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Saqlain bullish about Tigers’ chances

BISHWAJIT ROY from Kandy
The spin bowlers are the main strength in Bangladesh's bowling department, which is why their failure leaves the Tigers with little chance of making an impact on the field. Their 59-run defeat against New Zealand in their first match of the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 at the Pallekele International Stadium last Friday was no exception to that generally accepted truth. Questions had already been raised about the Bangladesh spinners' actual potency on pitches other than the slow and low variety. Bangladesh's new spin bowling coach Saqlain Mushtaq however has full faith in his charges, although he was not completely happy with the performance in the first group match. He however held the conditions responsible for the poor showing.
“It was not that bad, but it wasn' t that good either. The pitch wasn't helpful for the spinners. Pacers took wickets for New
Zealand. The average score on that wicket is 170-plus and it wasn't friendly for spinners, but I think they didn't bowl that well and they didn't bowl that badly also,” explained Mushtaq.
“I am passing all of my experience to the boys but it will take time, they are very talented, very skilful boys. If you have seen the stats they are not far behind, it's not that they are just (good) bowlers on a turning pitch. No, I don’t believe that, I can't see it that way. Look at bowlers like (Anil) Kumble and Harbhajan (Singh); they had trouble in English conditions. I had a problem when I used to play for Surrey earlier because of the cold and the flat and damp pitches,” added Mushtaq, one of the finest spinners in the world.
But he stressed the need for the bowlers to find a way when conditions do not assist them and also said that spinners cannot assume the main role when the pitch helps the seamers.
"When the pitch is helping the seamers, spinners should not be playing the main role, even if he is a Shane Warne. The main FROM PAGE 16
thing is you have to find a way when you don't get assistance from the pitch,” hesuggested.
Saqlain Mushtaq joined the team in August and he said that he needed time to teach his charges how to bowl in different conditions, situations as well as new crafts of spin bowling.
“Everything takes time, I am not changing massively. You can't change massive, obviously you plan technically, tactically, and in a game scenario — we are working on that also. In T20s it's sometimes a roller coaster, so here the game plan is different,” he said.
Mushtaq also believed that the Tigers have the ability to beat Pakistan even though they are top favourites in the fourth version ofthe tournament.
“I believe, not just the bowlers, but the whole team has the ability to beat Pakistan. Not just Pakistan, I believe, the whole team and the whole world believes that they can beat everyone if they can do their best in bowling, batting