<p>The world’s top-rated ODI all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan, says Bangladesh is aiming for a confidence-boosting performance in this week’s international T20 Tournament in Trinidad ahead of the World T20 Championship in Sri Lanka.<br /><br />Barbados, Afghanistan and Trinidad and Tobago are the other teams taking part in the four-nation Asia versus the Caribbean tournament from the Sept 6-8 at the Queens Park Oval here.</p>.<p>Members of the team have been engaged in practice sessions involving fielding practice on the main playing area as well as indoor and outdoor nets for batting practice.<br /><br />“These games will be very intense as well because as you know Trinidad got so many national team players who will be playing for them,” said Shakib.<br /><br />“So it will be a very good contest and if we do well here we will be full of confidence going into the world cup.”<br /><br />The Bangladesh cricketers arrived in Port of Spain on Friday and include stars such as Shakib and attacking batsman Tamim Iqbal.<br /><br />Their T20 team is ranked one above Australia at eighth in the current ICC Rankings.<br /><br />During the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean, Bangladesh defeated India and Bermuda at the Queen’s Park Oval to advance to the second round.<br /><br />“It feels great. Obviously we have very good memories here,” said Hasan on his fourth trip to the West Indies.<br /><br />“So we know the conditions and this we guess will be very similar to the Sub-continent so this will help us a lot for the upcoming T20 World Cup,” he told CNC 3 in Trinidad.<br /><br />Teams in the Asia versus the Caribbean tournament are playing for a winner-takes-all purse of $50,000.<br /></p>
<p>The world’s top-rated ODI all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan, says Bangladesh is aiming for a confidence-boosting performance in this week’s international T20 Tournament in Trinidad ahead of the World T20 Championship in Sri Lanka.<br /><br />Barbados, Afghanistan and Trinidad and Tobago are the other teams taking part in the four-nation Asia versus the Caribbean tournament from the Sept 6-8 at the Queens Park Oval here.</p>.<p>Members of the team have been engaged in practice sessions involving fielding practice on the main playing area as well as indoor and outdoor nets for batting practice.<br /><br />“These games will be very intense as well because as you know Trinidad got so many national team players who will be playing for them,” said Shakib.<br /><br />“So it will be a very good contest and if we do well here we will be full of confidence going into the world cup.”<br /><br />The Bangladesh cricketers arrived in Port of Spain on Friday and include stars such as Shakib and attacking batsman Tamim Iqbal.<br /><br />Their T20 team is ranked one above Australia at eighth in the current ICC Rankings.<br /><br />During the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean, Bangladesh defeated India and Bermuda at the Queen’s Park Oval to advance to the second round.<br /><br />“It feels great. Obviously we have very good memories here,” said Hasan on his fourth trip to the West Indies.<br /><br />“So we know the conditions and this we guess will be very similar to the Sub-continent so this will help us a lot for the upcoming T20 World Cup,” he told CNC 3 in Trinidad.<br /><br />Teams in the Asia versus the Caribbean tournament are playing for a winner-takes-all purse of $50,000.<br /></p>