We tried our best but India too good: Hasan
Bangladesh off-spinner Mehedi Hasan is just 19 and is already into his fifth Test. Quite a feat but the youngster is still finding his feet in the international arena. In fact, he’s happy to square up against big names, who he had only seen on TV earlier.
“This is a good experience and I watched him (Virat Kohli) play on TV... India are the No.1 team and have good batsmen to play against and bowl to. I have learnt a lot and want to play cricket for a long time. Hopefully, I can apply whatever I have learnt here,” the off-spinner said after toiling to claim 2 wickets while conceding 165 runs on the second day of the Test match.
“The best thing was that I managed to bowl whatever I wanted to... the wicket was good, it was turning a bit but not all the time,” he added.
Speaking about the Bangladeshi gameplan, Hasan said: “I tried to bowl in the good areas but they played the good balls also well. I feel we bowled a bit short at times. They play spin very well, even more so on a flat wicket. If it turns there will be a bit of trouble but they always survive and they are used to playing like this.”
The youngster also did not rue the dropped chances in the field. “It’s part of the game. I used to feel a bit bad before... in the practice match I missed a catch, I learnt a lot from there, it (the bad feeling) gets settled after a while,” he said.