After a great start in the morning, Bangladesh are on the backfoot on the first day of the Sylhet Test. After picking up 5 wickets for 57 runs, Sri Lanka made an incredible comeback. Dhananjaya de Silva and Kamindu Mendis made a pair of 202 runs. Both scored centuries. Equal 102 runs came from the bat of both. In that, the collection of the Lankans stands at 280 runs. Batting in the last afternoon, Bangladesh also fell into a batting disaster. Bangladesh ended the day losing 3 wickets and conceding 32 runs. In this situation, the course of the Sylhet Test depends a lot on Bangladesh’s batting on the morning of the second day.
New Zealand’s former all-rounder Andre Adams came to the press conference after the first day’s play. Bangladesh’s bowling coach, however, said that the wicket is good enough for the batsmen, ‘Let’s see how we bat. After falling five wickets they got some loose runs. It is a good wicket. No poker here. There is bounce and carry. We have to bat well. It is not something that wickets will decide the fate of the match. How we play will decide the course of the match.’
On the experience of working with the pacers of Bangladesh, Adams said, ‘My job is to improve them (pacers). The hard part is that there is always a game. You have to improve within the game. There is a language barrier, it must be overcome. What I see and what the boys understand; It will not always be the same. ‘
He further added, ‘Nafees (Iqbal) is helping me a bit. I am careful not to impose too much on them. They have reached this stage by doing certain things. My aim is to understand how they work. Part of my job is to improve.’
Kiwi coach is impressed with Bangladesh’s pacers’ eagerness to learn, ‘I am very excited. When you think of Khaled, Shakib who bowled brilliantly in ODIs got injured. I think they have an interest in learning and doing well. I am happy with what I got.’
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