|| CF Correspondent ||

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal refused to play in similar wickets, which is being used in this World Cup at home despite knowing that it would be beneficial for batting, considering that it would restrict them from taking home advantage.

‘’No, we don’t want to play [in this kind of wickets at home] because we get certain home advantage in our country and for that advantage, we win matches,’’ said Tamim.

‘’As a batsman, I could say if we play in these types of wickets it would be good but the home advantage we get especially in ODI cricket why we would want to lose that,’’ he questioned.

Tamim added that they are taking positive from the fact that they are able to score over 300 runs on a regular basis and believe it will help them grow confidence for the upcoming matches.

The one positive thing is that in the last two matches we have scored above 300 runs. and both in chasing, it gives you a belief as a batsman that, if we restrict them at 320 or 330, there is a chance to chase that down,’’ said Tamim.

‘’If you look at our bowling, you will see, there was a spell of 3-4 overs, where the match got out of our control.  if you see our last three overs, we have bowled pretty well. Everyone has done some mistakes, for that we lost and we will try to minimize that,’’ he said adding that they are not losing any hope yet.

 ‘’See, we still have a chance. I think none of my teammates are thinking that way,  the one thing they are thinking is that, if we win last three matches, there might be an opportunity to qualify for the semifinal,’’ he said.