The Dhaka Times Desk After almost three years, the New Zealand vs Bangladesh cricket competition is starting again. Chittagong is a milestone in the cricket history of Bangladesh. Today, the first test of the two-match test series begins in Chittagong. New Zealand will be haunted by the painful memory of losing the ODI series by 4-0 to Bangladesh last year in 2010. Bangladesh would like to bring back that adorable happy memory again.
If you look at the last six months, it will be seen that Ashraful's cricket match fixing has happened in Bangladesh cricket, Match fixing of players in BPL Several events including However, team captain Mushfiqur Rahim said that he wants to forget everything and concentrate on cricket. He said, “Now it is time to come down to play for the country. So everything in the past is secondary now. The entire team wants to return to the game with this series, we want to give the country people a smile again in this critical time of the country."
Talking about the memory of 2010 before playing, Mushfiq said, "We are always inspired by that series. But we are coming to play this Test after a long time. Even if you play a bit in the Dhaka Premier League or elsewhere, Tests are actually a completely different thing. Apart from New Zealand, we have to play against ourselves in this series. But hopefully we have been very consistent on our country's soil for the last one/half year. So this pressure will not affect us."
Mushfiq thinks that there will be no problem in adapting to the new wicket and the new field. He said, "I am playing Test after many days, the wicket is also brand new. But if we have any problems, they will be three times more than us. We will quickly adapt ourselves to this field.”
“On the field we always play with the goal of winning. This time also I will play to win every match. I will try to do whatever it takes to win. Not just tests; We have prepared ourselves to win in all the Test, ODI, T20 matches. After Zimbabwe's success against Pakistan, we slipped in the rankings, but in this series we will aim to win the series and move up the rankings. But first of all we will continue to play well."
Shakib Al Hasan's status in current Bangladesh is similar to that of West Indies' best all-rounder Gary Sobers. Having Shakib in the team means a reassuring smile on the face of the captain of that team. This Shakib was also the hero of the last Banglawash of 2010. Not only that, in 2008, Shakib caught the New Zealand team with 7 wickets for 36 runs. The whole of Bangladesh will be looking at him this time. However, nothing is known about Shakib Al Hasan's physical condition after returning from injury after four weeks. But if Shakib's record against New Zealand speaks for Shakib, it can be said that it will be easy for Bangladesh to win.
On the other hand, New Zealand are a very cautious team against Bangladesh, says Ross Taylor. Say it or not! Ross Taylor who fought alone against Bangladesh in 2010. Seva played several fighting innings but could not bring victory to the team due to lack of partner. When asked about New Zealand's plans against Bangladesh, Taylor said, “Our aim is to get Shakib and Tamim back as soon as possible. Abdur Razzak will be very difficult to deal with in bowling. But we had already brought ideas on how to play on this pitch from Sri Lanka for nine days before coming on this tour. Hopefully we can proceed as per our plan.”
Captain Brendon McCullum said, "The aim of this series is to erase the memory of 2010. That series taught us many things, the series that threatened many of our careers is not easily forgotten. But now we are ready. We have learned from every mistake in the 2010 series. Bangladesh is a big opponent on the soil of Bangladesh, we will show our preparation on the field! But the new face of the Bangladesh team vs the new face of the New Zealand team will be a separate fight, who is the best will be seen on the field!”
But before the start of the game, everyone will look at the sky at the beginning of the day, because the rain has been bugging for a few days! Unless it rains, Bangladesh will sink into the ocean of cricket speculation for a few days. Cricket good morning Bangladesh in the desire to banglawash New Zealand again!