BOTH HAVE TO CLICK: If Bangladesh are to win the third and final ODI against England today, captain Shakib Al Hasan (L) and opener Tamim Iqbal, who are here seen stretching at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong yesterday, have to lead from the front. PHOTO: ZOBAER HOSSAIN SIKDER

Cricket fans here in Chittagong are looking toward to local hero and in-form Tamim Iqbal to put up a good show after displaying his class in the last few matches.
Tamim always holds an extra appeal to cricket fans of the port city since it is his home ground and he has good batting record at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (previously the Birshreshtha Ruhul Amin Stadium).
The flamboyant opener scored 125 runs off 120 balls featuring 13 fantastic boundaries and three sixes against the visitors in the first ODI, where the entire team scored 228. In the second ODI, he started brightly but fell after a brisk 25 ball 30.
The Bangladeshi left-handed batter also scored 62 runs off 69 balls against New Zealand in the first match down under last month.
Beside this, Tamim also scored a sparkling 151 featuring 18 boundaries and three sixes in the second Test match against visiting India in January this year.
On a positive note, the Tigers have a sweet experience of bundling Zimbabwe within 44 runs in an ODI match at the same venue in November last year.
Tamim's mother Nusrat Iqbal is quite confident about her son's ability and hoped he (Tamim) will continue the performances.
"Tamim was also confident while having lunch with the family at our home after his arrival in Chittagong on Wednesday and is scheduled to have dinner tonight [Thursday]," she said adding that he was trying to keep pace with good performances.
Meanwhile, the organisers also reduced the price of tickets considering the presence of the viewers in the gallery. Tk 200 was fixed for tickets of Club House while Tk 100 for Special Enclosure and Tk 50 for Gallery against the previous Tk 300, Tk 200 and Tk 100 respectively.
On the other hand, yesterday's cloudy skies made everyone a little tense. However, the local met office forecast the pleasing prediction of no rain over the next 24 hours starting from 3.00pm yesterday (Thursday).
As regards the pitch, curator Shafiul Alam Belal said Friday's match would be held on the third pitch among seven on the ground.
“The pitches of the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium are brown in colour while the colour is black in Dhaka,” Belal said opting not to disclose the pitch's character.