Nigar pushes Bangladesh to imagine they will beat huge groups
A mindset change, the place Bangladesh are relishing the concept of going toe-to-toe with larger, extra established groups, performed an enormous half of their beating India in the third women’s T20I in Mirpur on Thursday, stated captain Nigar Sultana. Although it was solely a comfort win after the guests took a 2-0 lead, it was nonetheless a step in the precise path. Bangladesh beat India for the primary time in 5 years, the final two wins coming within the 2018 Asia Cup, which they went on to win.
After limiting India to a below-par rating for the second recreation in a row, this time Bangladesh did what they could not two days ago – chase it down.
“We are really happy today,” Nigar stated. “We have won here after a long time. We have always had close matches against India. We felt that if we played a little better, this series would have been ours. We also have a lot of cricket [three ODIs] left. That’s why we didn’t celebrate in that way. I keep telling everyone that only when you allow your brain to tell yourself that we can beat India, we can definitely beat them. I think I am successful in that way but there’s a lot left to do as a team. I think we could beat a team like India due to our change of mentality.”
Nigar additionally defined the best way Bangladesh went in regards to the chase and highlighted Shamima Sultana‘s efficiency. The opening batter made a priceless 42 to assist steer a chase of 103.
“A run chase becomes easier when one of the top-order batters stays till the 14th or 15th over,” Nigar stated. “Shamima apu did it well. I was telling her to stay till the end. I am handling my end. ‘You play your shots. If we can take 5-6 singles per over, then that 8 or 10-run over is around the corner.’ I didn’t think the equation was too complicated. Taking singles made the chase easy for us.
“The ball wasn’t approaching to the bat on this wicket. An aggressive shot may have been pricey. I instructed her to hold on taking part in photographs. If she carried the innings deep, it’s going to make the equation straightforward for us.
“She also plays the sweep well although she got out playing the sweep in the last two matches. But I told her that you should play the shot that you’re good at. I told her not to stop it, but make sure she plays the sweep properly. Sweep is the best shot on slow and low wickets.”
The win was a bit bit extra particular for the ladies’s group who have been taking part in on the Shere Bangla National Stadium after eleven years. They received an ODI and a T20I at this floor in 2012, however have needed to wait a very long time for the BCB to provide them video games on the nation’s No. 1 cricket stadium.
“Mirpur is a special ground,” Nigar stated. “We have won after playing here after a long time. It is a huge achievement for the team. I hope we get to play more matches here in the future. Whenever the men’s team play here, people watch those matches on TV or they pack the galleries here.
“I’ve been taking part in for Bangladesh for a very long time however by no means performed on this floor. I feel all our households had this remorse about not taking part in in Mirpur.”
Nigar has urged for more support at the ground though, as all three matches in Mirpur lacked a big crowd. “I’d attraction to the general public to return to our matches. It all the time provides us constructive power. When I’m batting within the center, cries of “Bangladesh, Bangladesh!” all the time provides me motivation. I’m taking part in [for] the nation, let me battle a bit extra. The power is a bit totally different. I thank those that got here immediately. It is their assist that has taken us this far.”
Meanwhile, India assistant coach Apoorva Desai said that there’s no regret at the scoreline being 2-1. They hope to make it 3-0 in the ODIs starting on July 16.
“I feel we’re additionally attempting plenty of gamers,” Desai said. “Almost 4 folks have debuted. We’re additionally performing some adjustments. And yeah, we might have beloved to win immediately. We have been 20 runs quick on that wicket. Last three-four overs, if they’d have batted sensibly, it was [possible to push to] 120-125 [which] was [the] par rating. So, I feel, yeah, we’ll come exhausting within the one dayers. Take the learnings there and, and push for a 3-0 sequence.”