DHAKA, Sept 14, 2019 (BSS) – Bangladesh’s batting coach Neil Mckenzie
urged the people to have patience on the national players, stating that the
players are human being and so excessive pressure on them could put an
adverse impact.
“We should trust our players and that should come from the spectators
and media and everybody. They are not machines, they are humans. We just get
behind our team and back our team and even if we lose tomorrow, we will win
the next game. We don’t come out to lose. Bangladesh comes out to play 100
per cent positive cricket with no fear…”
McKenzie, who only looks after Bangladesh white-ball cricket batting,
said the people should not judge a player with his performance in one or two
series. “I think international cricket is a hard cricket. You can’t always
score and you can see Shakib. He was magnificent in the World Cup. There are
a lot of guys who played really well in last six months in international
cricket,” he said.
“As soon as they don’t score in one or two games and everybody gets
excited and upset whatever. International cricket is hard cricket and best in
the world also failed. But we have to keep faith on the talented bunch of
cricketers.”
“I saw the A team which is going to Sri Lanka and there are lot of
talented players there. Bangladesh got a lot of talented cricketers and we
need patience and we need trust and we need belief.”
According to Mckenzie, people’s excessive pressure and criticism didn’t
bode well for the players. Having said this, he made it clear, the selectors
should not go for excessive chopping in the wake of players’ bad performance
after the World Cup. “I think you can trust them after what they have done.
Soumya Sarkar, he came well in the Ireland final against West Indies. You
guys have definitely watched that on TV. He scored fifty off no time. He is a
proper player and he needs belief. He can’t have people questioning his
ability all the time. He has come back with lot of big hundreds. He got a
great 80 against Zimbabwe five to six months ago. He had a great tour in
Ireland. He showed glimpses what he could have done in the World Cup.”
“We just need to trust these guys and give them backing. You can’t score
hundred in all the time. Liton Das, we have seen what he can do. He got a 140
in the Asia Cup, that’s not four years ago. It was just six or seven months
ago whatever it was or wherever it was. He has great 90 against West Indies
in an unbelievable historical chase at Taunton. So these guys can play.”
“Hopefully selectors chose them for long enough and get out your little
performances there because they all are good players,” he remarked.