Bangladesh has played the best T20 World Cup so far. A maximum of two wins in the previous eight matches was their best record. This time, Nazmul Hossain Shantor’s team has exceeded that and reached three wins. Bangladesh could have won against South Africa if luck helped. Still, Bangladesh had no problem reaching the Super Eight with 6 points from three wins.
Bangladesh will play on June 21, although the Super Eight phase of the World Cup has started from Wednesday. The red-green jersey holders will take the field in the match against Australia in Antigua. Apart from Australia, the other two opponents of Bangladesh are India and Afghanistan. Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal feels that going to the semi-finals will be a big challenge for the Shantas on top of them.
Australia is with two Asian teams. Naturally, it can be compared to the mini Asia Cup. In response to a question on ESPN Cricinfo, Tamim said, ‘(Laughs) It’s not actually a mini Asia Cup. It will be difficult. It also remains to be seen how the Antigua wicket behaves. Bangladesh will play Australia first then India. I know the work will be difficult.’
Tamim thinks that Bangladesh will have a great chance to do better in the Super Eight if they do one more thing in batting, ‘Actually, in T20 cricket and the way the tournament is progressing, nothing can be said in advance what will happen next. Bangladesh’s bowling is good, if the batting returns to its rhythm then Bangladesh will be a team to watch out for.’
The former captain of Bangladesh called upon Shanto-Liton-Tanjid Tamim to bat with more time to improve their batting, ‘Actually, I understand that batting is difficult in this tournament. It was difficult to bat on the wicket in the last match as well. Sometimes you have to push yourself a little more. Today, if Tanjid (Tanjid Hasan Tamim) saw the wicket, he wanted to hit the first ball. On such tough wickets, it actually takes a little more time. Everyone is a good batter.’
Tamim also said, ‘Tanjid is very exciting, Liton is also good. Nazmul Hossain Shanto has shown his ability on the big stage. I think they need to spend some more time on the wicket. The wicket speaks for the bowlers. As a result, we have to use ourselves better with respect to this matter.’
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