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Markram ready for dealing with 'spin challenge' in Bangladesh
South African captain Aiden Markram knows about the outrageous twist challenge that his side are set to encounter as they get ready to take on Bangladesh in the impending two-match Test series, planned at the Sher-e-Bangla Public Arena from October 21.
South Africa's Test record in the sub-landmass makes for sorry perusing across the most recent 10 years with their last triumph coming against Sri Lanka in the Galle Test back in 2014. From that point forward, the Proteas have been winless in the 14 Tests that they have played in four sub-mainland nations, losing 10 and drawing four downpour damaged challenges.
The energetic South African side will be looking at to reverse the situation however to do that, they need to overcome Bangladesh's intense twist assault which gloats of a praiseworthy record at home.
As a feature of the planning, South Africa selected to have six spinners and two pacers as net bowlers to find themselves mixed up with the twist weighty furrow. This further approves the way that they are anticipating seriously sluggish and low pitches for the two Tests. As of late, Bangladesh have attempted to get ready pitches with assistance for the pacers, in this manner passing on a sprinkling of grass on the tracks to guarantee speedier surfaces. In any case, against South Africa, the hosts are probably not going to go that course and Markram doesn't expect any unique. The Proteas captain seemed happy with his side's arrangements up to this point.
"Cricket prepares have been working out in a good way. We had a decent mission in South Africa before we came here. So we feel like we are in a decent space collectively. Indeed, clearly anticipating the series," Markram told correspondents at the Sher-e-Bangla Public Arena on Sunday.
"Without a doubt, turn clearly is a lofty idea particularly being from South Africa. We don't get such circumstances like this on home soil. It's quite difficult for us to confront, particularly as a group that is generally youthful and doesn't play too many Test matches. It's simply something intriguing as a player to be presented to new circumstances and learn a large portion of the stuff that we love and take the illustrations with us. Anticipating the following Test match and furthermore into the future sub-mainland visits. It's a phenomenal chance for us collectively and like I have referenced we are completely anticipating it," he said.
"We are hanging around for this (triumphant the Test series) without a doubt. We like to play some great cricket. We feel as a Test unit, we got what it takes pleasantly and have better choices now to confront turn bowling. These are new circumstances to encounter and again it's an intriguing an open door to put numerous meetings of good cricket together and assuming you do that, we feel like it will lead towards a good outcome. In any case, we have presumably it will be extreme and it will be different as far as we're concerned collectively. However, once more, it's the most intriguing piece of it," he said.
"Collectively, you generally need to be unobtrusively certain and you want to be positive and cheery that you can dominate matches of cricket notwithstanding where you are on the planet. We felt like we have great abilities that can contend here in the sub-mainland so like I have referenced you need to do that for a really long time to procure a good outcome in Test cricket. It doesn't occur as fast as in white-ball cricket. Certainly backing the crew that we have here to obtain the positive outcomes and sponsorship the abilities that we have in the changed room," he added.