What began with Virat Kohli's call for greater investment in Test cricket and India's formidable pace attack became a blueprint for Bangladesh. Mominul Haque transformed the domestic system, backed fast bowlers and changed the country's Test cricket culture.
Hasan Mahmud's six-wicket haul against Australia is now proof that the gamble is paying off.
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