2015 was surely the best year in the history of the game for Bangladesh. The Bangla tigers took rapid strides in international cricket and performed exceptionally well in 2015. They began with a fantastic campaign in the World Cup where they reached the Quarter Finals after eliminating England. That was followed by consecutive series triumphs over Pakistan, India and South Africa. Bangladesh have the highest winning percentage for an Asian side in ODI’s in 2015. Opener Tamim Iqbal in a recent interview said that Bangladesh should maintain the same intensity for the upcoming year.
“All the best cricketers in the world play well in every series, and they can’t do it without being hungry,” said Iqbal. “If we get too bored with it, performance will be affected. This is true for all sectors of life. So we also need a break since cricket has so much pressure attached to it. We have three big events coming up if we count the Zimbabwe series.” “We really needed the break,” Tamim said.
“I don’t think we have played so much cricket over the last five years as we did in 2015. Our next camp starts from January 3 when I am sure everyone will show renewed hunger. Everyone would want to play as well as they did in 2015. We will start preparing mentally from January 3, and our full focus will be on T20s since we will be playing a lot of this format in the coming weeks,” he added.