Fast bowler Taskin Ahmed believes Bangladesh are
able to win the Asia Cup trophy if they can bring up their best cricket.
Despite being a giant in the ODI format and winning against the top guns at
regular basis, Bangladesh's only success in multinational tournament came in
2019 when they won a tri-nation series under the inspiring leadership of
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza.
The Tigers reached the final of the Asia Cup three times and came agonizingly
close to win the trophy but that never happened.
This time Taskin pins high hopes on the team, saying that they are capable of
doing the thing which no Bangladesh team achieved in the past.
"Obviously our main target is to play the final of Asia Cup and we believe we
can do it," he said here today before leaving the country for Sri Lanka to
play the Asia Cup with the side.
"Team's achievement always comes top. I will be happy if we can play as a
team and reach the final. Definitely we would like to be champions but the
main thing is to play our best cricket since we have ICC Cricket World Cup
coming shortly. I firmly believe if we can put up our best game, it is
possible to become the champion."
Bangladesh's performance in the ODI cricket after the last T20 World Cup was
praiseworthy as they won eight and lost five, after playing 15 matches. The
rest of the two matches were abandoned.
The Tigers also brought up dynamic changes in their approach in batting as
they look determined to put up 300 plus total every time they bat in a match.
"Our performance graph is satisfactory. Everyone is trying to contribution as
much as it is possible from his position. So I think we stand on a good
chance to achieve a result we are craving for," he reckoned.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha