A convincing win for the Tigers

At the end of a consistent series of wins the Tigers have emerged victorious defeating such a high-ranking ODI side as India. This emphatic victory comes as a result of the steadily growing confidence after reaching the quarterfinals in the World Cup, the ODI series and a T20 with Pakistan in which Bangladesh has put up a good fight.

The overall qualitative improvement in our players has injected a breath of fresh air of self belief and team spirit into the national side. The immediate result has been the Tigers moving to the seventh place in the ICC ODI ranking. 

The careful grooming of new talents from across the country has started paying rich dividends. The team has been bolstered by young talents like Mustafizur, Liton and Taskin and overall, in all departments of the game – bowling, batting and fielding – the team performance has significantly improved. 

The challenge ahead is to keep up this remarkable pace by recognising and nurturing the key strengths of the team as well as identifying and working on the weaknesses. Bangladesh must replicate this impressive winning streak in the current series with India. The confidence they will gather from this will help them come good in test matches. We applaud the Bangladesh team's dynamic Sri Lankan coach Chandika Hathurusingha who has played a commendable role in bringing out the best in each player. We hope that the convergence of all these positive factors will take the Bangladesh Tigers to a preeminent level in the international arena.