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Domingo to focus more on Test, T20 rather than ODI
DHAKA, September 12, 2019 (BSS)-Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo found his charges vulnerable in Test and T20 cricket more than the ODI cricket and insisted that the focus should be firmly on this two formats.
Bangladesh lost to Afghanistan in the lone Test match while they are heading for the Tri-nation T20 series, also involving Zimbabwe and Afghanistan.
The Tigers have however more success in ODI cricket but they simply couldn’t translate those successes to the Test and T20 format.
Domingo however talked to captain Shakib Al Hasan to unearth as to why the players loves ODI cricket more.
“It’s interesting. I actually spoke to Sakib and asked him – what is the favorite format for Bangladesh? And he said fifty-over cricket. I said why then he said that’s the format they have grown up playing. Lot of school cricket, lot of club cricket -that’s the format they play more. There is lot of work to be done in Twenty20 and Test cricket -actually in all formats. But particularly in Test match format and Twenty20 format, these two formats are required attention in next couple of months. Fortunately, there is no lot of one-day cricket and there is lot of Test and Twenty20 cricket so we can try to improve in those formats,” Domingo said here on Thursday.
“When it comes to white ball cricket, Bangladesh can beat anybody on the given day. We got some World class performers in our side. Just look at the experience of the team. In 50-over World Cup, Bangladesh were the second most experienced team. So there is no shortage of quality and no shortage of experience in the particular side. I think if I played with our potential, we will be very hard to beat,” he added.
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