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Simmons also sees Liton’s lack of confidence
The burden of T20 captaincy is on his shoulders. The responsibility has naturally increased than before. But how well can Liton Das handle it? He got a chance in the first match of the ODI series against Sri Lanka and was out for a duck. He did not get another chance in the next two matches. After that, he flopped in the first T20I he took over as captain. He was out for 6 runs in 11 balls
Simmons also sees Liton’s lack of confidence.
In this edition, he returned for 22 and 6 runs in the previous two matches. The team is losing matches, and the captain is also out of form. Naturally, the pressure is increasing. What is the team management’s opinion about Liton in this situation?
Head coach Phil Simmons came to the press conference for the Bangladesh team in Dambulla today, ahead of the second T20I of the series against Sri Lanka. When asked about the captain’s form, the coach replied as follows – ‘I think he has less confidence now. We know what he can do. We are working hard to get him back to that place. I hope he will go to that place in the next match, show his ability.’
Bangladesh scored 54 runs in the powerplay batting in the first T20I of the series against Sri Lanka. But despite such a good start, the team’s collection was stopped at 154 runs in the end. On the other hand, Sri Lanka, chasing the run, scored 83 runs in 6 overs. However, they had to play until the 19th over to win the match.
Simmons is eyeing improvements in all these areas of batting and bowling in tomorrow’s match, ‘The plan is to do better. We didn’t play well enough in the last match. We need to score some more runs and do well in the first 6 overs (in bowling). We need to improve in some areas to compete with them. We are looking at that.’
Zaker Ali was not in the first T20I XI. He could not play due to a strained thigh muscle. Will Zaker play in the second match? Simmons’ answer – ‘We will see how he spends tonight. A decision will be taken tomorrow after understanding the situation.
