Bangladesh-Ireland is facing today in Sylhet

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After the historic series against the world champions England, the mighty Tigers are embarking on a new mission today (March 18). Now Tamim-Shakib's team is facing another English team Ireland. The first match of the three-match ODI series will start at 2 PM at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. However, several players of Bangladesh are in danger of injury. After captain Tamim Iqbal, Mehdi Hasan Miraj left the field the previous day with eye pain.

Not only the Tigers, but almost all the teams in world cricket are going through a busy time right now. That is why it is important to maintain the fitness of the cricketers. That is why the Tigers are struggling to cope with the pressure of continuous practice. Young batsman Zakir Hasan has already been ruled out of the Irish series. But all in all, the fierce Tigers, who lost to the English, are going to face the Irish with the aim of retaining their victory.

However, Tiger coach Chandika Hathurusinghe is not willing to think that the Irish are easy. The Lankan coach said that in the press conference the day before the match. According to him, 'Ireland, very dangerous. Not an easy opponent by any means. We support the Ireland cricket team in the same way as England. I can definitely tell you how wrong it would be for my career to think like you (journalist). We are not taking Ireland lightly at all. We have the same mentality against them as we have prepared against England. We respect them.'

At the same time, Hathuru also expressed the hope of beating Ireland, "We want to do two things (series win and experiment). Our main goal is always to win, no matter who we play against. No team is an easy team in today's international arena. Everyone seems to know the statistics, they beat England in T20 World Cup. Any team can beat anyone on their day. We will take our chances of course. I will definitely want to win.

Meanwhile, Irish captain Andrew Balbirnie has already threatened to beat Bangladesh, 'We can beat any team on our day in ODI or T20. Now the challenge is to do it consistently. Challenges as a captain and also as a team. But this team (Bangladesh) has played a lot of international cricket, more than us.

Meanwhile, captain Tamim and Miraj have the possibility of getting on the field so far despite the fear of injury.

Possible Bangladesh XI for the first ODI: Tamim Iqbal (captain), Liton Das, Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Touhid Hriday, Mehedi Hasan Miraj, Taskin Ahmed, Ibadat Hossain and Mostafizur Rahman.

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