Bangladesh have ability to beat Proteas: Nasir
Sports Reporter
Bangladesh are unfazed by the sudden downfall from the graceful position, knowing that they could turn the fortune if the batsmen could play to their potential.
So when they would go into the second match, their aim will be to play full 50 overs in a bid to level the series as the wicket would be the same what was used in the last three matches.
From what Ive known, the wicket will be the same, so our target will be to play 50 overs. This will be our target, Bangladesh all-rounder Nasir Hossain told the reporters yesterday.
We have the ability to beat South Africa and I think we just havent been able to click. If our batsmen can click, we can beat them. If we can do everything according to plan then you will see that the entire scenario has changed, he added.
I think that the last one day we had a bad day and we have to comeback from here and nothing has changed I think everything is fine with the players we just had one bad day thats all.
Nasir played a vital 31 runs knock in the first ODI which helped the side propel past 150 runs at least. Otherwise it could have been another sorry story like the 2011 World Cup when the South African team bowled out for an embarrassing 78 runs.
As the series is at stake, the president even came to meet the players to motivate them.
President sir always gives us enthusiasm and encourages us. Actually nothing much happened and again many things happened. He told us positive things, Nasir told about the meeting with president.
If Nasirs comment is taken into consideration, then it is proved Bangladesh couldnt adapt to the slow and low wicket after playing against Pakistan and India in true wicket. Whereas traditionally the team is used to play in slow and low wicket.
Nothing has happened suddenly. Actually the wicket was a bit different when played against India and Pakistan, in those series you could just go and hit on this wicket. You cant do that you need to stay on the wicket for a while. We are trying to learn to take that amount of time on the wicket. Thats pretty much it.
Despite South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada tore Bangladesh apart in a sensational bowling, claiming six for 16 including hat-trick, the best by a debutant bowler, Nasir believed that nothing to be worried with him.
If you see Rabadas wickets there were a few soft dismissals such as Litton and Soumya. He got one or two wickets with good deliveries. I dont think he is a kind of bowler whom we cant handle. We do our homework as well.
