It is common for players from India, Pakistan and Australia to feed their form, confidence, planning and attitude into the international game from tournaments such as IPL, PSL and BBL. This has hardly been the case with Bangladeshi players and BPL. The nine editions to date have not systematically groomed many players, nor have they influenced the style of play or the confidence that the Bangladesh national side has in T20Is.
Najmul Hussain Shanto And tawheed heart This trend has been postponed for once. The pair reproduced their Sylhet Strikers’ form and partnership in the first T20I in Chattogram, which resulted in Bangladesh’s first win in the format against England. With the BPL getting over less than a month ago, many of its top performers were picked in this Bangladesh team. The policy has paid dividends in many aspects of this victory.
Shanto was the BPL’s leading run-getter with 516 runs at an average of 39.69 with four half-centuries. Hriday scored another half-century, scoring 403 runs at a strike rate of 140.41. He added 466 runs in 12 partnershipsBest in BPL this season, with a century.
Chasing 157 in the sixth over, Bangladesh really needed Shanto and Hridoy to keep the run-rate up on a pitch that, as England discovered, got trickier as the ball got older . Shanto responded by hitting England’s fastest bowler Mark Wood for four consecutive fours in the seventh over.
Shanto scored his third T20I half-century in four matches, following two against Zimbabwe and Pakistan in last year’s T20 World Cup. He was the team’s top scorer in that competition, and has now carried that form through to the BPL and the ODIs against England.
“I’m scoring regularly, which allows for added confidence,” Shanto said. “Game awareness gets better. I had a better understanding of building my innings. I wasn’t given any specific plan. We just tried to keep the momentum going from the openers. We stuck to a general plan, reaction to the ball We tried to implement the way we batted in BPL. It was no different from that.”
Shanto said Hriday’s confidence at the other end also helped him play his shots. Hridoy hit two fours and a six in his 17-ball 24 but, like Shanto, looked confident from the BPL. ,[Hridoy’s] His approach and intent in his first international match gave me a lot of confidence. He never got nervous playing against such a big team. We batted the way we batted in BPL, where we had some big partnerships.”
Shanto said he didn’t plan to go after Wood, but focused on finding gaps, and it all came together. “There was no pre-planning. I reacted to the ball. I tried to use the gaps, that’s why I could definitely find the boundaries,” he said.
Even the opposition saw how well Shanto played, arguably turning the tide of the game with his blistering half-century. Phil Salt said that Bangladesh completely chased down the target of 157 runs.
“Shanto played very well chasing the target,” said Salt. “I think the openers chased very well for them, and I think they played really well in the middle. I think the guys who were there for them, they tried to hit a boundary very early in the over. found a way.” of that time. I think they ran very well. So, they must be sitting in that dressing room right now, thinking this is as close to a perfect chase as they wanted in these conditions.”
Shanto said he felt Bangladesh were slowly taking control of the game from the midway point of the England innings. The visitors added only 76 runs in the last ten overs after they were 80 for 1 in the first innings.
“The way we came back in the last ten overs [of the England innings]This gave us confidence. “He said,” Then we started well with the bat. We knew two more partnerships would take us closer to victory.”
The Bangladesh pacers – who conceded only 21 runs in the last four overs – were instrumental in turning their fortunes around, not least for Hasan Mahmood, another BPL star whose 17 wickets for Rangpur Rangers is the joint-highest in the competition. Were .
Shanto said, “He bowled crucially. I think his BPL performance today gave him the confidence.” “Hasan Mahmood, Taskin Ahmed and Mustafiz bowled really well in the last few overs. They played a big part in getting them down to 156 for six.”
Bangladesh have long been a poor T20I team, but the recent T20 World Cup has given them confidence for a while after winning two games for the first time in the competition. Shanto scored crucial runs, Bangladesh won some close matches, all of which boosted their self-belief.
Point of Impact, a watchdog for the latter part of 2022, is finally done for them. Shanto said, ‘Batsmen were given freedom in this series.’ “Impact can’t be quick. It takes time. It depends on wickets, conditions. I think batsmen have a lot of freedom, and sooner the impact will be more.”