Mominul feels Kohli played mind game with Mustafizur
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Bangladesh skipper Mominul Haque said that Virat Kohli played a mind game by mentioning the name of Mustafizur as a threat ahead of the opening Test at Indore.
Left-arm fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman’s diminished aura forced Bangladesh team management to leave him out for the first Test in Indore but that doesn’t stop India thinking about him.
Mustafizur was the weakest link of Bangladesh’s bowling in the three-match T20 series as he leaked runs in abundance when the other fast bowlers kept the things right.
Known as ‘Cutter Master’ for his ability to con the batsmen with mysterious slower cutter, slower, leg-cutter and slower bouncer, Mustafizur now is the bowler looking like out-of-sort and jaded. He has no performance to speak for him in the last two years as he struggles to keep him fit amid numerous injuries.
‘’Virat Kohli has told you he will fight against Mustfizuer.it can be his game plan too,’’ Mominul told reporters at Indore on Thursday.
‘’We made the team by whom we trust and the team management made the whole decision,’’ he said
Earlier Kohli rated Mustafizur for the reason that they often don’t get the chance to play the left arm fast bowler in the practice match or net.
“He [Mustaifuzr] is a very good bowler. We’ve played against him quite a bit. But red ball…I think any left-arm seamer is a very different kind of bowler that we’re used to playing a lot,” Kohli said.
“So yeah, it just requires extra focus because you don’t play left-arm seamers that regularly when you don’t have them in your team. So it’s a challenge, but we must look forward to those challenges. Not that we get bundled out against left-arm seam, but we’ve found it more difficult purely because we don’t play them on a regular basis. So he’s going to be a threat, he’s going to be a key player for Bangladesh,” he added.
“He’s an experienced bowler and he’s been around for a while, and he knows the Indian batsmen as well, having played the IPL and so on. But we’ve played against him a lot as well. So I think it will be about keeping focus and concentration against a good bowler and try to come out on top.”
