Shakib and Mustafizur To Provide Feedback From IPL

Bangladesh Star All rounder Shakib-al-Hasan will be soon seen playing in the 2nd phase of IPL 2021 and in a recent interview he has expressed that — “I am hopeful that the IPL will help everyone.

We will be spending time in those conditions, play matches too. Mustafiz and I can share the experience with the rest of the team. We will understand the other players’ mindset, what they are thinking about the World Cup, and then report it back to our players.”

Shakib will be playing for KKR and pace machine Mustafizur Rahman will be a part of RR camp.

Acclimatizing will not be a problem as the team will get enough time for that — Shakib

Shakib said — “Our team will be in Oman at least 15–16 days before the World Cup, which is enough time for acclimatizing with conditions and wickets. I don’t think pitches and conditions here will have any impact over there.

We have built a winning mentality, which will help us be confident in the World Cup.”

Bangladesh shown a completely dominating performance with Australia 4–1 in the T20I series and then with New Zealand 3–2. Curiously, all of the games in these 2 series were low-scoring games, and analysts also voiced concerns about poor surfaces with the T20 World Cup 2021 which is just only a few months to go.

“I think we have a good chance in the World Cup. We had a good preparation. There is lots of criticism regarding wickets and low scores but at the same time, we have to understand that there is nothing that gives you more confidence than a win,” Shakib said.

He has also added — “A team carries a winning mentality after success and that gives you the confidence to a different level. We want to go to the World Cup with this confidence, Those who played the last nine-ten matches, are all out of form. That’s how the wicket was. Nobody did well. I hope the batters don’t count this performance,” he said.

“Careers will end if any batter plays 10–15 matches on these wickets. Let’s not take this into account.

Everyone will try hard to win games for the country. It is difficult to say how far we can go, but I feel we can go all the way at the World Cup, We have to play match by match and if we can do well in the first round, we will carry that confidence and we can give our best in the main round.”