There is extra confidence in our team, says Tigers' skipper Shanto

He wary of India challenge but believe they can perform well

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FE Team | Published: September 15, 2024 22:22:14

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Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto acknowledged on Sunday that their upcoming tour of India will be a tough challenge. However, he expressed confidence that, following their historic series win against Pakistan, they believe they can perform well against the formidable Indian side, reports Cricbuzz.
Earlier this month, Bangladesh secured a 2-0 series victory against Pakistan in Rawalpindi. On Sunday, the Test squad departed for India while members of the T20I squad are set to join later.
"This will be a challenging series for us but after having a good series against Pakistan, there is an extra confidence in our team as well as among all the people of the country," Najmul told reporters before departing for India. "Every series is an opportunity and we will play to win both the matches. (We will focus on) the things that we need to do for the win...the process is important and we need to do our job properly.
"If we can do our job properly certainly a good result is possible but still it's going to be very challenging. If you see the ranking they are far ahead of us but recently we played a good series and the most important thing is that how we can play good cricket. The result happens in the last session of the five days and so if we can play good cricket we have a chance to do well in the last session.
"It is important what plans need to be executed to play well for five days and there will be a chance to win but let's not think too far ahead and focus on our strength and how we can play good cricket," said Najmul.
Najmul said Bangladesh's pacers are relatively less experienced than their Indian counterparts but emphasised that their spinners are capable of performing well on any surface. He stressed, however, that their success will depend on playing cohesively as a team.
"Our spin and pace is in a good frame. But still if you compare the teams, I feel our pacers are relatively less experienced compared to them," said Najmul. "Spin wise we are close to them but experience wise I would keep them ahead but our spinners can bowl in any condition and I can say this much - that all the players, whether pacers, spinners or batters, whoever will play, every player will give a hundred percent. The difference can be made when we play as a team."