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Live Update: “Bangladesh can now dominate Test cricket” – Hasan Mahmud ahead of one-off red-ball clash against Afghanistan The Bangladesh fast bowler looks back on his team’s rise after the Darwin win and is looking forward to the one-off red-ball clash against Afghanistan.
Hasan Mahmud (Credit: Robert Cianflone/) Bangladesh fast bowler Hasan Mahmud has expressed his confidence in his team’s ability to achieve dominance in Test cricket after their recent success in Australia. The 26-year-old reflected on the momentum the Bangladesh camp has built as they prepare for a one-off Test against Afghanistan. Bangladesh defeated Australia by nine wickets in Darwin in August 2026, a performance that underlined the team’s growing strength in the longest format.
The fast bowler was instrumental in this victory by taking nine wickets in two innings to secure the Player of the Match award. “The momentum is coming our way, that’s for sure,” the talented right-arm seamer told AFP in an interview in Dhaka. Hasan Mahmud on Bangladesh’s ambitions in Test cricket Bangladesh are currently fourth in the World Test Championship rankings after their triumph in Darwin.
The team has won six games in the last 13 Tests, showing a significant improvement in its performances with the red ball over the last two years. With six Tests remaining in the current World Test Championship cycle, including home series against the West Indies and England and a tour of South Africa, the team’s development remains crucial. “If we win four games at home, why don’t we play the final of the World Test Championship?
This is the dream of Bangladesh now,” said Mahmud. The Darwin Test showed Mahmud’s own development as a bowler. His figures of 6–55 in the first innings represented the third best bowling performance by a Bangladesh fast bowler in the history of Test cricket.
This toss was also the first five-wicket haul by a Bangladesh bowler in Australia, highlighting both his personal growth and the team’s rising standard. “Since we started playing, the mentality has changed. I just did my job and played bowling.
I didn’t give them anything that was easy to achieve. I would attack them with the short ball and keep playing my way. If they hit me, they hit me,” Mahmoud said.
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