Mashrafe Bin Mortaza feels it would be wise to stay away from the April 7 practice match against Australia.

The country's leading paceman believed that given the visitors' level of professionalism, if he does take part in the game at the Fatullah Cricket Stadium, his undercooked status would be found out and taken advantage of.

"If I play in the team then I don't want to play against Australia in the practice match. They are very professional and in very little time they will be able to read me and my weaknesses," he said after training at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday.

"I know if I play I will have to play with limited strength and if I play in the practice match then they can read it very quickly, so it’s better for me to practice like this," he added.

The Narail Express heartbreakingly missed the World Cup through a knee injury which he claims still hasn't fully healed. In fact, he found out during training that there is still trouble with the injured area due to lack of strength.

"In the last warm-up match the run up was good but I lacked pace and today I felt that I was gaining a bit of pace. Actually it will take time to recover fully.

"I think I am lacking strength. If I could continue the gym, then this problem could have been solved. I don't think I am having a huge difference as far as my bowling is concerned but still I feel I am lacking strength," he explained.

He believed that extra sessions in the gym helps, something he did immediately after getting injured before the World Cup.

"I am trying my level best but I think I need to do extra gym. But I can’t do it because of personal problems, still I am trying. I still feel that if I don’t have any physical constraints my bowling will not be that bad." "The only thing that is both-eringmeisalackofstrength. If I had done that this anxiety wouldn't be there. I still feel my leg is weak while I am running. There is no pain but today I was feeling a click in the knee, something which I feel when I lack strength," he said.