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Our opportunity at hand: Mushfiqur

Sports Reporter
Bangladesh's record in T20 cricket is by far the poorest among all the formats. They have won just nine out of the 21 games they played and are ranked eleventh, after Ireland and Afghanistan.
They were thrashed both the times that they played against New Zealand -- once by ten wickets and then by 59 runs. Despite the appalling record, captain Mushfiqur Rahim feels that the momentum, following the 3-0 ODI series win, is with Bangladesh.
" It is true that we could not play to our potential in the Twenty20 format but at the same time we played good cricket throughout the series and that makes us confident for tomorrow's [Wednesday's] match. We are in a good position,"
said Mushfiqur at the pre-match press conference at Mirpur yesterday.
For the Bangladesh captain, the lone T20 International today is more important than just a series win.
"The match is a big opportunity to know where our strength lies and which areas we need to work on to do well in this format," said Mushfiqur.
“Our goal definitely is to win the match and end the year on a high. The World T20s are ahead but we don't have the chance to play a lot of matches, so this is a good opportunity for us to implement our game-plan and see how to utilise the home advantage," he added.
Bangladesh will play today's game without Tamim Iqbal, their highest run-scorer in this format. He will be rested for this match with abdominal pain that compelled him to sit out the third ODI as well.
Bangladesh however have plenty of
options for his replacement. Anamul Haque, Ziaur Rahman and the uncapped Soumya Sarker will be competing for the spot. Mushfiqur did hint on Soumya getting his debut. "If he plays it won't be a surprise," the captain said yesterday.
With regards to a good target for the Mirpur wicket, the captain stated that it would be a hard one to predict.
"Against West Indies we struggled to score 130 runs and still won the match with two balls remaining, and at times it seems that 160 or 180 is not enough, so it totally depends on the surface. I guess as this is a day match 150 to 160 would be a good score," said Mushfiqur.
Having outperformed the Kiwis in the series, a loss today won't take away much from the Tigers. However, going by the competitive mood in the Tigers' dressing room, it's quite evident that the players want the winning habit to remain.