All is not ended yet: Taijul
||CF Correspondent||
Despite being on the knife-edge of a defeat, Bangladesh left-arm spinner Taijul Islam encouraged a never-say-die attitude as the Tigers look to fight their way back in the first Test.
Bangladesh had already conceded a 140-run lead after being wrapped up for 143 in their first innings and it left them in a mountainous task to save the Test.
With a sizeable lead under the belt and all 10 wickets in hand, Zimbabwe are expected to be pressure-free on the third day.
“We will try to come back in the match by wrapping up their second innings quickly,” Taijul said. “We have still three days at hands. Anything can happen.”
According to Taijul, the hosts are looking to restrict Zimbabwe under 150 in their second innings.
“Our plan is to bowl them out below 150. Wicket will be deteriorating as the day progresses. So it will be tougher to bat on,” he said.
Kyle Jarvis and Tendai Chatara rocked Bangladesh’s top order while off-spinner Sikandar Raza took the care of lower order as the local batsmen came up with lackluster batting show.
“In cricket you can’t expect every day will be good for batsmen. We got a bad session after the lunch and even we can’t put up a fight in the last session also.”
“But all is not ended here. We are not giving up the hopes. We expect to come back strongly,” said Taijul.
