Bangladesh, who is on New Zealand tour, has to play a 3-match T20I series (NZ vs BAN) against the host team from December 27. Earlier, an ODI series was played between the two teams, which New Zealand was successful in winning, but in the last match, Bangladesh had achieved a tremendous victory and Bangladesh's head coach Chandika Hathurusingha wanted to take advantage of the confidence gained from that victory in the ODI series. want.
By winning the match played in Napier on 23 December, Bangladesh registered its first ODI win in New Zealand after losing 18 matches. Even in the T20I format, Bangladesh's record in New Zealand is very poor and the team has lost all its 9 matches so far. In such a situation, they will be faced with the challenge of breaking the losing streak.
Speaking to reporters ahead of the first T20I in Napier on Wednesday, Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha said,
We have not won a single T20I match here. It was just like ODI cricket but then we were successful in winning the last match. It will definitely help mentally (ODI win over New Zealand in Napier). You always feel good when you get a good win and because you have done something you want to repeat it again, irrespective of the format. Whatever it may be, it will boost our confidence ahead of the T20I.
Bangladesh has to play a total of 11 T20I matches before next year's T20 World Cup. Apart from this, many players will also be a part of BPL. Keeping in mind the upcoming tournaments in West Indies and America, the Bangladesh coach said he plans to try different combinations and assign clear roles to the players. Hathrusingha said,
We have got a chance to play 11 matches now and then also in the BPL but this is the national team so we are trying to prepare our combination and give the players the roles that they will play during the World Cup and so that is the plan. . We have only 11 matches. Whether it's ideal or not, that's all we've got, we just have to adjust our plans and roles during that time.
