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Mission whitewash

Bishwajit Roy
International will cricket return to the Fatullah Cricket Stadium today after a seven-year break when Bangladesh, leading the three-match series 2-0, play the third and final ODI against New Zealand. As the Tigers have already clinched the series quite convincingly by winning the first two games at Mirpur the match can be written off as a dead rubber, but this match is in fact full of life.
There have already been fights from fans eager to get a ticket, not only because they want the chance to watch an international match in the outskirts of Dhaka after a long break but also to see Mushfiqur Rahim's men hammer the last nail in the Kiwi coffin.
A rare morale-boosting history beckons
the Tigers because another whitewash over the Kiwis -after the 4-0 result in 2010 -will take Bangladesh to a new height. While a demoralised New Zealand will seek solace from the dead rubber, the home team will need to play their best to make use of an opportunity all too rare in its history.
The Tigers can in no way be complacent and refreshingly, they were not in such a mood.
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza saying in a pre-match press conference yesterday that their performance was not up to the mark in the first two games is a very good and positive sign, hinting at an improving side that is hungry for more success.
"I won’t say that we played well and won the matches, we made a lot of mistakes, they made a few more mistakes than us and that's the reason we won. The combined performance has not yet taken place," opined the Narail Express.
The most praised issue in their 2-0 lead was their ability to adapt to different conditions as Mirpur hardly provided a favourable dish this time. Bangladesh can prove themselves further in different conditions at Fatullah.
Nobody is sure about the nature of the surface as initially in this season's Premier League there were some low-scoring games, although later runs started flowing more freely. A sporting track has been promised, but the Bangladesh team were not focusing on the conditions. They have bitter memories of a nine-wicket defeat against mighty Australian in the last of their four international matches at Fatullah in April 2006 but a lot of water has flown under the bridge since then and the current one is a different team that has a reputation of a competitive ODI unit.
"There is no point thinking about the wicket. For instance before the start of the series, we were thinking that we would bat later, but in both the matches we batted first. I think if we play well the wicket won't matter, but yes if it turns we will get more advantage. We are expecting the wicket to turn, but before everything we need to play
well," said Mashrafe.
When asked about the prospect of a whitewash, the experienced campaigner said: "We haven't talked about a whitewash, for us winning this match is important, after that we can probably talk about the whitewash, before that we can't talk about it. It is very important to win dominantly, the confidence level increases and will help in upcoming series. ”
There could be a few changes to the team as opener Tamim Iqbal, complaining of abdominal pain, may sit out the final match.
The Tigers' Mirpur successes brought raised the question of them replicating home successes abroad in different conditions, but that is for later. Today is the day for them to focus on finishing with a 3-0 margin.