“T20 Is Not Only About Hitting”: Bangladesh Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto Addresses Batters’ Struggle In 1st T20I

Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto acknowledged Bangladesh’s shortcoming with the bat and the failure to provide bowlers sufficient runs to defend throughout their 7-wicket defeat within the T20I collection opener towards India on Sunday. The aggression that was displayed by the Test workforce in Kanpur definitely affected India’s younger T20I workforce. After being put to bat, Bangladesh batters toiled onerous to place runs on the board whereas dealing with a younger Indian bowling aspect. The powerplay turned out to be a dry spell with the bat for Bangladesh. The openers misfired of their try to pile up runs on the board. Arshdeep Singh stung Bangladesh twice because the guests crawled their strategy to 39/2 after the primary six overs.

Bangladesh’s plan to play “positive cricket” flopped with India’s bowlers rising the depth with every passing over. Shanto addressed their wrestle within the powerplay and felt the necessity to strategy the second T20I with a “proper plan”.

“Yes, I think we didn’t start well. In T20, the first six overs are important, but we didn’t do well. The plan was to play positive cricket, but we had to manage some overs and how we wanted to approach it. Looks like we didn’t have much plan, but we need to do a proper plan in the next match,” Shanto mentioned within the post-match presentation.

“We need to focus on rotating the strike. T20 is not only about hitting. If we keep wickets in hand, we can get a good score. We didn’t score many runs. Rishad bowled well, and Fizz was also good, but we didn’t have enough runs,” he added.

Bangladesh’s tepid outing with the bat made it difficult for them to place an enormous complete on the board. Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s late cameo of 35* runs propelled Bangladesh’s rating to 127.

In reply, India’s aggression noticed them chase down the goal with greater than eight overs to spare.

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