Kohli and Ashwin are threats says Bangla skipper

TIL Desk Sports/ Bangladesh Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim termed the criticism of their average performance in longer format unfair, considering most of the top nations do not invite them for bilateral series on regular basis. Bangladesh will however be playing 10 Test matches in the coming year, mostly abroad, something that augurs well for the immensely popular national cricket team.

“I have been playing for 11 years and I have never had so much cricket, Test cricket, in one year (referring to year ahead). We went out of Bangladesh to play Test cricket after almost two years. That’s not acceptable. If you don’t give us an opportunity but keep saying that we are no good, that can’t be fair,” the skipper’s tone was one of hurt laced with sarcasm.

“How do you find out if we have improved or not? I think that if we do well this year, if we make the most of this opportunity and get good results, then we will get more tours. Test cricket provides with you the best learning curve. And we will improve if we play more and more,” said Rahim, whose sentiments were echoed by their chief coach Chandika Hathurasinghe. For Rahim, both Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin are threats.