Bangladesh will next play India on June 22 and Afghanistan on June 25, in matches they must win if they are to keep their semi-final hopes alive.
"The next two games are important and if we can gain a lot from it and we can win the next two games we will be in a better position. We will play to win every game," Shanto said after the loss against Australia. on Friday.
Thanks to Pat Cummins' hat-trick (3-29), Australia restricted Bangladesh to 140/8 after inviting them to bat first. It was Shanto and Liton Das' 58 runs that propelled Bangladesh into a competitive position after an early knock. In response, openers David Warner (53 not out) and Travis Head (31) were firing in the run chase. However, the match did not come to an end due to rain. The Australians took their first Super Eight victory, finishing 28 races ahead of par using the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.
When asked about the loss to Australia, Shanto could not explain his team's batting difficulties, but admitted that it would be difficult for his players to continue defending par scores. "It's hard to say why we can't do it (play freely) because what I feel is that everyone has the ability. In the past, they've done it on different occasions so it's hard to say why it's not happening and I don't think I have an answer to this question. Everyone has the freedom to play their natural game, but somehow that doesn't happen," Najmul said.
"As for playing freely, we have already talked to everyone to play freely and everyone is trying to play according to their plan in the match, but why it doesn't happen, I don't know personally, but if we play like this, to pitchers find it difficult (to defend)," he added.
Najmul further admitted that if they had not lost too many wickets in the last six overs, they should have posted a total of 160 to 170 runs.
"I don't think so (wicket problem), we couldn't execute with the new ball, especially in the powerplay and we couldn't finish the last five, six overs, so we lost too many wickets. If we bat well, in the end we could probably scored between 160 and 170 runs," Najmul said.
"I think we planned to play cautiously at the beginning and we planned to finish the first six overs with wickets in hand and I think we could complete it as per our planning. It could have been better but I was happy. What the feeling is that if I hadn't gone out and would have taken the game to 16 or 17 overs, in that case we could have reached 160 to 170. What I would say is that at the beginning the wicket was slow and it was "It's not like the ball was coming to the bat, but what I feel like there should be a regular hitter," he said.
Furthermore, he defended the move of playing cautiously at the beginning of the innings and said, "In the beginning, what I feel is that it was important to have a set batsman and if the set batsman could finish the game, we could have scored 160 or 170 runs." .
"I felt 160 was a good total as the wicket was slow at the beginning, but it was easier for them considering that due to rain the ball was wet and coming to the bat. That's why they played comfortably against our fast bowlers" , said. he concluded.
"The next two games are important and if we can gain a lot from it and we can win the next two games we will be in a better position. We will play to win every game," Shanto said after the loss against Australia. on Friday.
Thanks to Pat Cummins' hat-trick (3-29), Australia restricted Bangladesh to 140/8 after inviting them to bat first. It was Shanto and Liton Das' 58 runs that propelled Bangladesh into a competitive position after an early knock. In response, openers David Warner (53 not out) and Travis Head (31) were firing in the run chase. However, the match did not come to an end due to rain. The Australians took their first Super Eight victory, finishing 28 races ahead of par using the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.
When asked about the loss to Australia, Shanto could not explain his team's batting difficulties, but admitted that it would be difficult for his players to continue defending par scores. "It's hard to say why we can't do it (play freely) because what I feel is that everyone has the ability. In the past, they've done it on different occasions so it's hard to say why it's not happening and I don't think I have an answer to this question. Everyone has the freedom to play their natural game, but somehow that doesn't happen," Najmul said.
"As for playing freely, we have already talked to everyone to play freely and everyone is trying to play according to their plan in the match, but why it doesn't happen, I don't know personally, but if we play like this, to pitchers find it difficult (to defend)," he added.
Najmul further admitted that if they had not lost too many wickets in the last six overs, they should have posted a total of 160 to 170 runs.
"I don't think so (wicket problem), we couldn't execute with the new ball, especially in the powerplay and we couldn't finish the last five, six overs, so we lost too many wickets. If we bat well, in the end we could probably scored between 160 and 170 runs," Najmul said.
"I think we planned to play cautiously at the beginning and we planned to finish the first six overs with wickets in hand and I think we could complete it as per our planning. It could have been better but I was happy. What the feeling is that if I hadn't gone out and would have taken the game to 16 or 17 overs, in that case we could have reached 160 to 170. What I would say is that at the beginning the wicket was slow and it was "It's not like the ball was coming to the bat, but what I feel like there should be a regular hitter," he said.
Furthermore, he defended the move of playing cautiously at the beginning of the innings and said, "In the beginning, what I feel is that it was important to have a set batsman and if the set batsman could finish the game, we could have scored 160 or 170 runs." .
"I felt 160 was a good total as the wicket was slow at the beginning, but it was easier for them considering that due to rain the ball was wet and coming to the bat. That's why they played comfortably against our fast bowlers" , said. he concluded.
