“The boys deserved this win”: Hathurusingha

The head coach of Bangladesh National Cricket team Chandika Hathurusingha has praised his boys saying that they worked hard and deserved the win.

Bangladesh have won in their historic 100th Test and leveled two-match test series against Sri Lanka at the P Sara Oval in Colombo on Sunday.

Tigers chased down the 191-run target set by Sri Lanka in the second innings of the second test to level the two-match series 1-1.

After the match Bangladesh coach Hathurusingha, a Sri Lankan, said, “The boys deserved this win. They have worked very, very hard.”

Expressing his satisfaction the coach said, “I am very happy for them. We knew we need to make some changes. Getting a lead on the third day was crucial.”

Tamim Iqbal’s 82 in the second innings helped the visitors win with four wickets to spare and that’s why Hathurusingha praised him specially, “Tamim has been doing really well in all formats in the last year. He is a senior citizen and he is showing it in the middle.”

Mention the cricketers as emotional boys he said, “These boys are an emotional bunch, sometimes when they get close, they get ahead of emotions. That will come with good, pressure cricket at the highest level. I can’t go hard on Tamim’s dismissal.”