Sriram: I am looking for impact, not performance
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Sridharan Sriram, Bangladesh's technical consultant, believes that impact in T20 cricket is more important than Performance. Sriram, who was mainly brought on board for the T20I side, stated in his maiden press conference in Dhaka that he believes a good performance might even be damaging to a team unless it has a direct impact on the outcome of a T20 game.
"I am looking for impact, not performance. Bangladesh will win if seven or eight players make an impact. A 30 or 25, off 17-18 balls is impact for me. A small example of this is the way Mosaddek [Hossain] went after [Wanindu] Hasaranga in the over after Mahmudullah got out [at the Asia Cup]. That's impact. I think performance is overrated in T20 cricket. A team could still lose if they have performers. But if we have more impact, chances are, we will win more games." Sriram said after Bangladesh announced their T20 World Cup squad.
Sriram cited Bangladesh's inability to win games in tight situations as a subject for improvement.
Bangladesh has lost seven T20Is this year, following a disappointing showing in last year's T20 World Cup in the UAE.
Sriram believes that the team is hampered by a lack of skill or mentality, or both.
"We want to win critical moments in the game. Bangladesh have lost a lot of close T20 games. The overall results would have looked a lot better had we won half of these games. Why we are losing close games is something I am really keen to understand,” he added.
"We need to have critical-moment awareness. If we win small moments, overall we can string those results together. Chances are, we will win close games. It could be skills, execution or it could be mental as well. What is he thinking in those situations? These conversations are ongoing with the leadership group of the team. We do one-on-one and also small groups too," Sriram said.
