World test Championship will offer opportunity to improve our ranking, opines Mominul Haque

With the advent of the World Test Championships, the one team that will be benefiting the most from this new concept is Bangladesh without a doubt. The Tigers rarely get a chance to take on the big guns in elongated Test series and are usually confined to playing white-ball bilateral cricket. Even when they do participate in a Test series, it more often than not is a one-off or a two-match series, leaving players deprived of enough practice in the format at the highest level. They have only played 26 Test matches over the last four and a half years.

''If there is more opportunity to play Test cricket, we can perform better as a team and improve our Test ranking. You have to be physically and mentally strong to play Test matches and I am used to playing only Test matches, so I guess it won't be a problem for me," Haque added.

“It is going to be a good game [preparation-wise] because we are going to face of lot spin against them before playing India. We know their spinners are very dangerous in subcontinental conditions. Recently, I played a couple of three-day and four-day matches in India and when you are playing extensively, it is always easier to adapt. I feel that if you think it is difficult, it is difficult to play Test cricket and if you think it is easy, then it is easy. So a lot depends on the mindset that you are carrying,” the 27-year-old concluded on the matter.