No pressure on us: Imrul
The Bangladesh National Cricket Team yesterday attended their first training session ahead of their crucial clash against England in Adelaide on Monday. It was an optional training session and the players took the opportunity to focus on their skills.
Mushfiqur Rahim, as usual, spent the most amount of time in the nets. He was accompanied by the youngest member of the side Soumya Sarker. However, opener Imrul Kayes was the focus of the day. The left-hander, who replaced the injured Anamul Haque, joined the Tigers yesterday and was raring to have a go at the English.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. It's still uncertain whether Imrul will feature in Bangladesh's line-up, but he has good memories against England. His half-century against England in the 2011 World Cup played a crucial role in Bangladesh's historic win in Chittagong.
However, the situation this time around is different. He has sprung up from a different hemisphere and will need to acclimatize as soon as possible. It was a problem that Imrul aims to tackle as soon as possible.
"I never really expected to be here, but I hope to make this opportunity count. I will get a day to adjust to the conditions here. I batted well in the nets … hope everything goes well," said Imrul, after training.
"I don't think there will be much pressure on us. We have played against both England and New Zealand before and done well," the left-hander added.
Apart form the optional session, some cricketers also had fun playing cricket with children from the McGrath Foundation. The Foundation is considered to be one of Australia's leading breast cancer support and education charity organisations, with over 33,000 Australian families supported by their nurses in the last six years.
Skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Shakib Al Hasan, Nasir Hossain and Taskin Ahmed were the players who participated in the activity.
The Tigers will attend one last training session today before gearing up for the big game against England on Monday. Bangladesh need to win this game in order to keep their quarterfinal hopes alive.
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