Habibul Bashar
Habibul Bashar
Qazi Habibul Basharis a Bangladeshi cricketer and the former captain of the Bangladeshi cricket team, widely regarded as one of the greatest Bangladeshi Test batsmen of all time. Under the managership of Dav Whatmore, he has been found to be the most successful captain to lead the Bangladesh team to overcome several milestones. The first test victory of Bangladesh came under his hands in 2004 against Zimbabwe. Under Bashar's captaincy, Bangladesh have beaten Australia, India, South Africa and Sri Lanka...
believe boys capable confident happy team telling
Yes, I am happy that it would not be the same story I have been telling for long. Believe me I am always confident with my team because I know my boys are capable to do anything.
maybe near runs
We were near a win. Maybe 20 more runs would have made the difference.
assure badly bangladesh critics good helped last played raise series team touch
We played badly in the last two series that only helped our critics to raise their voices. But now I tell you that this is a different side. The team is also in good touch after the one-day series. I can assure you that you will see a different Bangladesh in the Tests.
gain less remedy
We have to remedy that and make less mistakes. We play well sometimes, we need to gain self-belief that we can play well consistently.
against confident good happened record test time
We know our Test record is not good at all against Sri Lanka. But that all happened in the past. This time we are confident that we can do something what we showed in the one-day series.
best board boys faith finish high putting rather runs series session setting talk thinking time
We have already started to talk about the issue. This time we are going to play session by session rather than putting runs on board or thinking about setting a target. I have faith in my boys that they will put their best to finish the series on a high note.
ability given impossible proven special
We have already proven that nothing is impossible in a one-day game. We have the ability to do something special on the given day.
against fulfill improved
We could not fulfill our expectations, but at least we improved against Sri Lanka.
account against aware bowling came easy good guys hot matters played series
We came into this series right after the one against Sri Lanka, so it was not easy for the guys and you are all aware about the prevalent hot and humid conditions. I think that the Kenyan bowling was also good. If we take all the matters into account you must say that we have played a very good series.
batting flexible line
We have a very flexible batting line and any one can bat anywhere.
facing learnt match situations win
We have not been used to facing such situations where we could win the match and have learnt our lessons.
best call confident home impression miss players senior strong
We are confident to make something different on our home soil. We will try our best to make an impression in the first game. Sri Lanka may miss some senior players but they are still very strong opponents. One can't call them a second-string side.
against assignment australia carry champions good great home next success tempo tough work
It would be really great if we can carry the tempo into our next home assignment against Australia next month. We know how tough it would be against the World champions but if we can carry the good work to the next series, I think it will be a real success for us.
against agree compared definitely learned matches previous time untrue
Compared to our previous matches against Sri Lanka, we have definitely made significant improvements in the first Test. I must say this time we were more competitive than the past. It is untrue that we have not learned from our mistakes. But I agree that we need a lot more to do in the long run.