Shanto desconfía de la "experimentada" India, pero da a Bangladesh una "oportunidad" tras su histórica victoria sobre Pakistán

Bangladesh e India han jugado 13 partidos de prueba, pero los Tigres nunca han vencido a India ni una sola vez.

Bangladesh aren’t going to pushovers. Coming from a historic Test series victory over Pakistan last a couple of weeks earlier, captain Najmul Hossain Shanto is giving his team a chance to not only win one but both games. The Tigers departed for India, to play 5 matches (2 Tests and 3 T20Is) earlier today and will land in Chennai soon.

“This will be a challenging series for us, but after having a good series against Pakistan, there is an extra confidence in our team. Every series is an opportunity, and we will play to win both matches,” Shanto told reporters before leaving.

Ranked 9th in the ICC Test ranking, the Bangladesh captain admits that facing India in their own backyard would be challenging. They aim to play competitive cricket, and if they do well, the result will be good as well.

“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,” he added.

Experience puts India ahead?

“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. 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,” Shanto concluded.