Ebadot Hossain in motion in the course of the New Zealand tour, earlier this yr. Picture: AFP
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Ebadot Hossain in motion in the course of the New Zealand tour, earlier this yr. Picture: AFP
Quick bowler Ebadot Hossain talked about that Bangladesh staff, getting ready to embark for a two-match Take a look at collection towards hosts South Africa from March 31, are oozing with confidence following their unprecedented fifty-over collection win towards the Proteas at their den.
Yesterday, after the Tigers honed their expertise on the Chatsworth Cricket Oval in Durban, Ebadot spoke with a constructive intent, when it comes to general preparation and the approaching challenges forward.
“Beating South Africa [in the ODIs] right here was extraordinarily troublesome. The factor is, after such a win, our confidence have drastically boosted.
“And with this increase of confidence, we wish to strategy the Take a look at match,” mentioned the lad from Sylhet, who may as properly nonetheless be basking from the heroic show which introduced Bangladesh a well-known victory within the Mount Maunganui Take a look at in New Zealand, earlier this yr.
Fairly apparently, Ebadot, and his Take a look at teammates by extrapolation, are drawing inspiration from a unique style of the sport which yielded white-ball success of late. It is comprehensible although, given the Tigers are but to win a Take a look at match, however not stay winless throughout all codecs, away in South Africa.
Additionally, there’s a sample carried ahead, resembling how Tamim Iqbal, captain of the ODI aspect, beforehand talked about that his white-ball troops had been banking on the historic red-ball success in New Zealand for inspiration.
“We do not have an incredible document in South Africa however information can change and an incredible instance is our Take a look at win in New Zealand,” Tamim advised reporters on March 9, previous to the ODI collection towards the Proteas.
“We turned issues round there [in New Zealand] after a few years. I am hopeful this staff will power the identical change [in South Africa]. Perception makes a giant distinction,” Tamim had mentioned.
And Tamim and his troops did, certainly, flip issues round, and in fashion, because the Tigers edged the Proteas by 2-1 within the three-match collection after utterly grabbing the series-deciding sport by the scruff of neck, courtesy of a sensational fast bowling by Taskin Ahmed.
Little doubt, regardless of the similarities, Take a look at cricket and one-dayers are a very completely different ball-game, usually poles aside, nevertheless, what Ebadot and, earlier than him, Tamim mentioned gives the look that this present Bangladesh contingent are evolving in essential areas, greater than what meets the attention, regarding the elemental elements of the sport of cricket, shared by all codecs.
Because the Tigers maintain creating historical past one after the other, and now if the development continues, it will likely be fascinating to see the place Bangladesh gamers find yourself extracting inspiration forward of their subsequent task following the South Africa tour.