Bangladesh vs Pakistan | LOL Classico | 2 Tests | 8th - 20th May 2026 | 9:30 am IST

[Tillu]

Bangladesh wants to make new history against Pakistan: Simmons

Bangladesh head coach Phil Simmons insisted that they are not keen to dwell on the past success as they prepare for the upcoming Test series against Pakistan with an aim to make new history.

The Tigers swept two-match Test series against Pakistan, that too on Pakistan’s soil in 2024, a victory that was believed to usher a new era in Bangladesh cricket.

However, Simmon said the past success puts little relevance now.

“No, it's history and that history is gone. We want to make new history now, so we're looking for Test series and see what happens,” Simmons said here today.

“It doesn't matter what happened then. Yes, you keep it in your mind, it gives you a boost inside that you won the last game, but it's a new game, it's a new place. We're in Bangladesh now, we're not in Pakistan. So all those things we have to try and put behind us and make sure that we focus on Friday (when first Test begins).”

After that epic series victory over Pakistan, Bangladesh lost series against India and South Africa, while drawing with West Indies and Zimbabwe before getting back to winning way with 2-0 victory against Test new comer Ireland last year.

Recalling their poor Test performance after that landmark achievement, Simmons said the players know about the value of consistency.

He added that the cricketers are determined to play their best cricket in a bid to keep their winning spree alive.

“I think, it’s going to be a good cricket pitch and we’ve got to put in place how we bat against them. If you want to be higher in the rankings, you have to play against top-class bowlers,” he added.

“We know as a unit that we have to bat and bat long against them and try and get big scores. Everybody’s in that frame of mind that they want to get big scores now, which is a good thing.”

 

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Edited May 8 by Tillu

[Gollum]

Hearing that they are going to make a lively pitch in Dhaka. Nahid Rana with his 150+ thunderbolts will break poyzzzz. 

[Tillu]

[Tillu]

Now you know why Zimbu got injured.

 

[rollingstoned]

Some test cricket finally, el clasico level is even better.

 

[Tillu]

Pak decided to field. Advantage Pak as the pitch will assist pacers for first few hours.

[Tillu]

There are a few grass patches and nothing extravagant in this pitch till now. Abbas trundler bowling good lengths.

[New guy]

Please rename the title to - LoL Classico

[New guy]

1 hour ago, Tillu said:

There are a few grass patches and nothing extravagant in this pitch till now. Abbas trundler bowling good lengths.

Probably will quicken up on day 2 and 3

[Lone Wolf]

Shanto with a classy ton.  Abbas strikes at the stroke of Tea.

 

BD ahead as of now.

[Tillu]

These Pakistani trundlers gave away 28 extras with Noman Ali conceding 3 no balls.

[Tillu]

Mominul and Mushfiqur have 13 centuries to Babar's 9 in Test cricket with roughly similar averages and Zimbu plays on the flattest wickets. Pakistanis are delusional when they compare him to fab 4.

[KV244]

1 hour ago, Tillu said:

Mominul and Mushfiqur have 13 centuries to Babar's 9 in Test cricket with roughly similar averages and Zimbu plays on the flattest wickets. Pakistanis are delusional when they compare him to fab 4.

He does not deserve comparison with fab 4 infact Shai Hope is better than him in ODI.

Edited May 8 by KV244

[Tillu]

BD deceived these brainless dumbos into bowling first by creating fake green pitch like NZ.

[Gollum]

Kohli would have 11k runs with 50+ avg and at least another 7-8 100s if bilateral test cricket with Pak hadn't stopped @Adamant @putrevus, making his quest for 100 100s a walk in the park.

 

Forget pitches, post 2010s Indian players haven't had the chance to statpad like earlier era players or even their peers from SENA. Root plays these Pook jobbers every 2 years, Brook has scored majority of his runs against them, heck Crawley scored 270 against them in the 2020 test series. Once again this summer, Poms will fill their boots against 115 kph Abbas and 50 yo Nauman Ali. 

 

We don't play Pak, play SL/WI once in 6 years for a short series. SL toh we are touring after 9 long years !!!!!

 

Also makes Kohli's test captaincy record so awesome, hardly any free lunch in those 7 odd years. Fought SENA teams 90% of the time and usme bhi competed after losing most of the tosses. 

Edited May 8 by Gollum

[Gollum]

4 hours ago, Tillu said:

Mominul and Mushfiqur have 13 centuries to Babar's 9 in Test cricket with roughly similar averages and Zimbu plays on the flattest wickets. Pakistanis are delusional when they compare him to fab 4.

 

4 hours ago, KV244 said:

He does not deserve comparison with fab 4 infact Shai Hope is better than him in ODI.

Babar is damn overrated in tests and T20s. In tests, he has been left behind even by Jaiswal, Gill, Brook who started their careers recently. 

 

But he has been good overall in ODIs. I still rate him above Gill in that format. 

[AKane]

To the average Indian this is like  Hitler's Germany vs Mussollini's Italy for the average Brit .......

Edited May 8 by AKane

[NameGoesHere]

10 hours ago, New guy said:

Please rename the title to - LoL Classico

That’ll do as well but in my mind it will always be L*n Classico.

 

Win, Lose or Draw, always a L*n for someone.

 

 

[bsriharsha]

11 hours ago, NameGoesHere said:

That’ll do as well but in my mind it will always be L*n Classico.

 

Win, Lose or Draw, always a L*n for someone.

 

 

Trashico please. 

[Lone Wolf]

Lol wtf was this