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Disappointed to miss out on his hundred in front of family

[caption id="attachment_36658" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Shakib Al Hasan scored 82 runs for Bangladesh on Saturday. Image Source: ICC[/caption] Debasis Sen, Hyderabad: Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib al Hasan will curse himself of having missed a test hundred in Bangladesh’s first ever test match on Indian soil. A brilliant counter-attacking knock of 82 runs, helped his team recover after India had a stranglehold on the match. Initially, it wasn't easy in the morning session as Umesh Yadav produced a brilliant spell of fast bowling. Yadav got the ball to reverse both ways as Shakib found it difficult to come to terms with the swing. At the end, the left-hander was lucky to survive the spell. Talking about the spell Shakib heaped praises on his Knight Riders partner. According to Shakib, "There was nothing much in the pitch. Because we play in KKR, I know him (Umesh) very well. Probably, this was the best spell I have faced in my Test career. He was moving the ball both ways and some of the deliveries were unplayable. The best I could do was to hit the deliveries that I could and the ones I couldn't, I tried not to nick it. I was lucky that I survived that spell." The Bangladesh all-rounder was very disappointed to miss out on the milestone as he admitted that the wicket had no demons for the batsman. "No, I think the wicket is still really good on the third day. We always knew that ball turns and there is help for spinners in India but that is not happening. Apart from that one unplayable spell, we managed to cope. As of now, the wicket is good but tomorrow is a new day. Let's see what happens," the left-hander went on to add. The left hander revealed how he coped facing the Indian quick bowlers Umesh and Ishant. "I played with soft hands and made sure that I didn't nick it," said Shakib after the post day’s play. Shakib threw his wicket away against the run of play, in trying to loft the Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin over the top and in process was caught at mid-on. Talking about the dismissal he told the reporters, "Just for this (shot) I am not going to change my style of play. I know if I change it, I don't think I will be Shakib. That's my way of thinking," he answered with a bit of smug. "Well, if you look at my innings throughout the innings, I was playing shots. That one I didn't connect well and that's all I can say. I was playing the way I have been playing for the last five-six years." Shakib also agreed that spinners were not getting much help from the wicket. "When I was facing spinners, obviously to me, it was a good wicket. It wasn't helping spinners that much. I know I can be positive and I can move my feet. I was trying to be as positive as I can and look to score runs rather than just blocking balls." On match situation, Shakib said that India still have their noses ahead in this game. "Obviously, India is in front foot. We have to play really well in the first two hours first session tomorrow. That's the key part how well we play if we can score 100 to 120, I think we will be in a very good shape then. But at this moment, we are still way behind."