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Roar Tigers, once more

Bishwajit Roy
As history beckoned Bangladesh, captain Shakib Al Hasan looked well at home as he put one hand on the trophy along with his New Zealand counterpart Daniel Vettori in
the official trophy unveiling ceremony yesterday.
Ahead of the today's fourth one-dayer at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Bangladesh skipper can easily say that "we can only win this trophy under the present circumstances” as the Tigers took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. But the ever-smiling Shakib is sort of an expert when it comes to keep his emotions in check
For the first time in its cricket history, Bangladesh will walk into the field today with a favourite tag against a side ranked much higher than them, but the infectious smile was the only answer from the world's number one all-rounder in every question he was asked on the eve of the fourth one-dayer and stuck to the team mantra: improvement in every match.
It must have been quite hard not to be pleased with themselves or make a bold statement as they take on New Zealand, a strong side on paper and with history on their side, but the cricketers and their mentor Jamie Siddons looked focused on their target.
The impressive batting at the top of the order, especially opener Shahriar Nafees's good form, strength of spin bowling on the slow pitch and the favourable weather conditions have definitely given the Bangladesh team an edge and it easily could have provided
Siddons some comfort.
But the Australian was looking forward for more improvement on way to clinching the series.
"We have to play our best cricket against New Zealand. I thought we played well the other day. The bowlers started really well and the batsmen did what we asked them to do which was to score big. New Zealand are under pressure. We will try to put them under pressure from the first ball, so lets see how it goes. The boys are confident of beating New Zealand," said a confident Siddons.
But he was quick to point out the areas where they must improve.
"A couple of players came in and were not scoring runs fast enough. The strike-rate of some of the players is not good so we need to improve on that. Bowling in the Powerplay, especially in the last five overs of the Powerplay, we need to improve on that. If we can do that, we can beat anyone," he said.
When asked about their tactic to eradicate the problem with the Powerplay, Siddons said that he preferred the fast men to do the job.
"We have to execute our skills. I don’t like the spinners bowling in the Powerplay because it is the job of the fast bowlers. Hopefully the fast bowlers will do that.
"Shafiul (Islam) had cramps the other day and was out for a while so the two spinners bowled too many overs in the Powerplay. We can't afford that to happen again."
Siddons informed that the team thinktank is mulling a change in the playing eleven by bring in Naeem Islam in place of Mahmudullah Riyad, but it is still not a certainty.
The Australian coach was well aware of the Black Caps' trying their best to bounce back in the series but he was confident with his charges.
"I expect them (New Zealand) to come back New Zealand were a bit rusty, we caught them on the hop. But they'll be better prepared tomorrow (Thursday).
"They have seen (Sohrawardi) Shuvo and (Shahriar) Nafees and I'm sure they'll be planning to counter them. But we haven't played
our best cricket too so we'll try to make it a bit harder for them," he said.
Siddons, who undoubtedly is passing his best time with the Tigers, was however satisfied with the steady progress his team has made in recent times.
“It is now a very different team (from the one that played New Zealand in 2008). There are a lots of different players. Lot of players went out and a lot has come in. There has been a steady improvement. But we still have a long way to go," he added.
But above all, everybody prayed for brilliant sunshine to continue today though there is a weather forecast of heavy rain. Another washout like the second game will definitely frustrate the Bangladesh team but it will simply break the Kiwi hearts as they would then lose the series with one match in hand.