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'A different dressing room'

Naimul Karim
From describing 19-year-old Jubair Hossain as a 'freak talent' and nicknaming Mominul Haque 'Mini' to meeting the Prime Minister and being acclaimed by tens of thousands of fans after a win, coach Chandika Hathurusingha is gradually settling in. He spoke to The Daily Star's Naimul Karim regarding the series win over Zimbabwe and the changes he wants to employ in the team, hours before he left for Sri Lanka yesterday evening.
TDS: How different was the dressing room in this series?
CH: It was huge. This is the biggest plus that I can take from this series: the dressing room's atmosphere. The way the boys handled the pressure situations, I could see a lot of maturity. I could see that everyone was very nervous in the first Test, when we had the opportunity to win. 1 felt that in the West Indies as well; because they had not been winning; they were little reluctant, so to speak. That first win was a huge turn around for us.
TDS: The young spinners played a huge role. How would you rate them?
CH: If you notice, the way the team was structured was not normal for Bangladesh. They used to have one fast bowler and many left-arm spinners. But now I think we broke that mould and that mentality. We had [Jubair Hossain] Likhon and his impact, for me was a big plus. He took very crucial wickets in the second Test; it could have been a draw but then he opened the gates. The fast bowlers got breakthroughs as well. So breaking that kind of mentality and mould is very crucial.
Coming to the spinners, I think Taijul [Islam] can be a world-class
bowler because he has got all the ingredients; nice loop, good bounce and pace off the wicket. And Likhon is just a freak talent. If he continues to grow and if we can look after him without getting too impatient he will win us many more matches. The control and courage that he has is amazing for his age. Variations a lot of people can have, but to bowl those things under pressure; that normally comes when you are a seasoned campaigner.
TDS: Three pacers in four out of the five GDIs; that was something different. ..
CH: We need to think about three pacers in the World Cup because it's in Australia and New Zealand. Whether it's a fast bowler or a spinner, we went with five specialist bowlers including Shakib [Al Hasan|. I like to go that way because I believe that if you can keep the opposition under pressure all the time you have a chance of winning. That way we also put a lot of pressure on our top order to score runs as well. We have continued to give that confidence to the batsmen and bowlers to win games.
TDS: The number three position seems to be up for grabs in the ODIs...
CH: Number three for me is a very crucial position at this stage. All good teams have good players at number three. Mini [Mominul] did really well in number three in Test cricket. But yes, the place is up for grabs and it's up to the selectors to find the best player there.
TDS: What does this win mean, keeping the World Cup in mind?
CH: We can't take anything from this series apart from the confidence that we can win matches in any situation if we get our roles right, that doesn't mean that 1 am very confident. We need to improve a lot in certain areas. The key is to find form when you go to the World Cup.
TDS: But it obviously would have been better had Bangladesh played more matches...
CH: You can't demand things considering what happened in the past for us. Top teams get to play wherever they want. Ideally we should have been playing against New Zealand or Australia in their conditions but our ranking does not give us that luxury. There is no point playing for the sake of playing. I would rather prepare for Brisbane. We are going there early to play against Australia A.