{"id":3354,"date":"2016-10-24T18:24:18","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T18:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/?p=3354"},"modified":"2016-10-24T18:24:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T18:24:18","slug":"tigers-boss-refuses-to-panic-in-test-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/2016\/10\/24\/tigers-boss-refuses-to-panic-in-test-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers boss refuses to panic in Test thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe said Sunday his side is yet to press the panic button despite having just two wickets in hand ahead of the fifth day of the first Test against England.<\/p>\n

Bangladesh, chasing a target of 286 runs, battled to 253-8 at stumps on the fourth day on Sunday, needing 33 for their first-ever win against England.<\/div>\n

Hopes of a historic Test win rested with debutant Sabbir Rahman, who was unbeaten on 59 and will resume the innings with all-rounder Taijul Islam, 11 not out.<\/p>\n

With only Shafiul Islam to come, the hosts are now desperately looking to the duo to take them closer to victory on a crumbling pitch that is not only helping England spinners, but also producing some reverse swing for the pacers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think panic is the word (in the dressing room),\u201d Hathurusinghe said after the match. \u201cEveryone wants to win. We are all hoping that someone stays with Sabbir tomorrow.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt may be Taijul and Shafiul. They can bat.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is getting increasingly difficult to bat on that wicket. If the ball jumps like it did to Mushy, you don\u2019t have anything to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we can do is play the ball on merit and if it is behaving differently, forget about it. Play the next ball – that\u2019s the message,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Sabbir shared an 87-run stand with skipper Mushfiqur Rahim before England regained the initiative with three quick wickets in the final session.<\/p>\n

Off-spinner Gareth Batty broke the late resistance with an awkwardly bouncing delivery that prompted skipper Mushfiqur (39) to give a catch to Gary Ballance at short leg.<\/p>\n

Pace bowler Stuart Broad then found some reverse swing to remove Mehedi Hasan (one) and Kamrul Islam (0), putting England back in charge.<\/p>\n

But Taijul defied the England bowlers during his 23-ball stay, reviving hopes for Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

Taijul won his side a Test match against Zimbabwe in similar circumstances in 2014 when he hit an unbeaten 15 after the hosts lost seven wickets chasing a target of 101 runs in Dhaka.<\/p>\n

Hathurusinghe said he was not keen to give Taijul and Shafiul, who has also scored Test fifty against England, much advice as they already know what they must do.<\/p>\n

\u201cI won\u2019t give much away here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey will read (the) papers tomorrow as well. Our batsmen have to bat the first 10-15 balls, and they have to come and get the wickets. We have 90 overs to bat.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Sabbir\"<\/p>\n

Irrespective of the outcome of the game, Hathurusinghe said he was content with the performance of his team, who could bowl out England twice for the first time in their history.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am really happy that they took 20 wickets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a positive. I am happy to be still in the game in the fourth day against a team like England.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think anyone gave us the chance four days ago. We had a good game plan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe said Sunday his side is yet to press the panic button despite having just two wickets in hand ahead of the fifth day of the first Test against England. Bangladesh, chasing a target of 286 runs, battled to 253-8 at stumps on the fourth day on Sunday, needing 33 for their first-ever win against England. Hopes of a historic Test win rested with debutant Sabbir Rahman, who was unbeaten on 59 and will resume the innings with all-rounder Taijul Islam, 11 not out. With only Shafiul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3354"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3356,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3354\/revisions\/3356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}