Fingers are pointed at the Bangladesh dressing room for being complacent and of taking the opponents lightly. The duo, before Bonner departed scoring a gritty 86, added 216 for the fourth wicket and Mayers remained in charge to finish the job. Bangladesh has two longer-format cricket tournaments, National Cricket League and Bangladesh Cricket League, but one can hardly tell when the last time any member of the current Test squad played a full season in any of the tournaments. Bangladesh returned to international cricket after almost 10 months due to force break by Covid-19 pandemic. The board ensured the cricketers are able to shred the rust and had arranged two white-ball cricket tournaments in shape of the President’s Cup and Bangabandhu Cup T20 but nothing with the red-ball.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 08, 2021 16:07 UTC