da bwin： Bangladesh-A is taking on a mighty Pakistan squad for a three-day match inBKSP starting from January 5
da mrbet： Shahryar Khan03-Jan-2002
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Bangladesh-A is taking on a mighty Pakistan squad for a three-day match inBKSP starting from January 5. Pakistan, one of the super powers of the game, isnot taking this first class match lightly. They will be on the field with theirprobable best eleven – disclosed Mudassar Nazar, the coach.
In absence of Saeed Anwar the opening slots are lacking flair, but Mudassarhardly agrees with this idea. He is thinking of giving a break to Shadab Kabirand Taufeeq Umar as openers in the BKSP match. Among the three openers in thesquad left-handed Shahdab is back in the team after almost five years. He wasdropped after his disappointing performance in England followed by a streak offailures against India in Sahara Cup 1996.
On the contrary, Taufeeq Umar saw a debut success against Bangladesh in Multanwhere he hammered a scintillating century. Naved Latif, regarded as the mosttalented among the young stars, is a very good hitter of the ball. There arechances he may open too. These three are embarking on their career.
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Are Pakistanis touring here in a relaxing mood? The answer is a strict no.Waqar is not indulging himself with such thinking. They are here to get a cleansweep and anything less than a win would be very disappointing. The renownedsuper powers have missed two series due to security fear; first New Zealandpulled out of the October tour and now its West Indies, who are not coming nextFebruary. So, Bangladesh is going to face a hungry Pakistan.
Their net practice session today laid enough proofs that they are prettyserious about the baby Test nation Bangladesh. They came early in the morning,did some stretching for hours, played football to warm them up and ended up witha stern net session, which lasted almost three and half an hour. After threemonth’s lay-off from International cricket they were looking very positive toshake off the lethargy. In a word the tourists are not cynical about playingagainst a team that lost eight matches out of nine they have played so far.
Akram Khan, the skipper of Bangladesh-A is giving more stress on batting. Hisaim is plain and simple – to draw the 3-day match anyhow. The former Bangladeshcaptain is not unnerved to steer his team against Pakistanis as he hassubstantial experiences to lead the national side in International arena forfive years.
If someone from his team pulls off big success in BKSP match, will he get aseat in the national squad? Akram Khan said that this single match would hardlyprove one’s ability to cope up with bigger situations in Tests. If one scoresa hundred or a 80 or takes 6 wickets do not have anything to do with having aseat in the national side right this moment. This thing is applicable to him aswell.
“We are playing against them without having anything in our head about thenational team. We are playing for Bangladesh-A and looking to play as good aspossible. It would be creditable if we could end up with a draw. To do that wewill need quite a bit of good batting and at this moment we are aiming on thatonly.”
Tomorrow both teams will run their last net sessions in BNS in the morningbefore this first-class match.
