‘High 5 ought to have used their expertise’ – Nahida needs batters to step up
Bangladesh missed a golden alternative to beat India for the primary time in 5 years after their batters failed to achieve the 96-run goal within the second T20I in Dhaka. They misplaced 5 wickets for one run within the final eight balls to break down spectacularly to fall quick by eight runs and spinner Nahida Akter felt batters must take duty for the defeat.
Nahida, who was a part of the sturdy bowling efficiency from Bangladesh within the first half, was amongst these to fall within the four-wicket final over bowled by Shafali Verma. Bangladesh’s chase was on the right track until captain Nigar Sultana was on the crease. But as quickly as she fell within the penultimate over, issues fell aside. Nahida stated that the batters ought to have pushed the scoring within the center overs because the stress got here down on the decrease order.
“We practiced hard enough,” Nahida stated. “Our coach worked with the batters, especially our senior players. Those who bat in the top five should have used their experience. It is the batters’ responsibility as Joty apu [Nigar] said in the last press meet. They have to show more sincerity. They have to think about what happened, but I am sure they will come back in the next game.
“We batted slowly from overs 11 to fifteen. It would have been simpler if we may choose up the singles often. It put the batters down the order beneath stress. Our coach instructed us to bat within the mould of chasing 140 runs. We can’t decelerate. It was a wicket the place you needed to sweep the ball. It was sadly a batting collapse.”
Sultana Khatun‘s three-wicket haul led the bowling efficiency. Fahima Khatun returned two wickets while Marufa Akter, Nahida and Rabeya Khan picked up a wicket each. The highlight of Bangladesh’s fielding performance was Shorna Akter‘s catch at long-on to dismiss Yastika Bhatia in the ninth over. Shorna ran in hard and dived forward full length to complete the catch. Nahida admired Shorna’s catch but said that they have to be a fitter side.
“A fantastic catch like that all the time encourages the bowlers,” she said. “Shorna took an outstanding catch. We spoke about saving 10-20 runs within the subject. We wished to take all of the catches that got here our approach. We ought to have achieved that focus on at this time.
“We are honestly not as fit as India. We are trying hard to develop our fitness. We have a foreign trainer now. We will focus hard on fitness in our next camp. The board is giving their best facilities. We have to play better. We are behind now. We are trying to bounce back.”