Domingo not losing his sleep over batting units failure in BCB President Cup
Cricfrenzy
|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo insisted that he is not losing his sleep over the poor performance of the batsmen in the ongoing BCB President Cup.
While pacer dominated the show, failure of the top order remained the talking point in the competition.
However, Domingo insisted that he is not worried at all with their performance considering they are coming from long break and it won’t be wise to judge them through their performance in the competition.
‘’ I think it is always easier to start after not playing for a long time than the batsmen,’’ said Domingo.
‘’Sure, it would be nice if we got some more runs but I think everybody has to understand that the players haven’t played any competitive cricket for nearly seven months. A few batters who joined the group have only started in the last week or two. The main thing for me as a coach was to make sure the guys were getting some game time. There’s no better practice than playing matches. All the games have been competitive. The wickets haven’t been that easy. I think maybe that’s why the batters have struggled,’’ he said.
‘’I think it is a bit unfair to say they are consistently failing. It was just six or seven months ago that we 340 against Zimbabwe in a one-day series. Liton got 180, Tamim got two hundreds, so I think it is a bit unfair. Most important thing is the guys are getting some game-time. The performances are not important, as far as I am concerned. I think the obsession with trying to win this tournament, and media wanting guys to win and perform all the time, is unrealistic considering the guys haven’t played for six or seven months. I’d like the media to maybe support the players a little bit more and not harshly judge them on performances based on ten days of cricket, having not played for seven months. Maybe give the guys a little bit of a breathing space,’’ he added.
