Bangladesh stand-in captain Litton Das said that experienced campaigners Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah don’t have to take any pressure in their return and they should focus on enjoying the game now as well. However, Bangladesh will play against New Zealand in the three-match ODI series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium from September 21. Mahmudullah and Tamim will be keen to seize the opportunity to seal their places in the World Cup as well.
“When there are two seniors (Tamim and Mahmudullah) it helps in every way,” Litton told reporters before the game. “There are coming back to play after a while and I don’t want to put any pressure on them. Let them enjoy the game because chance of success is much more if someone can enjoy the game.”
However, Litton Das also stressed that as captain he doesn’t have to make Mahmudullah or Soumya Sarkar, who is also returning understand their roles as they are already experienced players and know what’s their role as well.
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“I don’t want to tell about any specific roles (to anyone) because it depends on different situations. If we lose quick wickets and Riyad (Mahmudullah) bhai goes to bat with 30 to 35 overs he will bat as per situation. So there is nothing to say because he is mature and the same thing applies to Soumya and wherever they will bat they will try to score runs. And not only need them every batter need to score runs,” he again said.
Meanwhile, Litton Das added that he is full of confidence despite not performing well in the recent past and he is also hoping to make a strong return ahead of the World Cup 2023. Since 2019, Litton is the highest run-getter for his country making 1508 runs in 43 ODIs at an average of 39.68 as well.
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“I am trying to find out (my shortcomings) and practicing and hopefully I can make a comeback quickly. There is nothing like (short of) confidence and let’s see what happens. We couldn’t do anything tactically because we could not practice for the last couple of days and don’t know how much can we practice today and probably we might have to play the main match without practice. This is a mental game and they have quality spinners (apart from pace bowlers),” Litton Das concluded.
