March 17, 2022 0
Bangladesh’s Test hitters will have a mental battle. Away from the commotion surrounding Bangladesh’s One-Day International team, which will begin a three-match; series against South Africa on Friday (March 17), the tourists’ long-form batters, led by Mominul Haque, have been sweating; it out at the Gary Kirsten Academy in Cape Town in preparation for the two-Test series that will follow. Bangladesh’s Test hitters will have a mental battle. Though Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo has stated that the team’s focus at the moment; is on the ODIs and their need to achieve something no Bangladesh team has done before in this country; the Test squad appears to be in a better position to make a breakthrough, having recently won their first Test match in New Zealand. Following the momentous win in Tauranga, the Bangladesh Cricket Board devised a detailed preparation; plan for the Test team ahead of this visit. On Mominul’s recommendation, the majority of the Test Unit’s cricketers were enrolled; in the Bangladesh Tigers, a development program residential camp in Bogura. “The circumstances in South Africa and Bogura won’t be the same,” Mominul told Cricbuzz following; a marathon practice in the nets, where he was spotted manipulating shorts balls for hours on end. see ...