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Pressure of favourites

Sports Reporter
Fresh from the historic Tbst win in Chittagong Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore feels different kind of pressure ahead of the second and final Test against Zimbabweans starting at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday.
"It's a diffcrentprcssure. Now. we can't lose the series that's one good thing. But the pressure is to maintain the form and finish it off on a high note," said the 50-year-old Australian as his charges resumed training at the BNSafteraday’sbreak.
Habibul Bashar's men crushed Zimbabwe by 226 tuns in Chittagong to mark the first Test triumph at the 35th attempt, sending the whole nation in delirium of joy.
But now that the euphoria subsided to normalcy and the first series victory look a reality Whatmore said thathc did not want to take anything for granted.
"Thisisthefirsttimethecomplacency issue might refer to us than other games when the bigger teams were guarding against complacency. We will have to be careful against
these sort of things and continue our gradual progress," said Whatmore adding that he will field an unchanged side that won the first Test on Monday.
The shrewd tactician admitted that the hangover of the epoch making success in Chittagong will continue for quite sometime but said that it is important to remain focussed on the job ahead.
"It's difficult sometime when people refer back to two days ago the historical Tbst win and that's natural. But we want to look to the future not todwell on the past."
When asked to comment on the wicket in Dhaka compared to the benign pitch in Chittagong, Whatmore said that he was looking forward to a different wicket in the premier venue of the country.
"Most people would have • thought the Chinagong pitch be broken up a little more and offer the spinners more turn. But as we saw it was still hard work on the fifth day to get wickets. 1 think this one might not be so kind to the batsmen. This one might be little bit harder to play as the game progresses," observed Whatmore.
The coach has an injury worry with right-arm paccman Tapash,
who gave vital breakthroughs in both innings of the first Test, nursing a bruised right-palm. The x-ray report last night however confirmed that Tbpash is fine, which means Bangladesh will field the same side that won in Chittagong.
While Bangladesh coach was upbeat his Zimbabwean counterpart Phil Simmons said that he has nocomplain despite the defeat.
"I think experience made the difference between the two sides. But I must say some of my boys showed real character in Chittagong. I am not unhappy with the performance of my boys," said the formerWcst Indies all-rounder.
Simmons said that he was particularly impressed the way his batsmen bounced back from an early collapse in the first innings which helped them to avoid die follow-on.
"It is always nice to see such kind of fightback from young guys. It was very much difficult for any team to bat on the fifth day whatever the behavior of the pitch. Actually the young sideis improving,"hesaid.
There is good news for Simmons that his experienced opener Dion Ebrahim will return to action in the second Tbst after serving a one-match suspension.