Liton urges bowlers to step up to gain upper-hand in Wellington
Bangladesh vs New Zealand. -Collected
||CF Correspondent||
Wicket-keeper batsman Liton Das urged the bowlers to step up to get the upper-hand of the Wellington Test as he believed the wicket here would remain bowling friendly in the rest of the day in the Test.
He further said that they also need to rectify the mistakes in batting that they did in the first innings.
“We have to concentrate on ‘keeping them at low-score’, if we do it, we may get success,” Liton said after the third’s day game which was cut short due to rain in the evening session on Sunday.
“Tomorrow’s first hour is very important because we are still in the better position. If I we take one or two wickets before the end of the first session and reduce the run as low as possible, it would be tremendous for us… because the result of this game will come out by the score.”
Bangladesh were folded for 211 in the first innings and expected to be bounced out from the game but Abu Jayed Rahi delivered a sensational spell to leave the match in parity. New Zealand who were reduced to 8-2 in ninth over, finally were 38-2 before the rain brought a premature end to the day.
Liton urged the bowlers to stand up as there will be lot of help for them in this wicket.“Two days had been washed out due to rain. We got the chance to bat first and the start was good,” he said.
“If the batsmen could give a little more attention, it would have been better. At the end of the day, I will say that we were able to take two wickets and this is also a positive thing for us. Lots of help will be available from the wickets,” he added.
“Bowlers are getting help from the wicket. But it isn’t terrible, conditions remain favourable for bowlers. They obviously get a little help from such type of greenish-wicket. Both Rahi (Abu Jayed) and Ebadat (Hossain) were bowling well. They will be successful if they bowl into the right place in this wicket.”
Bangladesh batsmen are more vulnerable than the Kiwis batsmen in this kind of condition, which proved the way they were crumbled in the first innings, excluding opener Tamim Iqbal. Their shortcomings to deal with the short balls were exposed widely once again but Liton still has the recipe to how they can overcome the problems.
“We had never been played in such types of weather. It was difficult for me… actually, not only for me, we all had the same trouble,” he said.
“If the batsmen give concentrate deeply, then it will bring success. Tamim Iqbal’s batting proves that. We have to bat carefully where our chance will come again. It seems wicket will remain the same. We know that the short ball will be here, actually, there is nothing to do here. One thing can be done--playing with the best attention and leaving the ball. If we do it, hopefully, we can thrive here,” he concluded.
