Bangladesh has won 12 of 14 bilateral series at home since 2015. They lost only two series, both to England. After 2016, the series lost again this year. The difference between both is 2-1. Bangladesh, which has become a superpower at home, will host Ireland from Saturday. Against whom Bangladesh won the series by 3-0 in 2008. Then in 2010 they went to their ground and drew the series 1-1. Bilateral series again against Ireland after 13 years. Bangladesh is the favorite in terms of strength, weight, and statistics. Ireland should be an easy opponent after ending the series 2-1 against England. But Bangladesh team coach Chandika Hathurusinghe made it clear that there is no such thing as an easy opponent in the international arena. Anyone can beat anyone on their day. At the pre-match press conference on Friday, Hathurusinghe said, ‘Ireland, very dangerous.

Not an easy opponent by any means. We support the Ireland cricket team in the same way as England. I can confirm how wrong it would be for my career to think the way you do. We are not taking Ireland lightly at all. We have the same mentality against them as we have prepared against England. We respect them. I also want to say that we are not afraid of any party. This is our only mantra against any opponent. We will try to play our best cricket. When we play our best cricket we can beat any team.’Before the ODI World Cup, teams naturally test the bench. Resting the best cricketers and testing the rest. There is also the risk of losing the match. Hathurusinghe does not want to lose the three-match ODI series. He also wants to conduct experiments in this series, both (series win and experiment). Our main goal is always to win, no matter who we play against.

I disagree with your first statement (Ireland is an easy team). No team is an easy team in today’s international arena. Everyone seems to know the statistics, they beat England in T20 World Cup. Any team can beat anyone on their day. We will take our chances of course. I will want to win.