Bangladesh fast bowling coach Allan Donald is hoping to see aggression from his pace attack when they take on visitors India in the second and final Test match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Thursday.
Former South Africa fast bowler Donald believes brief bursts of aggressive spells is possible at Mirpur, despite the fact that seam heavy bowling line-up is usually avoided at this venue.
“We want to win. It doesn't matter where you play India, you put that in your highest order of achievements. We know 150 didn't cut it for us. We have spoken about the values of our partnership. We need to be much more resilient, which we showed in the second innings. We are desperate to win. A lot of people including me wants to go home for a delayed Christmas with a win under our belt,” said Donald to the media at the pre-match press conference Wednesday.
Donald also emphasized on the need to bat with positive mindset and that the unit should follow the batting approach shown in the second innings of the first Test in Chittagong last week.
Hosts Bangladesh lost the port city Test by 188 runs on the back of shaky batting approach in the first innings, in which they were dismissed for just 150 runs.
But in pursuit of an improbable 513-run target, Bangladesh's batting approach was positive in the second innings as they put up 324 before being all out.
"You got one chance to cash in. You win the toss, hopefully bat first, and make 350 or 380. I am guessing what the value of that first innings score might be. Pitch looks fairly dry so you have to cash in first innings. It is your only chance to set the Test match up in the first innings," he added.
