Bangladesh National Cricket Team captain Najmul Hossain Shanto spoke about his team’s loss in the first T20I against their opponent. Indian National Cricket Team. He said they have no plans and will try to make the right plans in the next game.
Bangladesh National Cricket Team put up a terrible performance in the first T20I against the Indian National Cricket Team. Led by Najmul Hossain Shanto, they excelled in all three departments as they lost the game by 7 wickets and 12 overs of the chase.
Bangladesh suffered a 7 wicket loss in the first T20I
Najmul Hossain Shanto lost the toss and was asked to bat first for his side and nothing went their way. Arshdeep Singh got the team off to a dream start. The left-arm pacer picked two wickets in the first two overs, dismissing Litton Das and Parvez Hossain.
After that, the Indian bowlers kept Bangladesh under pressure with regular shots on the wicket. Mayank Yadav, Varun Chakraborty and Washington Sundar picked wickets in the middle. Najmul Hossain Shanto (27) tried to go but he perished after the start.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz (35*) was the lone performer for his team as Bangladesh scored 127 runs. In the chase, Abhishek Sharma started aggressively with the bat, but a mix-up with Samson saw him back as he was bowled out for 16 runs. early hut.
But after that, Sanju Samson (29) and Suryakumar Yadav (29) added 40 runs apiece to take the team closer to victory. Hardik Pandya (39*) before ending the game inside 12 overs for his team to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series.
Yes, I think we did not start well – Najmul Hossain Shanto
Najmul Hossain Shanto admitted that the Bangladesh National Cricket Team did not start the game well and according to him, this was the turning point. He said they didn’t get paid for the powerplay. He added that earlier plans to play positive didn’t work out. Speaking to broadcasters, he explained:
“Yes, I think we didn’t start well. The first six overs are important in T20 but we didn’t do well. The plan was to play positive cricket but we had to manage some things that we wanted to approach. I guess we didn’t have much of a plan but the next match is right we have to make a plan.”
We should focus on holiday rotation – Najmul Hossain Shanto
Najmul Hossain Shanto added that they need to focus on the batting spin and if they had wickets in hand, they would get a good amount of runs. He also talked about the positives but claimed that the bowlers did not have enough runs to defend.
“We have to focus on the batting rotation, T20 is not just about batting. If we keep wickets, we can score well. We didn’t score many runs. Rishad batted well, Fizz was good too, but we didn’t have enough runs.”
