Bangladesh captain Najmul Shanto defended his team's bowling efforts in the Champions Trophy despite their early exit but admitted the need for major improvements in batting and fielding. Expressing disappointment, he lamented yet another embarrassing ICC tournament failure for his side.
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00:00Shantu, bad luck leaving championship is not ever good to do as a captain.
00:09But we have seen the same problem with Pakistan.
00:12Pakistan last night got two early wickets, did not get pressure on the other team.
00:17Same we are seeing today, you got three early wickets.
00:22What was the reason they had not pressure up on the New Zealand?
00:27I think we started very well as a bowling unit.
00:40But on a wicket like this, they are batting really well.
00:45But I think the bowlers did a great job.
00:48I can't expect more from the bowlers.
00:50So I am happy with the bowling unit the way they bowled.
00:55Hi Shantu, it's another disappointing end to the campaign of an ICC event.
01:01Being a captain, how does it feel?
01:04You come to a tournament, it's been the last three-four tournaments, the same story.
01:09And the team somehow underperforms despite having some immense talent in terms of bowling.
01:14So how do you see that?
01:17Because I am sure it's not easy to handle disappointments.
01:20But what's the road ahead?
01:22It's very disappointing as a captain.
01:24And I think if you look at our bowling unit last couple of years, we did a great job.
01:29And we have some quality fast bowlers and spinners.
01:32We always want a wrist spinners.
01:35So we have got one wrist spinners as well.
01:37So I think as a batting group and the fielding side, we need to improve a lot.
01:42And I said a lot of time that we need to improve a lot as a batting unit.
01:46But we did the same mistake over and over.
01:48So we have to really focus on how we want to improve our batting.
01:53So I hope after this tournament, we will make some changes as a batting unit.
01:59And think about different way and try to improve our batting.
02:06A word on the crowd.
02:08The crowd was supporting you guys for obvious reasons.
02:12Because they wanted you to win.
02:14So Pakistan stays alive in the tournament.
02:17But now that you approach the next game, it's against Pakistan.
02:21And of course, Pakistan is playing for pride and all that.
02:24So what's going through your mind for that final game?
02:26It's inconsequential for both teams.
02:28But still, would you like to spoil Pakistan's party?
02:32No, we try to win the matches.
02:34And we try to give our 100% to win the matches.
02:37And we try to execute our plans.
02:40It's another game.
02:42And playing for the country, it's always pride for us.
02:44And I hope the boys will do something special for the crowd.
02:49And for us as well.
02:51So I hope we will have a good match day after tomorrow.
02:55The fans, the support from the fans today.
02:58Yeah, very happy.
02:59I think the way they supported, very happy.
03:01And I hope they will come again and support us.
03:05Shantab, you are the captain now.
03:07When you were playing, I saw that when the ICC event came, you won the series.
03:10We won the series with some and you won the series with others.
03:13When the ICC event came, we couldn't win the matches.
03:16We won two matches out of one.
03:18And we didn't get a chance to play.
03:20Where do you think we are lacking?
03:22We won the series mostly at home.
03:24We didn't win much outside.
03:27So I think we need to think about how we can do well in the ICC event.
03:33I think as a team, it's important to do well in every department.
03:37You see, one day the batting is good in the upper half.
03:40In the middle, it's good.
03:42One day the fielding is good.
03:44It's an LML situation.
03:46So I think if we can perform collectively,
03:48then we can win against big teams and tournaments like this.
03:53Shantab, I have been hearing this question from you for the past few days.
03:58The current trend in one-day cricket, modern cricket,
04:03is 100-300 in a day.
04:05Everyone expects a common trend.
04:09Do you have the same support in your team?
04:12I have been hearing this question for a long time.
04:15When a team plays a dot ball 30-31 out of 500 overs,
04:19do you have the same support in your team?
04:24Yes, of course.
04:25There is room for improvement here.
04:28Because we don't play 300 overs regularly.
04:30That's true.
04:31We have to accept that.
04:33But I think if you talk about dot balls today,
04:36we have played 1-2 wickets after 5-10 overs.
04:40So it's difficult for the batsmen to rotate the strike.
04:44If there were 2 big partnerships,
04:47then this wouldn't have happened.
04:49So it's important to create this environment
04:51that we can play 300 overs regularly.
04:53We can play 300 overs in a day or two.
04:55To get rid of this, we should practice more.
04:59Wickets should be better.
05:00How to play well in regular wickets.
05:02How to score with big teams.
05:04This is important.
05:05But in today's match, it's important to play dot balls.
05:07Because I think we have played 1-2 wickets in the middle over.
05:14Shantabhai, you said that after this tournament,
05:19we will see some changes in the batting.
05:22What are those changes?
05:24I don't think it will be a player change.
05:28I think we will have to make some changes.
05:31And how we can contribute more for the team.
05:37How we can bat with those responsibilities.
05:39We have to do it.
05:41If you see that we have to make a lot of changes.
05:44One person today, another tomorrow.
05:46It's difficult for the batsmen too.
05:48So we have to give them opportunities
05:51and bring changes to this place.
05:54And we have to take responsibilities.
05:56I think there is a big gap in this place.
05:59So I think we have to take responsibilities.
06:03Captain, you said batting wicket.
06:06But when we saw the batting,
06:08we wondered whether it was wicket or batting.
06:10What was the extra key of the wicket?
06:13You gave 26 runs and took 4 wickets.
06:16Was it difficult for him to play?
06:19And one more thing.
06:21You have two senior campaigners.
06:23One of them played today.
06:25The other played 2 matches.
06:26Did you have better expectations for the next tournament?
06:29The wicket was good.
06:31But it was very good.
06:33I won't say it was 350 wickets.
06:35The wicket was good.
06:36I think it was 280-300 wickets.
06:38He played well.
06:40But I think we made a lot of mistakes in batting.
06:43There were some soft dismissals.
06:45So in this place, they have gone a little ahead.
06:49And I don't want to see two senior players separately.
06:52I don't think we played well as a team.
06:56There will be a lot of expectations from the senior players.
07:00We didn't play well as a batting group.
07:05Santosh, you said that you want to win the Champions Cup.
07:09Do you think it created pressure on the team?
07:13Did it raise the expectations?
07:16No, I don't think so.
07:18There were so many players in the team.
07:20Everyone had this dream.
07:22If I don't see a big dream, how will I play?
07:27I didn't come here to compete.
07:29I came here to win.
07:30It may not be the result.
07:31But everyone in our team likes to dream big.
07:36And you have to dream for it.
07:38You have to work for it.
07:40This tournament is not over.
07:42There is another match.
07:43We have to focus on how we can do well in the next match.
07:48You mentioned about Bracewell.
07:51Three of our right-hand batsmen are out.
07:54What do you think?
07:55Will three of them attack?
07:57If a right-hand batsman plays against him, he will definitely attack.
08:02Is there a lot of disappointment in that?
08:06If you can dominate him, it will be a good tournament.
08:09I think we could have played better against him this week.
08:14We had a poor short selection.
08:18If we had played better, we wouldn't have got so many wickets.
08:26Obviously, he played well.
08:28But I think we had a poor execution.
08:44The wicket, the environment, the practice facilities are brilliant.
08:48So, the boys are really happy.
08:50And I felt really happy.
08:51Such a good wicket and such a good environment.
08:54You were talking about Mushfiq.
08:57If we look at the performance of the last five innings,
09:00we can see that Mushfiq's condition was not good.
09:02In comparison to that, Shommu was better.
09:05Was Shommu forced to play against Mahmudullah because he was an auto-choice?
09:12No, no. There is no auto-choice in this team.
09:15Shommu bats in top order and Riyadh bats in lower middle order.
09:21So, if Shommu had played, our batting order would have changed a lot.
09:27And Riyadh needed to play.
09:30If you look at the last four or five innings, you can see that Riyadh is batting really well.
09:35So, Riyadh was important there.
09:38I was not worried about Mushfiq's last five innings.
09:41Mushfiq's keeping is very important.
09:43And we have seen over the years how much he has contributed to the team.
09:49So, the last two or three innings were not good.
09:51It can happen.
09:52But definitely, he will come back in the next match.