Bangladesh aim to use confidence of Pakistan win in India Tests: Shoriful Islam

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khelja|09-09-2024

Fast bowler Shoriful Islam said that Bangladesh will try and build on the confidence of their famous series win against Pakistan in the upcoming two-match Test series against India.
Earlier, the Tigers beat Shan Masood's Pakistan 2-0 and became the second team to cleansweep Pakistan in a Test series in the latter's backyard. Shoriful also said that success against India would help Bangladesh gain more popularity in the world. The speedster, however, admitted that the series is going to be challenging as Indian cricketers have more experience compared to Pakistan's cricketers in the red-ball format. "Compared to Pakistan, India are more experienced in Test cricket. India are a big team and I feel that if we do well against them, we will be followed worldwide and everyone will look at us. If we can do well in India, it will make us happy. We are working hard, and we hope for the results to go our way," Shoriful told Bangladesh Cricket.  
  Shoriful also said that the Tigers will try and carry on from where they left off in Rawalpindi where they won by six wickets to claim the series. "We try and start with a win because we had a decent series against Pakistan. Everyone is confident, and we will try our best and make use of the confidence," Shoriful added. Shoriful played the opening Test and picked up three wickets, However, he ended up missing the second Test due to a groin injury. Along with Taskin Ahmed, Nahid Rana and Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful will be a part of the Tigers' pace attack on Indian soil. Bangladesh's tour of India starts on Thursday, September 19 with the opening Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Green Park in Kanpur will host the second Test followed by the three T20Is on October 6, 9 and 12.
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