Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha issued an replace about skipper Shakib Al Hasan forward of their conflict in opposition to India within the ongoing World Cup. Shakib was injured whereas working throughout the match. He bowled his quota of ten overs, but it surely was evident that he was in ache. After the sport, he did not flip up for the post-match interplay.
During the pre-match press convention Hathurusingha was quizzed concerning the availability of the skilled all-rounder to which he replied, “If he is not ready to play, we won’t risk him. But if he’s ready, then there’s a chance of him playing tomorrow.” (Cricket World Cup 2023: Rohit Sharma Bowls Off-Spin Ahead Of India vs Bangladesh Clash, Video Goes Viral – Watch)
“He had a good batting session yesterday and did a little bit of running between the wickets. We did a scan today, so we are waiting for the results. At the moment he is okay. We haven’t tried with bowling yet. So, he will come tomorrow morning and we will assess him again and then make a decision,” Hathurusingha added.
Bangladesh have had issues within the batting division as they’ve struggled to place up runs on the board within the ongoing World Cup. With the Pune monitor promising to be a batting-friendly pitch, Hathurusingha talked concerning the method that their group will look to go for.
“Yeah, this wicket is probably the best batting wicket we came across so far. And even the practice wickets were similar, really good. We had a really good net session yesterday. As you rightly said, we haven’t put up complete batting performance, or to that matter, complete performance with the ball and bat so far. So, we are expected to do as a complete performance. And we know that when we play as a team and we perform to our capabilities and we have beat big teams. We have done well in the past. So, I think fingers crossed, we are due for one of those days,” Hathurusingha added.
Bangladesh squad: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Kumer Das, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Najmul Hossain Shanto (vc), Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nasum Ahmed, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.
India squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya (vc), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav.
