Ahead of the game between Australia and Bangladesh at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, Bangladesh Head Coach, Chandika Hathurusingha is actually more concerned about his team winning the crucial match against Australia rather than qualifying for the ICC Champions Trophy which is scheduled at Pakistan.
Bangladesh was the first team to get knocked out of the 2023 World Cup among all the teams following 6 consecutive teams. But a crucial and excruciating win against Sri Lanka made them climb up among the top 8 teams who are eligible to qualify for the Champions Trophy in 2025. Also, Sri Lanka’s defeat against Australia gave them the breakthrough they needed and now the team is only focused on winning against the Aussies in tomorrow’s match.
More Focused on defeating Australia!
Chandika Hathurusingha is actually concerned about securing a win against Australia by a big margin. While speaking to reporters on Friday ahead of the game, he remarked “Of course, that defeat has some kind of effect, depending on our game. At the moment, I can’t think of that scenario.” Adding significance to the game, he further added “We have to play tomorrow’s game. So that’s what’s going through my mind is that we have to actually play good cricket to beat Australia.”
Heaping praise on Shakib Al Hasan
The head coach went on to laud Shakib Al Hasan’s ability to play a wonderful knock everytime he plays for his team. Shakib will be missing out the last match against Australia due to a fractured finger but nevertheless, he did some bidding for the Bengal Tigers in the previous matches.
“When you have someone like Shakib’s calibre, number one all-rounder, it’s two players in one so it’s hard to do much with the combination. So, we will definitely want to fill his bowling vacuum with another spinner or a fast bowler. It’s batting we are going to miss and his leadership. So, it’s hard.”
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