Sports Desk: And only a few days later, Bangladesh will take the field against Sri Lanka at home. The Tigers have already started training for the three-match series in the ICC ODI Super League. After training in Mirpur on Friday (May 7th), the team’s young and promising all-rounder Saifuddin conveyed a message of hope for the series. He said that everyone is practicing hard while fasting. So he is hopeful that the team will be able to come out of the circle of recent failures.

Admitting that the recent New Zealand series did not perform as expected, Saifuddin said it was really disappointing for New Zealand to be whitewashed. Now the game against Sri Lanka at home. So I will definitely try to win the series. We are working very hard even after fasting.

The Tamim-Mushfiqurs have drawn one and lost the other in a two-match series under the ICC Test Championship against hosts Sri Lanka in Kandy a few days ago. But this time the context is different. Because, this time the host Bangladesh and the format are also different. And in the one-day format, Bangladesh is now a respectable team in the world.

Expressing optimism about strengthening their position in the Super League by doing well in this series, Saifuddin said, “I lost the Test series at their (Sri Lanka) ground a few days ago.” So the ODI series is an additional challenge for us. There are points in the ICC ODI Super League and I will try to achieve them.

Series schedule:

May 23 – First ODI – Mirpur (Day-Night)

May 25 – Second ODI – Mirpur (Day-Night)

May 27 – Third ODI – Mirpur (Day-Night)