Despite losing the first match by 3 runs, Bangladesh won the second match by 8 wickets. History will be made tomorrow if we win against the Lankans. Tigers have won the T20 series against Sri Lanka for the first time. Head coach Chandika Hathurusingh is also waiting for something like that. He also has his eyes on the T20 World Cup to be held in West Indies and USA in June.
Not only the series win, Hathurusingha's eyes are also on the World Cup
Despite losing the first match by 3 runs, Bangladesh won the second match by 8 wickets. History will be made tomorrow if we win against the Lankans. Tigers have won the T20 series against Sri Lanka for the first time. Head coach Chandika Hathurusingh is also waiting for something like that. He also has his eyes on the T20 World Cup to be held in West Indies and USA in June.
Chandika Hathurusinghe said at the press conference after the team's practice at the Sylhet International Stadium today, "As you said, we are on the verge of changing history." In this match, however, their regular captain Wanindu Hasaranga is returning to the Lankan team. Hathurusinghe, however, is not too worried about the return of the star leg-spinner, "Wanindu Hasaranga is a cricketer like any other for us."
Hathurusinghe wants to focus on his own game, "We are in a position to win the series." Our aim is to win the match. As the match is on the day, we have to take several things into consideration. If we can execute our plan, we will have a good chance to win the match. But I will also say that Sri Lanka is a very good T20 team. Anyway, we are trying to focus on our game.
In the first two matches of the series, Hathurusinghe praised the players of the Bangladesh team for correcting their mistakes, 'If we talk about the last match, we played almost perfectly. It was nice to see that the boys learned very quickly from the previous match. The bowlers bowled better in the next match than they bowled in the first match. The batsmen also corrected the powerplay mistakes in the first match in the next match.
Hathurusinghe does not have to think only about the Sri Lanka series as it is the T20 World Cup year. He also has to look at the World Cup to be held in the United States and West Indies next June. His search for the right combination for the World Cup started from the Sri Lanka series, 'We are looking for the combination for the World Cup. I am also looking at who fits into that combination and how comfortable they are.'
However, there is no clear idea about how the wicket will be in the United States. Hathurusinghe, however, tried to extract some information using his Australian contacts, "We want to play on good wickets." I don't know what kind of wickets we will get in USA. We have two matches in the US, two very important matches. No one has any idea what the wicket will be like there. There are no statistics there. I know there will be drop-in wickets. Will be prepared in Adelaide and taken to USA. Hopefully, the Australian wicket will be like that.
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