Confidence increases a lot: Mahmudul Hasan Joy after scoring century
Bangladesh could not take advantage with the bat in the first innings. West Indies got a lead of more than 200 runs. Yasir Ali's fighting innings of 67 runs from 86 balls along with Joy’s century in the second innings, Bangladesh managed to draw the match.
Posted - 2023-06-02T21:15:00+06:00
Updated - 2023-06-02T21:15:00+06:00
Bangladesh 'A' team have drawn the third Test match against West Indies 'A' team. Mahmudul Hasan Joy scored a great century to save the match.
Bangladesh could not take advantage with the bat in the first innings. West Indies got a lead of more than 200 runs. Yasir Ali's fighting innings of 67 runs from 86 balls along with Joy’s century in the second innings, Bangladesh managed to draw the match. Joy played an amazing innings of 114 runs off 267 balls. The young batter spoke to the media after the match.
Joy said to the media, "When anyone score a century, everyone feels very good. Confidence increases a lot. I am very happy. The wickets usually turns on the fourth day. But the wicket was good. It was challenging of course. Because it was the last day. They had quality bowlers.”
But Joy is not thinking about the national team right now, “(Afghanistan series) It is up to the selectors, I need to perform, I have already performed. It's up to the selectors.”
Joy also talked about sledging of the Caribbean, "Jamie (Siddons) told me to play till the end. A century is something special for all batters. It's special to me too. You can't be consistent if you can't sledge. Every team want to win. They will try any way out.”
Earlier the first match of the series was a draw. West Indies won the second match. As the third match was also a draw, the Caribbean won the series 1-0. However, Mahmudul Hasan Joy won the man of the match award in the third match.