The ball worth Rs 3600 has taken Bangladesh's sleep away, Litton Das expressed this fear before the Test series against India.
Bangladesh team recently registered a historic 2-0 win in the Test series against Pakistan. Bangladesh has defeated Pakistan for the first time in a Test match and series. Due to this, the confidence of all the players of the team including captain Nazmul Hasan Shanto is at its peak. They have already started preparing by setting up a camp in Dhaka to give a tough fight to India. Meanwhile, the SG ball used during the Test match in India has given sleepless nights to the Bangladesh team. The price of SG Test LE Red Cricket Leather Ball has been stated as Rs 3600 on SG's official website. Now the team's wicketkeeper-batsman Litton Das has expressed fear of this Rs 3600 ball and said that playing with SG can be challenging as compared to Kookaburra.
After defeating Pakistan, Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hasan Shanto had warned of giving a tough fight to India as well. However, during the preparations in Dhaka, his team is worried about the SG ball. Littney Das had brought Bangladesh to the threshold of victory by scoring a century in the second match against Pakistan. Now he has said that the ball will change as soon as we go to India and playing will be challenging.
Litton Das gave the reason behind this the SG ball is softer than the Kookaburra. Therefore, it is a little easier to play the new SG ball. But as the ball gets old, it starts creating difficulties. On the other hand, the new Kookaburra ball used in Pakistan was a little difficult to play. However, as soon as it got old, it became easier to play.
Bangladesh Cricket Board has set up test camps in Dhaka to strengthen the preparations against Team India. Players are sweating it out in this camp. Meanwhile, the team's senior player Shakib Al Hasan is honing his bowling in England. This team will come to India on 15 September, while the first match will be played in Chennai on 19 September.
The Indian Cricket Board is also not trying to take this series lightly. It has also announced a camp for Team India players in Chennai from 13 to 18 September. All the selected players must be present in it.
Bangladesh's test record against India is very bad. The team has played 13 matches against India and has not been able to defeat them even once. During this period, India won 11 matches, while 2 matches were drawn. On the other hand, Ravichandran Ashwin has often proved to be a nightmare for Bangladesh. He has taken a total of 23 wickets in 6 matches against Bangladesh.