Tigers eying fielding improvement to clinch T20 series
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh will be eyeing to make sure that they come up with an A-plus fielding performance against India in series-deciding second game at Rajkot on Monday.
Tigers reached Saurastha Cricket Stadium and taking their practice into consideration it seems they are well aware that fielding just might be the key in the all-important second game of the three-match Twenty20 series, leading by 1-0 margin, courtesy winning the opening game by seven wickets.
However, their historical win against India, did not take away the fact that they were quite sloppy in the inner circle after the departure of Rohit Sharma when their opponent picked some cheeky singles by milking the ball around the 30-yard circle.
Bangladesh’s South African head coach Russell Domingo is known to be a hard taskmaster when it comes to developing a specific skill and this time round he got an able partner in New Zealander Daniel Vettori- who was in charge of the fielding session at the green carpet in SCA.
The bearded Kiwis placed two boards around a chair and was seen throwing the ball in the board with full force that went to his charges in some good speed as the balls were sliding in good pace.
‘’We are aware that fielding a very important part of cricket and we are making sure that we don’t lose any chance that comes our ways,’’ said Afif Hossain.
The fielding of Bangladesh is quite inconsistent in the recent past and as they are heading for a high voltage match it is imperative that take all their chances when it comes their way in SAC considering the Rajkot wicket is considered to be a batting paradise.
‘’It looks to be a batting wicket and we have to execute all our plans if we want to put up a good show against them,’’ said Afif.
Bangladesh raised their fielding standard in the recent past but what they are looking forward is that they are consistent on day in and day out basis.
Bangladesh chief selector Minhajul Abedin emphasized on consistency more than anything else.
‘’You have to consistent in the field because that is the key,’’ said Minhajul.
‘’If you are doing well one day and not performing the same on the other day than it won’t help you that much,’’ said Minhajul.
‘We have seen many times that we lacked consistency in our fielding and that is the major area of our focus,’’ he said.
‘’In a high voltage match one or two pieces of good fielding can change the complex of the game and we need to make sure we are prepared to raise our standard as a fielding unit,’’ he concluded.
