We can win the match: Hasan

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Bangladesh has never chased down a fourth innings target of more than 215 but skipper Shakib Al Hasan said his side was confident of overhauling the 415 set by India to win the first cricket Test here. More... We can win the match: Hasan Press Trust Of India Chittagong, January 20, 2010 Bangladesh has never chased down a fourth innings target of more than 215 but skipper Shakib Al Hasan said his side was confident of overhauling the 415 set by India to win the first cricket Test here. "We are looking for a win and will play positive cricket. We want to bat the whole day," said Hasan after the fourth day's play which ended with Bangladesh still needing 348 runs with 8 wickets in hand. The highest score Bangladesh has successfully chased down so far is 215 in July 2009 in St George's against the depleted West Indies when they scored 217 for six. They had, however, scored 413 all out in the fourth innings in December 2008 against Sri Lanka at Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium in Dhaka though for a loss cause. The hosts failed to bowl out India in their second innings today and allowed them to score 413 for eight declared but skipper Shakib said overall he was happy with the performance of his bowlers. "The fast bowlers -- Shahadat Hossain, Rubel Hossain and debutant Shafiul Islam -- bowled really well and I am happy with their performance," said the left-arm spinner, who took seven wickets in the match, the most among home side bowlers.

[Cricketics]

Saqi bhai, this ain't video game.

[Jadoo]

Lol, is he trying to pull a Shane Watson. Dumb ass doesn't realise he ain't playing for Australia!!

[champ]

its very brave of sakib to say that .. but he should not make these kind of false promises to his country men .. the general public will not be taking anything less than that now..

[vvvslaxman]

One of the reason these foolishly bravado talks keep popping up from bongs from time to time is because they do not want to lose their test status. If they keep losing eventually that is what will happen. With T20 leagues gradually overlapping with test match schedules nobody will want to have Bangladesh in their itinerary. if they keep losing it will give others a good reason to avoid Bong tours.

[azanian]

We can win the match: Hasan . When pigs start flying :)

[Dravid]

i want some of that b'deshi weed yo :woot:

[Jadoo]

:hysterical::hysterical: Wonder if they will burn effigies of the players if they lose to us in the test like they did after they got knocked out the world cup.

[Guest Hiten.]

Can we please discuss his views with some civility ? We don't have to make fun of oppositions' views every time we read it.

[Clarke]

I thought the Obama fever 'yes we can' died already

[riasat]

Saqi bhai' date=' this ain't video game.[/quote'] LOL!!.....I know the outcome is highly unlikely and would take nothing less than an absolute miracle but it is always fun to watch positive cricket.

[Guest Gunner]

Can we please discuss his views with some civility ? We don't have to make fun of oppositions' views every time we read it.

I second that view. It's absolutely unnecessary to poke fun at everyone.

[ensd2]

I second that view. It's absolutely unnecessary to poke fun at everyone.

I third that view : India is number 1 act like the best : with class

[punjabi_khota]

LOL!!.....I know the outcome is highly unlikely and would take nothing less than an absolute miracle but it is always fun to watch positive cricket.

BD batsmen are so positive, that they want to score all the runs by boundaries. Each one of them scores 4-5 boundaries and thinks his work is done. :hysterical: Mishra ji can walk into their team right now as #3 batsman. :phehehe:

[sangrock]

Lol' date=' is he trying to pull a Shane Watson. Dumb ass doesn't realise he ain't playing for Australia!![/quote'] :haha::haha: and the opposition aint ___

[Steyn]

Dont blame Shakib. He has to say somethink positive in media.He knows Bangladesh will not win. Every captain even if it was Argentian's captain would have said same thing in this situation. He cant say he is going to lose in front of media.

[azanian]

In the 98/99 when Zimbabwe toured Pakistan and played a 3 test series, Captain Cambell was asked if his team would find playing Pakistan a learning experience to which he replied something like "We have not come to Pakistan to learn cricket. We came hear to beat Pakistan" The press had a laugh and so did the Pakistani public. Zimbabwe went on to win the test series in Pakistan So technically it is possible though India is no Pakistan

[keevua]

i support hasan's views, its definitely worth going for it much better than playing for a draw whilst losing wickets and hanging on in the end, they dont have an onions/anderson/panesar

[f.b.m]

I dont know what the fuss is about. Its the only thing that he can say. He cant exactly say "erm.. I know we're going to be bowled out in half a day, so yeah spare the pain...". And besides they're in with a decent chance with the wicket flat and only 2 of our bowlers showing decent form.

[Cricketics]

If Bangladesh manage to draw then each and every player in Bangaldesh's squad will recieve a free hoodie Abercrombie Jacket from Sehwag