Mahmudullah confident of a turn around ahead of the 2nd Test against South Africa

Bangladesh went down like a pack of cards against South Africa in the 1st Test match at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom. The visitors were packed off for mere 90, while chasing 424, to register their maiden win against South Africa in the away land. But after the humiliating defeat, the visitors will look to make a strong comeback and produce a similar result to the one they did against Australia at home recently.

Bangladesh will be without their two highest run-getters Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal. The star all-rounder Shakib is currently off duty while Tamim has suffered an injury while fielding ahead of the 2nd Test. But the Tiger’s batsman Mahmudullah feels they can make a comeback and play good cricket.

Bangladesh on a fight back mode

“Shakib (al Hasan) made a double hundred while Mushfiq (Mushfiqur Rahim) made 150 in New Zealand and that sort of performances give us confidence that we can do well on any kind of wicket. We have got the skill and temperament and we are confident to implement it in the next Test. We have spoken among ourselves and in the team meeting our mistakes was discussed at length. We can hope to learn from our mistakes. We are really disappointed with our batting as we could not do justice to our skill. We made lot of small errors but we are confident that we can come out of it and play better in the next Test.” the batsman said.

“I don’t see anything wrong in playing shots. Each player has different way of getting set at the wicket. Some like to play shots while others have different mindset. As long as they know what they are doing there is nothing wrong in it. I don’t think saying all these have much of an implication and we must make sure that we make a comeback in the next game.” he added.