On Sunday, October 6, Bangladesh’s captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said that his team’s inability to effectively use the powerplay is harming them in Twenty20 Internationals.
In Gwalior, India defeated Bangladesh in the first match of their three-match Twenty20 International series by seven wickets with 49 balls remaining. Bangladesh was asked to bat and managed to finish with 127 runs after scoring just 39 runs in the first six overs, which was another failure in the powerplay. India, on the other hand, reached the goal in 11.5 overs after scoring 71 runs in the powerplay.
Bangladesh has struggled with power play batting in the Twenty20 Internationals for a considerable amount of time. The squad has also had trouble with its opening combination for a considerable amount of time. In the opening over, Litton Das (4) was dismissed for a careless shot, and Parvez Hossain Emon, who had not played T20I cricket for a while, sliced one onto the stumps.
Bangladesh scored just five runs in the game’s opening stand. The main cause for concern for the team has been the opening partnership, which has only scored 69 runs overall (with a maximum of 35) in the last eight innings for Bangladesh.
“Powerplay is clearly concerning. “If we start off well with the bat, the strategy we discussed (prior to the match) will be successful,” Najmul told reporters following the first game at the Madhav Rao Scindia Cricket Stadium. We’ve had trouble on the powerplay. More accountability is required of those batting in the power play.”
“Powerplay is clearly concerning. “If we start off well with the bat, the strategy we discussed (prior to the match) will be successful,” Najmul told reporters following the first game at the Madhav Rao Scindia Cricket Stadium. We’ve had trouble on the powerplay. More accountability is required of those batting in the power play.”
Najmul stated that the two teams’ skill sets and mentalities are what separate them the most, but he also added that his team’s performance was not as poor as it appeared following the first game versus India.
“We didn’t play poorly, in my opinion. This is not our best team. Although we haven’t performed well in this style recently, I don’t think our team is all that poor,” Najmul stated. “I wish to avoid discussing any specific player.
I believe that today’s batting lineup wasn’t very good. We will approach scoring with vigour, but there will be instances when accurate ball selection is required. We won’t rush into altering our strategy, but we will give it some thought.
For the past ten years, this is how we have been hitting. We perform well at times. We need to adjust in certain ways, maybe even in our home practice. At home, we play on 140–150 wickets. Our hitters are incapable of scoring 180 runs.
