Tamim dedicates career best ton to his father
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Opener Tamim Iqbal, who scored a career best 151 runs against India during the Second Test Tuesday, dedicated it to his late father, saying "my father would be very pleased if he were alive today", reports UNB
Addressing a post match briefing at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, he said: "Our beginning was good. But at the end of the day, we failed to keep it up as we wanted."
The dashing opener said they would have been in better position if they did not lose the two wickets in the eleventh hour of the play.
He said the remaining batsmen would have to play good cricket to stretch the innings, especially Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Ashraful and Shakib Al Hasan, who all have the ability to play long innings.#
Indian coach Gary Kirsten said: "Bangladesh played very good cricket. The wicket behaves very good to bat on, but we are still 83 runs ahead and hope to be back in the match as we've two more days to go on."
Addressing a post match briefing at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, he said: "Our beginning was good. But at the end of the day, we failed to keep it up as we wanted."
The dashing opener said they would have been in better position if they did not lose the two wickets in the eleventh hour of the play.
He said the remaining batsmen would have to play good cricket to stretch the innings, especially Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Ashraful and Shakib Al Hasan, who all have the ability to play long innings.#
Indian coach Gary Kirsten said: "Bangladesh played very good cricket. The wicket behaves very good to bat on, but we are still 83 runs ahead and hope to be back in the match as we've two more days to go on."