Bangladesh national cricket team have targetted beating India in their first match of the ICC World Twenty20s in England & are all set to depart amidst some modest but important concerns from coach Jamie Siddons. Siddons's biggest worry is the lack of international exposure that the Tigers have had ahead of the tournament & he believes that it is a worrying factor as the player have not faced quality bowling attacks in the recent past. "Definitely it's a causd for concern for us since we haven't faced world class opponents for some time now. The boys have played plenty of domestic cricket & in chittagong but they haven't faced good fast bowlers & the practice matches we have played are good but not realy world class" said Siddons. Tigers fly out for London 24 may morning. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have scheduled a seven day trining camp at Wormsley, which includes three unofficial practrice matches against New Zealand on may 26, Netherlands on may 28 & against Scotland on may 29. Tigers captain & vice-captain join in team may be 23 may from South Africa. Bangladesh's official practice matches are against Australia on june 1 & Sri Lanka on june 4 at Trent Bridge. Bangladesh is in group A along with defending champions India & ICC associate member Ireland in the second version of the ICC World Twenty20s which will begin on june 5. Tigers face India on june 6 & Ireland on june 8 at Trent Bridge. Siddons is happy with his schedule of practice matches but felt that it would have been better if the side were pitted against more quality bowling line-ups. "I hope the five practice matches will help us recover all that we have missed but again, we are facing the likes of Scotland who also don't have fast bowlers to push us. So I hope we pick up the pace sooner so that we are ready for the challenge ahead" added the coach. Siddons didn't just point out India as an early kill but also explained that reaching the second round & living up to the Tiger's name of giant killers were equally important. "Anyone can win in a Twenty20 game & anyone can get knocked over. But we are hoping to beat India in our first game & we aren't too worried about our second game against Ireland. Realistically we want to get to the Super Eights & once we are there we want to be the giant killers that people think we are. But we don't want any games to be a fluke; I'd rather want them to be genuine victories for us. It's bit of a cliche but we are trying to beat India first, that's our main target" said Siddons. On the issue of whether captain Ashraful & his depuy Mashrafe have missed out on some valuable preparation ahead of the competition, the coach kept his fingers crossed & considered the practice matches will be good enough for them to turn in some good performances. I pushed for Mashrafe & Ashraful to join the squad early as it's important to get together as a team. It's a big sacrifice on their part as they are going to come here & just a day later they will fly out to England. "They aren't getting the match practice they need at the moment so its important for them to join us for the practice games in England. If they have some success they will be ready. Ashraful holds the key for us to wim games as he is the number three batter & it's important for him to fire early on if we wamt to win games" added the Australian coach. The new face in the team Shamsur Rahman & Mohammad Mithun look forward to making the playing eleven in their debut season but the shaven-headed coach thinks they need to work on a few things before they can sustain their careers at the international stage. "I haven't seen too much of the two new boys although we have been working with them. They have got issues as most of the guys who have gone through our system have had like backlift & stuff but I'm not toying too much with them & just letting then play their instinctive game. But for them to be long term players a changes need to be made & then there's the added pressure of facing the media & meet the board members & cameras in their faces; its all so nerve wracking. We just need to give them some time & they'll be okay" said Siddons. Beside when 24th may the Tigers leaving for London, captain Ashraful & his deputy Mashrafi said to defete will India anyway. That's the question how will Tiger defete them? There is many world class player in India, but Bangladesh have some only. It will very tidy to win. Beside don't forget Bangladesh is a giant killer. Hope Bangladesh will play realy well in the T20 world cup.
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