‘High quality of our spinners shone by means of’ – Afghanistan coach Trott happy after opening win
Bangladesh have discovered the Afghanistan spinners essentially the most troublesome in ODIs within the final ten years.
Since July 2013, Afghanistan’s spinners have essentially the most wickets (50) – and one of the best common (26.02) – of all groups in opposition to Bangladesh within the format. That consists of 5 for 69 for the trio of Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Mohammad Nabi within the first ODI on Wednesday. They mixed to bowl 24 overs, and conceded runs at an financial system of lower than three per over.
Although they made the many of the variable bounce on supply on the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Bangladesh’s batters additionally did not do themselves any favours. While Litton Das and Najmul Hossain Shanto have been out to delicate dismissals after they have been beginning to look comfy, Mushfiqur Rahim let a Rashid half-tracker slip by means of his legs.
“Our seamers didn’t bowl well with the new ball, but then our spinners were excellent,” Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott mentioned. “We didn’t expect the wicket to have as much uneven bounce as it did. It is surprising. Normally here in Chattogram, it goes through a little bit more. I think we adjusted well. We read the conditions. We played some good cricket.
“Today’s wicket helped them [Afghanistan spinners] a bit bit, however they’ve some good abilities to place stress on the Bangladesh batters. A number of these [Bangladesh] batters would have been assured from the Test match [last month, which Bangladesh won by 546 runs]. But the standard of our spinners shone by means of on a wicket that we thought would seam greater than it spun for us.”
Trott highlighted the experience of his spin attack, which helped them switch from T20Is to ODIs. He said they knew exactly when to bowl in an attacking manner, and when to be a little defensive.
“I do not assume it’s too dissimilar these days [bowling in T20Is and ODIs]. Batsmen have an attacking mindset in each codecs,” Trott said. “Spinners must be intelligent. They are allowed 4 fielders out until the fortieth over. That’s after they normally bowl. They typically bowl within the powerplay [too]. So they’ve to determine how they assault on the proper instances, but in addition the best way to defend on wickets the place there’s not a lot help.”
“We have performed in opposition to their bowling earlier than… We did not get a great partnership from the decrease order. I’m hopeful that within the subsequent recreation, we are going to do higher in an identical scenario”
Towhid Hridoy is confident of Bangladesh responding to defeat in the first ODI
But the one-off Test between Bangladesh and Afghanistan featured none of these three spinners, and Bangladesh had feasted on an inexperienced attack to post 382 and 425 for 4 declared.
Bangladesh now have to face Afghanistan in the two remaining ODIs of the ongoing series, but also at least once in the upcoming Asia Cup in August-September, and then, in their tournament opener at the ODI World Cup, where they face each other in Dharamsala.
How do Bangladesh try and limit the damage before the big games come around? Towhid Hridoy, the batter who hit his third ODI half-century in the first game – which was only his seventh in the format – said that individual batters would have to figure out their respective ways to counter the spinners.
“It [Bangladesh] is a mature staff. They have been serving the nationwide staff for a very long time,” Hridoy said. “Nobody must be advised something new. We will get out of this by fascinated by it individually. We again everybody within the dressing room. We can come again from this place.”
Although this was Hridoy’s first time facing Rashid, Mujeeb and Nabi at the highest level, he already had some idea about Nabi and Mujeeb because of the BPL.
“This was the primary time that I confronted Rashid. I’ve performed Mujeeb in Under-19 cricket. We have been additionally in the identical staff in BPL,” Hridoy said. “I performed Nabi bhai within the BPL. I feel they’re one of the best spin mixture on this planet. You can play spin higher in opposition to any staff after you do nicely in opposition to them. I used to be speaking to Shakib [Al Hasan] bhai about it too. It was a bit difficult. We must do higher than we did immediately [in the first ODI].”
Hridoy was hoping that Bangladesh’s lower order would come to their rescue, even as their top four of Tamim Iqbal, Litton, Shanto and Shakib threw away settled starts. He pointed to how Afif Hossain and Mehidy Hasan Miraz had dug Bangladesh out of a deep hole against Afghanistan last year, taking them to the successful chase of 216 with none additional losses from a scenario of 45 for six.
“We have performed in opposition to their bowling earlier than,” Hridoy said. “Someone or the opposite stood up. In the final collection, Miraz bhai and Afif performed nicely. We additionally had a sense that somebody would do the job [in the first ODI]. We did not get a great partnership from the decrease order. I’m hopeful that within the subsequent recreation, we are going to do higher in an identical scenario.”
Mohammad Isam is ESPNcricinfo’s Bangladesh correspondent. @isam84