Shakib-Al-Hasan says scoring century against Pakistan was tough – Cricket News Update
Bangladesh’s all-rounder Shakib-Al-Hasan has admitted that scoring a century against Pakistan was extremely difficult in the second Test of the two match series at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
The star cricketer batted exceptionally, scoring 144 runs with the help of 15 fours. He had come in at a time when the team needed a special effort from someone to escape trouble, as they were 43/4.
However, Shakib used all his experienced and dominated the strong bowling attack of the opposition.
There was some pace and swing in the wicket and the Pakistani seamers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aizaz-Cheema-c961 looked extremely dangerous. The latter had been more impressive of the two, picking up three wickets out of the first four.
Despite that the Bengali batsman played some solid strokes and brought up his second Test ton. His first century was against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 back in 2010.
However, the 24-year-old said that the ton against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 was a better one. He claimed, “I would keep this century ahead of the other one. The first century is always special but this one's the most satisfying, I had phases when I had to check my shots.
I have batted a long time for this century.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 were criticised after losing the opening Test of the series by an innings. The batsmen failed to deliver even on a flat wicket and the bowlers also had a miserable outing.
They were expected to continue the same sort of struggle against the Men in Green, but proved their critics wrong by showing a lot of spirit.
Commenting on the team’s performance in the longest version of the game, Shakib stated, “I don't think we are going backwards. The trouble is when we get to play Tests after long breaks. We have to start everything anew when we play Tests after 2-3 months.
It takes an innings or two to understand the situation. If we could play regularly, it wouldn't be a problem.”
The Bengali Tigers will be looking to make an impression with the ball as well after displaying some solid batting skills against Pakistan. They will be hoping to get a positive result out of the match other than just ending it in a draw.
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