'Small steps can have big results'

There is very little doubt that spin will be the weapon of choice in the upcoming Test series between Bangladesh and Australia.

It will be a tough ask for the batsmen to face the music and according to the Tigers' opening batsman Tamim Iqbal, whoever executes their skills better till the fifth day will have a better chance to come out on top.

It was nothing short of a fight for the Bangladesh batsmen during the home series against England last October, when the pitches in Dhaka and Chittagong turned from the word go.

Still, the Bangladesh batsmen showed an ability to adapt to the situation, which will be expected yet again when they takes on the Aussies. Tamim was of the opinion that the likes of Nathan Lyon and Ashton Agar in the Aussie line-up will definitely test the Bangladesh batsman.

"Spinners get the advantage in our conditions and they [Australia] also have quality spinners like Nathan Lyon. We have to be prepared for everything and it's not as if we will prepare a turner and easily win. As their batsman are going to struggle on the pitches, so will we. I think whoever will execute their skills till the fifth day will have more of a chance to win," said Tamim after being announced as the brand ambassador of a motorcycle brand at a hotel in Dhaka yesterday.

He went on about Lyon and said that the off-spinner will be the biggest threat for the home side and informed that they have been preparing accordingly for some time now.

The dashing left-hander however emphasised more on session-by-session performances than thinking about the ultimate result, saying that the Tigers should focus on small duels against the Aussies.

"I think playing on our home soil is our advantage, but we can't win even before the start of the game and we must fight in each session and win against them. You can't think that Australia will lose as they will be playing on our home soil. They are a professional unit and also among the best Test teams in the world and if you want to compete against them you have to win every session and every ball. We have to beat them in every small step; only then can we think about winning the Test match.

"We know it will be difficult but not impossible and we have been preparing ourselves accordingly for the past month and a half, and we have also done a few meetings. I am hoping that we will be prepared before the first Test which is on August 27 and the more we can execute our skills on the field, the greater the chance of the result being in our favour," he said.