'Was waiting for my day'
19-year-old Jubair Hossain expressed his elation after reaching his maiden five-wicket haul in Chittagong yesterday. His family's presence in the stadium made the occasion even more special for the teenager.
“I think the best thing about this performance was that my parents had come here to watch the match. They had come in the previous matches as well but I could not perform. So now that everyone's happy, I am happy,” exclaimed the leg-spinner at the post-day press conference yesterday.
While Jubair bowled well in the first two Tests, his wickets column was not heavy, as Taijul Islam and Shakib Al Hasan ran through the Zimbabwean middle order in Dhaka and Khulna. On a relatively flat track in Chittagong where the slow-left armers were barely getting any purchase, Jubair turned out to be lethal with his flighted turners.
“In cricket everyone has their day and I was waiting for mine. That came today and I was able capitalise on it. I thank God for that. The wicket was not an easy one. We had to be patient and bowl in one area and that's why we were successful,” claimed Jubair.
Jubair thanked his senior colleagues for their guidance. “Shakib [Al Hasan] bhai and Tamim [Iqbal] bhai calmed me down whenever I tried to bowl in a hurry. They repeatedly asked me to bowl in one area. After I got four wickets, my bowling was a bit disorganised, that's when Mushfiqur [Rahim] bhai told me to relax and that it would only be a matter of time before I got the fifth wicket,” he explained.
Having already managed to threaten the visitors with his turners, Jubair expects himself to play a bigger role in the fourth innings of the match.
“The fourth and fifth day will be much better for the bowlers. We are playing to win this Test,” exclaimed Jubair.
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