Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto said on Thursday that this series against Zimbabwe is not just a test series. That is, even if there is a chance of scrutiny in the selection of the World Cup team, the Tigers’ goal will be to win the series.

To that end, Bangladesh will play the first match of the five-match series against Zimbabwe at the Zahoor Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Friday. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has pre-scheduled the match at 6pm to bring fans back to the game on a holiday.

Many Bangladeshi fans think that Zimbabwe is a relatively weak team. Bangladesh cricketers want to boost their confidence by playing against Rhodesians. Because of that, Tiger captain Shant also had to listen to such questions from reporters at the press conference yesterday. The question is like, ‘Opponent Zimbabwe is very weak. Lost to a team like Uganda.

However, the Bangladesh captain is not willing to accept this as an example. He said, “There are no big teams or small teams in T20. As you said, Zimbabwe lost to Uganda. This Zimbabwe but beat Sri Lanka a few days ago. If you think about it like that, it doesn’t seem like much of a difference.’

In the eyes of Shanta, this series is to prepare themselves for the World Cup. So he felt, ‘how we are playing the match here, how we are preparing, how we are building our confidence, that is important.’

The Bangladesh captain thinks the series will not be easy. In Shantar’s words, ‘I can say this much, the series will not be so easy. It will be a very competitive series. Because they are also a very good team.

On the other hand, Zimbabwe captain Sikandar Raja’s Asha series will be very enjoyable this time. In his words, ‘I just hope that the series will be competitive. Fans will not enjoy boring series. If you look at history, series between these two teams is always enjoyable. It will be the same this time too, inshallah.

Mohammad Saifuddin, Afif Hossain, Parvez Hossain Imon and Tanjid Tamim will have a special eye on the selection committee led by Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu. Before announcing the World Cup squad, we want to see their performance well. Let’s see how they do if they get a place in the eleventh today.