Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto shared his frustration after the second dayâs play was called off without a ball being bowled. âAs a player, itâs very frustrating,â he said.
âThe game started after a lot of difficulties (on Friday), then we got to play for a while and then it stopped again. There was no play today. So, overall itâs really frustrating as a player. But we have nothing to do with it. Itâs not in our control. But it would feel better if there was some play.â
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When rain stopped play on the first day, Bangladesh was at 107 for 3, with Mominul Haque and Mushfiqur Rahim around. After Akash Deep claimed two quick wickets, Shanto forged a half-century stand with Mominul Haque before getting trapped leg-before to Ravichandran Ashwin.
âThe wicket was decent. I think the bigger challenge was to play through the (numerous) breaks on and off,â Shanto said.
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âThe rain remains a continuous threat with batters having to bat keeping that in mind which is difficult. Apart from that, I can tell the wicket so far has been pretty good. We will not know how challenging it will be to play on day three and four because it is not getting enough sunshineâ¦â
Talking about losing two early wickets, the captain said, âI think we lost one extra wicket. We had a good start. I wonât say we are in a bad position, given the wicket we are playing on. We have a few more batters. If we can have two big partnerships, we can be in a good position. But at this moment, I think itâs balanced right nowâ¦â
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