Bowling well in NCL give me confidence: Mahmudullah
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh’s all-rounder Mahmudullah said on Sunday that his bowling effort will help him have some extra confidence in his batting.
Mahmudullah bowling remained a major source of worry for the national team management since he had a shoulder injury that forced him to remain away from bowling.
Mahmudullah bowled 39 overs in two innings against Chattogram Division and picked up six wickets to regain some confidence as far as his bowling is concerned.
‘’I could not bowl for seven months because of shoulder injury so I tried to bowl some over in the middle,’’ Mahmudullah told reporters after the opening game of National Cricket League.
‘’I bowled and my bowling practice was good as I tried to bowl as many overs as possible because that was my target because my bowling gives me some added confidence in my batting,’’ he said.
Mahmudullah said that everyone was focused to do well in the NCL as per the instruction of the of national head coach Russell Domingo.
‘’We were told that we have to play two or three matches and our coach instructed us that way so everybody was focused and everybody tried their level best,’’ said Mahmudullah.
in these match today after first-day rains both teams played well
‘’National team was playing cricket for some time but as there is India series ahead we were much focused. This is a big series and every national team player is trying to perform and get a chance in the squad,’’ he said.
Mahmudullah said that he would have been happy if he could get a score of three-digit as he ended up making 63 runs.
I could have happier if I could score a hundred. The bowlers were getting help in day two or even in day three and I wanted to stay at wicket and score when my opportunity comes,’’ he said.
Mahmudullah said that the national team players could not take part in the National Cricket League due to their busy international schedule.
‘’In the middle, there was a lot of play for national team,everybody was busy with other matches we did not have available time to play and whenever there is an opportunity we won't play,’’ said Mahmudullah.
It’s not like that we don’t want to play NCL but we want proper rest and if there is the opportunity we want to play in any format local or international,’’ he said adding the competitiveness of NCL have increased.
‘’Certainly there was some difference. Everybody works hard from the previous time that includes batsman bowlers and everybody,’’ he said.
At the end of the day somebody will perform or may not perform but u have to make sure u process is right,’’ he said.
Mahmudullah added that there is no reason to panic as seniors did not score heavily.
‘’There is nothing to panic,’’ he said.
‘’Everybody tried and somebody scored and somebody don’t but I am sure those who did not score will work more hard and score in the second match to get the confidence back,’’ he said adding that despite Tamim failed to score heavily he looked solid.
Tamim was batting really well.i think he worked really hard,’’ he said.
‘’He did not score big runs but certainly, he looked to be in good touch and batted really well and you people all know he worked really hard in the last couple of months,’’ he said.
‘’He worked hard on fitness and batting and I hope he comes back with some runs,’’ he added.
