Mominul relaxed under pressure
There will be a substantial amount of focus on Test skipper Mominul Haque and the rest of the Bangladesh team if they board a flight for Sri Lanka today to be a part of a two-match Test series.
The Tigers will be desperate to come back to the winning ways after sacrificing their previous eight international game titles across all formats, the most recent being 3-0 whitewashes in New Zealand in both ODI and T20I series.
But following a thrashing 2-0 whitewash against a comparatively inexperienced West Indies area on home soil before this year, Bangladesh experienced to cope with questions more than their approach and too little improvement in the game's elite format.
Bangladesh managed to win one among their 6 Tests since Mominul took fee as Test captain on 2019 and the soft-spoken 29-year-old needs to show identity as a leader and lead from leading both on / off the field to bolster a demotivated crew ahead of the tour.
The cricketer from Cox's Bazar was heavily criticised following those losses to the Windies, however when it involves handling the pressure of expectation as a captain of the Test side, Mominul believes he has were able to face the pressure and continue thinking positively.
"Representing the team in the international level provides some pressure in it. You have to take that very much pressure especially when email address details are not going your way. It is determined by how you have it. I've digested the actual fact that I am the captain, therefore i think I can cope with the pressure. I believe this is a positive kind of pressure," he said.
However, Bangladesh may take few positives from their previous outings in the island country. A historical win in Bangladesh's 100th Check against the hosts in 2017 in Colombo is also the only period when the site visitors had managed to defeat their Sri Lankan counterpart in 12 games.
Although it is a huge challenge for the Tigers, especially without star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, Mominul is looking forward to a good bring about the two-meet Test series against Sri Lanka.
"Sri Lanka certainly are a great team at home and it will be challenging for all of us. It won't end up being easy for us. However the circumstances we get ourselves in, we have to take up this challenge and get yourself a good result. I believe it will be a competitive series. Both teams have good rate bowlers. Batting is going to be very significant. We haven't been batting up to everyone's goals lately," Mominul told the media during an official pre-tour press conference at the house of cricket in Mirpur yesterday.
The majority of cricketers who returned from the limited-overs series in New Zealand will be the main Test squad against Sri Lanka but Mominul believes that the preparation for the series has been good, especially for individuals who only play red-ball cricket.
"I don't think it's true that we can't get a lead to lack of Shakib (Al Hasan) and Mustafizur (Rahman). They don't really possess 10-12 hands of their individual. There are other players in the squad also. I don't believe this (lack of Shakib) has experienced a direct effect on the results. What's happening is that people are not having the ability to play as a group."
