Bangladesh keeps Irish within reach

Bangladesh keeps Irish within reach

How can you not get a touch of the culture here when you come to Bangladesh! The Irish women's team also got a great experience of traveling in Dhaka city by rickshaw. They also got the experience of riding and riding themselves. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) provided the opportunity for this enjoyable event.

The Irish women got a very exciting experience at the Mirpur Stadium before the second match of the ODI series. They will take the field against Nigar Sultana Jyotida at 10 am on Saturday (November 30). However, after a great victory in the first match, the hosts are eyeing to secure the series with one match left.

Bangladesh is playing an ODI series after a long time. In the first match, they broke their own record of highest total and winning margin. In the second match, the Jyotidas are eyeing the same type of cricket. However, the tendency to play excessive dot balls has become a matter of concern. Especially in the first power play, Farzana Haque Pinky and Murshida Khatun were seen playing 45 dots out of 60 balls. The team's batting coach Nasiruddin Farooq said that the number of boundaries should be increased to avoid the tendency of dot balls, "We have a difference with the big teams, they also play dot balls more but they play many boundaries, which we cannot. Our boundary options are also increasing, I hope we will do better in the next two matches."

The Bangladesh women's cricket team has played two of the best innings in its ODI history in a span of almost a year. What will be the role of the coach in maintaining this consistency in batting! Nasiruddin Farooq said, "Of course, we played ODIs after giving a very big gap. 250 (more runs), it will boost up. I think we want to perform well match by match day after day." The return of the experienced Sharmin Akhtar Supta in the first match was noticeable. This top-order batsman played a brilliant innings of 96 runs alone. When asked whether such a change was due to the return of experienced players, the team's batting coach said, "We have been focused on T20s for the last eight months. If you see, in the recent past, we have been good in ODIs except for Australia. Yes, it is good to have Supta back. Experience is an important thing. But the Supta who was there a year ago, the Supta of today is much stronger in terms of mentality."

Supta, however, brought about this change in his batting by working with the assistant coach of the men's national team, Mohammad Salahuddin. That has also been praised by Naseeruddin Farooq.