As Bangladesh gear up for a crucial ICC World Test Championship series against Australia, pacer Taskin Ahmed is excited by the prospect of going up the home side’s fabled pace quartet.
Speaking ahead of the first Test in Darwin, Taskin said, “From my childhood, I’ve been watching Australia team players, like great fast bowlers, legendary players.
“Really now I have the opportunity to play against them. So I’m really excited.
“Australia is my favourite place to bowl. I have been watching all of them, (Mitchell) Starc, (Josh) Hazlewood, (Pat) Cummins, even (Scott) Boland also doing well. If I have a chance to chat with them, I definitely will.”
While Taskin is yet to play a Test in Australia, the 31-year-old has 14 wickets from nine outings across ODIs and T20Is for Bangladesh.
This includes six of his nine wickets for Bangladesh across the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in 2015, which was hosted in Australia and New Zealand.