The Tigers look to guard against complacency
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Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza urged his teammates to guard against complacency when they take on Zimbabwe in the second game of the three-match ODI series
According to the skipper, he is expecting a backlash from Zimbabwe who, he believes, have the resources to challenge Bangladesh despite their meek surrender in the first ODI in which they tasted a 28-run defeat.
“We know if they get their rhythm back and if they play bring up their A game, it would be tougher for us. So we don’t want to give them any chance to comeback in the series. We will play with the same mentality with which we played the Asia Cup.” Mashrafe told reporters at Chittagong on Tuesday.
“There is no scope to take them lightly especially when all of their senior players are in the team at the moment.
“Remember we even lost the game to Hong Kong at this ground (in the World T20 in 2014). That is in our mind. So we are not willing to make any mistake,” he said.
Mashrafe indicated that he is eyeing to make some experiment but not by taking any risk that might force them to be at the other side of the table.
Zimbabwe have not won any ODI against Bangladesh on the previous six occasions, with the Tigers winning five matches and one game being abandoned.
“We just have to be clinical, and find a way to win the series while we are trying out a few guys who also have to perform. We also have to consider that this is the series-deciding game,” said the Bangladesh skipper.
Mashrafe considered the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium as flat track as he expected 300 plus runs in the second game today.
“Though Mirpur wicket was uneven we expected 300 plus runs especially after the century of Imrul Kayes. The Chittagong wicket looked flat, so we expected a healthy score if we bat first. If we bat later, and if there is dew, I think batting will be easier,” he said.
