shakib)? He’s not in my team.”
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