Bangladesh spinner Mehidy Hasan reveals team's hack to deal with pink-ball

Banglesh pacers are practicing by dipping ball in water to apt to dew conditions as part of ir preparation for day-night Test against India, spin all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz said on Monday. Gearing up for ir maiden Pink ball Test in Kolkata, both Banglesh and Indian team have been practicing in twilight zone and under lights at Holkar Stium, trying to simulate conditions that y are likely to encounter at Eden Gardens. entire Banglesh team spent approximately three hours at center wickets on Monday with he coach Russell Domingo giving catching drills to players in slip cordon and wicketkeeper Liton Das.

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Pacers are practicing by dipping ball in water: Mehidy

Mehidy Hasan said his team is looking to get as much practice as possible with pink ball. " pace bowlers will continue to bowl by dipping ball on water in coming days," Mehidy told reporters.

"I think we can apt in coming days. Maybe it will skid a little more when it is wet. Spinners can get to skid ball. re's also likely to be bounce and turn."

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Mehidy Hasan also h a long batting stint in one of three nets. "I batted against pink ball. It was moving and goes off rapidly after pitching. It goes off bat quite quickly too. I think it swings more, and you can cut ball too," he said.

"We are still new to pink ball. We haven't got a lot of time with it but we are trying to cover as much as possible. re'll be an initial struggle, but it will only get better as we go along. But it will be important to play for long, particularly after a batsman has justed to it."

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Mehidy Hasan said sighting seam would be a challenge. "re's t a lot of problems seeing it while catching and fielding too, but we have to be careful during match. seam can be sighted at times, but re are occasions when you can't see it," he said. India h beaten Banglesh by an innings and 130 runs inside three days in opening Test.

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