Warriors eyeing to bring down Platoon
Image : Cricfrenzy
||CF Correspondent ||
Cumilla Warriors batsman Dawid Malan said on Thursday that they looking forward bring down pre-tournament favourite Dhaka Platoon when the meet them at in their next game at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on December 13.
Platoon is expected to give team a run for their money in the tournament considering their bench strength as they have got three A+ cricketers in their line-up along with several seasoned foreign recruits.
Cumilla Warriors began their campaign on the right note as they defeated Rangpur Rangers by 105 runs and according to Malan they want to keep up the momentum.
Malan said that they have to come up with a unified effort if they want to beat Dhaka Platoons as he feels that their skipper Danus Shanaka won’t bail them like the way they did against Rangpur Rangers with his blistering 31-ball75.
‘’So we are up against the Dhaka team next. Looking at the paper, they are a very good team and a very good bowling attack. So we have to improve the way we batted and our captain played exceptionally well in the first game. He got us to 174. Rest of us have to play little bit better against this Dhaka team. But it is a good sign we didn’t play as well as we could but still we won the first game,’’ Malan told reporters at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Thursday.
‘It has been good fun so far as it is always. Especially when you and your team are doing well. Challenge is when it does not go too well. Hopefully as we can move on in the tournament, we as a team keep improving and keep winning as a team which will be much enjoyable,’’ he said.
Malan said that he is expecting the wicket to behave differently with passing days considering he got vast experience playing in this part of the globe.
‘’It has. I don’t know it’s because as it’s not hot. First couple of times I played it was really hot. The wicket was lot harder. So it didn’t grip as much and was not much skiddy. As the tournament goes on, I think it always gets harder and last year it became little bit of skiddy and harder. And that will be the challenge. It’s almost winter and challenge is to get them hard,’’ said Malan.
‘’I wouldn’t say it’s hard to adapt. You came across the coaches and so on in different tournaments. You know, in this team, I have played with half of this team either in Dhaka Premier League or Bangladesh Premier League. So I know all of them. It’s not as hard as you think. It’s hard to gel as a team and work hard with people to make a good combination. It will be a challenge for first three-four games in the tournament,’’ he said.
