It was a common feeling on the eve of the battle as half of the action in Chittagong was spoiled by rain.

But nobody can be assured of an uninterrupted Test match just like nobody is sure about how the pitch will behave in the venue, which is going to host its first Test match after holding five one-day internationals.

Bangladesh captain Habibul Bashar seemed to trust the ground experts as he expects bounce and pace from the surface while his Indian counterpart Rahul Dravid expects low bounce as the game gets older.

"To be honest this is the first Test we are playing in this wicket. We played couple of ODIs. So to us it is a new wicket. Probably we will see some more pace and bounce than in Chittagong," observed Bashar.

"It is a different soil with more black soil then compared to the red content at the earlier game. We think it may keep a bit low as the game progresses. It might spin too. It looks quite firm at the moment, but it might start keeping low as what we have seen in the one-day games as well," predicted Dravid, one of the finest batsmen in the world.

Whatever the fact is, Bashar's men should have a much better batting performance in the first innings if they want to draw a series for the first time against a top-ranked side. Two lower-order batsmen -- Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Shahadat Hossain -- salvaged their side in the first Test but one can't expect this kind of service every game.

Highlight of the first Test was the bowling of Bangladesh's two new-ball bowlers but the home team will need big scores at the top of the order. And the good news was that their second innings performance in Chittagong was quite satisfactory.

"We are confident. We did not have a bad Test in Chittagong. We kept coming back when India pushed us. But it will be a different ball game here if we play all the five days. As a team we are confident that we can repeat the performance again. And let's hope that everything goes for us in this Test match," said the Bangladesh skipper.

The 34-year old Tigers' skipper however said that they were not thinking of the outcome of the Test rather playing good cricket.

"In one-day if you have a good day, you can win but it is not the case in Tests. We are not going to play a Test match thinking that we are going to play to win this game or draw this game. Our main target is to play good cricket for five days and push the opponent as much as we can," he said.

"But if anything comes to us, we will take it. I will not be surprised if we can draw this game. It's going to be tough but we remain positive. If we play five days, there is always a chance of a result," he added.

Bashar was also not bothered that match-winning legspinner Anil Kumble, who did not bowl in the entire first Test due to fever, is fully fit to test them in this game.

"Whenever Kumble plays, he always makes a difference. I think he has got 540 wickets. But every team has that kind of bowlers. So you have to face them," he said.

On other hand, Dravid understandably expressed his satisfaction over his bowling trump card's full fitness.

"Not just now, Anil has been a big factor for Indian cricket for more than a decade now. Him being fit, having to use him in situations where we probably need a few wickets, you know, that might help us. Obviously that to happen Anil has to bowl well as well," said Dravid.

"There is no pressure at all because you sometime go to your next match with one-up or one-down, so it doesn't matter," replied the Bangalore-born skipper when the question was raised whether his side are under pressure to win the series after the no-result in the first game.

What might make the visiting skipper happy was the news from his counterpart about the weather and ground condition.

"The weather looks good. I think we will have a full five-day Test match. The drainage system is pretty good in this ground as well," informer Bashar.

In Chittagong, it was hard to dry the ground due to poor drainage system but here it hardly takes two hours to prepare the ground.