{"id":9431,"date":"2017-08-21T05:35:43","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T05:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/?p=9431"},"modified":"2017-08-21T05:35:43","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T05:35:43","slug":"nasir-wants-to-grab-this-opportunity-with-both-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/2017\/08\/21\/nasir-wants-to-grab-this-opportunity-with-both-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasir wants to grab this opportunity with both hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nasir Hossain, the Bangladesh allrounder wants to cement his place with worthy performances in the upcoming Test series against Australia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The hardworking all rounder who made his way through the team after a span of two years thought performance is the answer to all questions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Performance is the answer to every questions, whether a player is playing for the national team or any other team, it is not possible to keep your slot without performing well&#8221; said Nasir to the reporters at Mirpur Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nasir also said he is focused on putting a good show wherever the team management wants to send him in. &#8221; I have got my own plans, I played in the BPL and in the national league under the light of it, if I get the chance I will try my best to put up a good show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My position is number six or seven, when I bat I don&#8217;t get many batsmen in the opposite end, so I have some added responsibilities, sometimes I have to go slow sometimes I have to score fast&#8221; added Nasir.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said that he was expecting a call and wasn&#8217;t surprised by it. &#8220;I performed good in the domestic scene and gradually waited for my call, however I believe the competition is fierce and the door is open for all. I knew that I would have to perform to get into the Test squad. Wherever I have played, whether it&#8217;s the national league or the BPL, I have tried to perform&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nasir also added that he loves to bowl. &#8221; I enjoy the bowling and hope I will get the opportunity to bowl and I want to serve the team with the ball also&#8221; said Nasir. Nasir&#8217;s batting average is 37.34 in 17 Test matches; he has scored one century and six fifties.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However he has scalped only eight wickets conceding 51 runs per wicket. He also appeared excited with the chance of playing Test cricket against Australia.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am excited to play against Australia and the series takes place after a gap of 11 years, many players like me never had the experienced playing against them in Test cricket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nasir Hossain, the Bangladesh allrounder wants to cement his place with worthy performances in the upcoming Test series against Australia. &nbsp; The hardworking all rounder who made his way through the team after a span of two years thought performance is the answer to all questions. &nbsp; &ldquo;Performance is the answer to every questions, whether a player is playing for the national team or any other team, it is not possible to keep your slot without performing well&rdquo; said Nasir to the reporters at Mirpur Stadium on Sunday. &nbsp; Nasir<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9432,"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\/9431"}],"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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9433,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9431\/revisions\/9433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.banglanewsus.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}