 "Captain Shanto's scathing assessment exposes Bangladesh's weakness: 'We don't know how to score 180 runs'")
Contrasting batting was displayed as India defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in the first game of the three-match series at the Madhav Rao Scindia Cricket Stadium in Gwalior on Sunday. Asked to bat first Bangladesh were bowled out for 127 in 19.5 overs, having only scored 39 runs in the powerplay (first six overs), while India scored 71 runs in the powerplay and completed the chase in just 11.5 overs .
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The batting downfall for Bangladesh started with the opening partnership which lasted for just five runs as Litton Das fell in the opening over of the match and Parvez Hossain Emon departed soon after. In the last eight innings, Bangladesh’s opening partnership has contributed just 69 runs with a highest stand of 35.
Shanto slams openers
Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto was undoubtedly frustrated after the defeat and asked the batters to take more responsibility in the powerplay.
“Powerplay is definitely a worry. The approach we talked about (before the game), it will be successful if we make a good start with the bat,” Najmul said. “We have to keep the wickets in the first six overs, and score runs in those. Otherwise, those coming in next becomes too challenging for them. We have struggled in the powerplay. Those batting in the powerplay must take more responsibility.”
‘Batting like this for 10 years’
Najmul, who scored 27 off 25, went on to provide a scathing assessment of Bangladesh’s batting. He said the team has the ability but added that currently, they are far from what they need to know.
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More Shorts“I wouldn’t say we played badly. We are a better team than this. We haven’t done well in this format for a long time, but I don’t believe we are such a bad team,” said Najmul. “I don’t want to talk about any individual player. I think the batting unit didn’t do well today. There will be aggression in the way we approach our scoring, but sometimes we have to select the balls correctly. We will think about it, but we can’t rush in changing our approach.
“We have the ability, but we have room for improvement in our skills. We have been batting in this way for the last ten years. Sometimes we do well. We have to make some changes, perhaps where we practice back home. We play on 140-150 wickets at home. Our batters don’t know how to score 180 runs. I won’t blame just the wickets, but we have to consider skills and mentality,” he said.
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