Anything is possible, says Tamim
Bangladesh vs New Zealand. -BCB
||CF Correspondent||
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal said on Monday that they are not losing all their hope against New Zealand in the second Test as anything is possible in the game of cricket.
Bangladesh stare at another Test defeat as the hosts are comfortably placed to pull off an exceptional victory in the rain-shortened second Test in Wellington on Monday.
Ross Taylor scored a brilliant double hundred while it was followed by a batting collapse as Bangladesh were 80 for three at stumps on day four at Basin Reserve, trailing by 141 runs.
The first two days of the Test match were washed out but despite everything, the host looked poised to clinch the series.
“Definitely it is difficult. But anything is possible in cricket because we still have seven wickets and is still Riad vai and Liton to come,’’ Tamim told reporters after the match.
“If we don’t lose any wicket or just one wicket in the opening session than there is a chance,’’ he said.
“Everyone is hoping that we can bat through all the sessions. If we lost only one wicket than we would have been in a better position as far as earning a draw is concerned. Because we lost three wickets we need to cross a long road,’’ he said.
“It is not easy to bat here. We should have batted better in the first innings because we got a good start. But there is a lot for the bowlers as the wicket is prepared that way. So we need to survive,’’ he said. “Difficult but not impossible,’’ he added.
