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Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha hopes that his batting group will enjoy the Pakistan pitches, which generally tend to favour the batters. He admitted that he is glad to happy to coaching Bangladesh Cricket Team .
Batting has been a cause of concern for Bangladesh for a long time as it failed to come up with the terms on many occasions.
Hathurusingha admitted that playing in result-oriented wicket back in home was key in Bangladesh batters' failure as a batting group.
"Batting has been a concern for a while, but not for one reason. We play in result oriented wickets back home. Sometimes 250 is a winning score in those pitches. Obviously when you play on these pitches, the batters have a tough time," he told the reporters in Rawalpindi, the venue of Bangladesh's first Test against Pakistan.
"I hope the pitches in Pakistan generally favour batting. It is a good contest between bat and ball. We will show better result on these pitches."
Pakistan which had already announced the first XI for the opening Test didn't keep any spinner in the squad. It's the first time in 28 years that they will go into any match without any spinner. Their strategy suggested that the pitch might be fast-bowling favourable.
However Hathurusingha was unfazed by it, saying that they have also developed a good fast bowling attack, which can test Pakistan batters.
"The Pindi pitch looks more favorable for fast bowling and batting. They also didn't pick any spinners.
Lately, we have developed a lot of good fast bowlers in our rank as well. If the condition favours, they will do well. Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz are two world-class allrounders. We
have all our bases covered for whatever they throw at us," he said.
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