Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hasan Shanto on Sunday described his crew’s first-ever Take a look at win over Pakistan as a “particular one” within the given circumstances the nation goes via.
“It was an important win for us as a result of final month we had a troublesome state of affairs in Bangladesh. There are nonetheless some issues there however in Bangladesh we assist one another and I’m blissful this win offers them just a little little bit of a smile on their faces,” he stated on the post-match convention after the 10-wicket win.
“We’re pleased with our efficiency and we simply wish to give extra pleasure to our individuals within the second match as effectively. It was a particular victory for us particularly given how we adjusted to the recent situations and pitch right here,” Shanto added.
Shanto stated the crew was assured of profitable the match coming into the ultimate day because the pitch was changing into troublesome and his crew had some skilled spinners and good seamers.
“I feel Shakib and Miraz bowled very effectively right this moment given the situations and we knew that with a 90-run benefit Pakistan could be underneath stress on the ultimate day,” he stated.
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Shanto stated the important thing to the win was the robust batting show within the first innings.
“Mushfiq bhai performed an impressive innings however general I feel everybody contributed and it was an enormous crew effort. I’m blissful that every one the laborious work we put into getting ready for this sequence we now have now ticked all of the bins on this match,” he stated.
The Bangladesh crew reached Pakistan a couple of days earlier for the sequence due to the unsure state of affairs again house.
Requested by a journalist about what senior cricketer Shakib was going via within the crew due to his issues again house, Shanto stated what the all-rounder was going through have been his private points however as a senior crew member he’s at all times contributing.