Bangladesh’s batting vs the Netherlands
Harbhajan Singh slammed Bangladesh’s batting in the opening suit of the 2022 T20 World Cup against Netherlands.
Shakib Al Hasan as well as firm achieved 144/8 in the 20 overs allocated to them after being asked to bat initially at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart on Monday, October 24. they won the match by a slim margin of nine runs as they bowled out the Netherlands for 135.
In a discussion on Star Sports, Harbhajan was asked about Bangladesh’s batting efficiency. He replied.
” There is no doubt that the Netherlands bowled well, but the batting was incredibly inadequate. There was no tactical things seen in the batting. I believe they played the arch below their assumptions.”
Harbhajan explained that Bangladesh wasted the outstanding start supplied by their openers. The former India spinner discussed.
” They began quite possibly, they were 43/1, however afterwards they maintained shedding wickets. shakib (Al Hasan) tried to play a big shot and also was bowled out. If they had actually tried to string collaborations with each other, ball game would certainly have been 170-175 instead of 144, however we have to provide credit scores to the Netherlands for their bowling too.”
Najmul Hossain Shanto (25 escape 20 rounds) as well as Soumya Sarkar (14 runs) added 43 runs in five overs for the first string. Aside From Afif Hossain (38 runs off 27 balls) as well as Mosaddek Hossain (unbeaten on 20 runs off 12 spheres), no Bangladesh batsman has added meaningfully since then.
” They know Bangladesh batsmen are good at lengthy ball” – Harbhajan Singh on the Dutch bowling
Harbhajan was also asked about the strategies utilized by the Dutch bowlers. He responded.
” They bowled a good length, rear of a size. They understand that Bangladesh batsmen are great at bowling complete sizes due to the fact that Bangladesh pitches have much less bounce.”
The cricketer-turned-commentator concluded by emphasizing that the Dutch bowlers exploited the Bangladeshi batsmen’s weak points versus the brief round. He clarified.
” When the sphere is bowled brief you can play cutters or pullers and also the Bangladeshi batsmen do not play them effectively and also the Netherlands correctly exploited that and also due to that they dismissed 7 batsmen.”
Paul van Meekeren (2/21) and Bas de Leede (2/29) were the most effective bowlers for the Netherlands. Fred Klaasen and also Logan van Beeke were the various other 2 seamers used by Scott Edwards, likewise taking a place each.