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Dhaka - Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha has revealed that he
told his players they would never get the chance to beat England again if they
threw the second Test away.
The Tigers took 10 wickets in one session to win the second
Test on day three, thus levelling the series, and at tea the coach told his
side they were wasting their chance.
England had been set a tough target on 273, given the
turning deck, and had reached 100 for none at tea. They looked well on their
way to victory.
But Hathurusingha got tough with his players at the break,
and afterwards Mehedi Hasan took six wickets as England collapsed to 164 all
out.
The coach told Cricinfo: "The best thing I can tell you
is that the big players stood up.
"I was disappointed and upset that we are nearly wasting another opportunity which we had in our hands.
"I had a chat with the boys. I challenged them to stand
up. I told them that this opportunity will never come again.
"I am glad that a few people stood up and decided to do
something different."
He added of the future: "This group is still learning.
They have a long way to go. Otherwise we would have had more success.
"I hope that after this win, they will have better
memories if they get into such winning positions in the future, to do on their
own.
"They can find the ways on their own in the middle. There's a lot of idea sharing and making sure we create the environment that they get challenged."
