Bangladesh shift focus on India Test series

BSS, Chattogram :
After a successful ODI series, which they won by 2-1, Bangladesh now shifted their focus to two-match Test series against India.
The first Test starts on December 14 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram while the second and final Test is at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka from December 22.
The longer version of cricket however is not favoured for Tigers as they time and again proved themselves vulnerable in this format.
To make matter worse, most of their Test players remained out of form. Their loopholes were widely exposed against the India A team, which was formed with mostly the Ronjy Trophy players. In the name of Bangladesh A, most of the Test players played in that series but eventually lost by 1-0.
With some luck and due to the heroism of Zakir Hasan they escaped with a draw in the first four-day match. Zakir hit a magnificent 173 in that match to help the side salvage a draw.
Thanks to that performance, Zakir, however, made his way to the Test team but it is to be seen if he could make his debut against an Indian side which looked more compact in a longer version format instead of the ODI format.
The visiting India even could have won the ODI series also but two magical knocks of Mehidy Hasan Miraz and their sloppy fielding and batting cost them dearly. They lost the first match by one wicket and the second game by 5 runs. They hit back in style with a staggering win over Bangladesh in the third ODI to avoid a whitewash. After compiling a hefty 409-8, thanks to Ishan Kishan’s record-breaking 210, they shot Bangladesh out for 182 to win the match by 227 runs.