Bangladesh skipper Habibul Bashar is quietly confident that his side would be more
than a match for two of the formidable teams from the sub-continent, India and
Sri Lanka, when group matches of the cricket World Cup unroll next week.
"In one-day cricket, anything can happen. So we want to
take our chances. Let's see what happens," remarked Bashar.
Bangladesh have put the participating nations, more so India
and Sri Lanka, in the tournament on alert after they beat New Zealand
in a practice game earlier this week.
Bashar admits that both India and Sri Lanka, placed
alongside them in Group B, are playing good cricket and would be difficult to
beat. But, he hopes that his side will do everything to progress to the second
round.
"They are playing very good cricket, but we have played them often enough
to know of their strengths and weaknesses. There is no discernible weakness
though but we are quietly confident," he said.
Bashar feels there are quite a few things which are working to his team's advantage
at the moment.
"We have some decent spinners and as everyone feels the wickets here are
going to be a help to them, I think we have an advantage in that area.
"We then have quite a few batsmen who have experience
and promise and who are determined to do well," said Bashar, mentioning
Shahriar Nafees, the solid opener who has had a wonderful time with the
bat last year.
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