Bangladesh are making ready to kick off their ICC World Take a look at Championship (WTC) 2025–27 marketing campaign with a two-Take a look at sequence in opposition to Sri Lanka beginning June 17 in Galle. Take a look at captain Najmul Hossain Shanto is decided to construct on the momentum gained in the course of the earlier cycle and push for extra constant performances, particularly at house.
The tour of Sri Lanka would be the starting of a brand new cycle for the crew. The sequence opener on the Galle Worldwide Stadium can even be the farewell Take a look at of Angelo Mathews, a stalwart of Sri Lankan cricket. Within the earlier WTC cycle (2023–25), Bangladesh gained 4 out of 12 Checks. Notably, three of these wins got here abroad.
Nonetheless, their struggles at house caught vital consideration with only one win in six Checks, with 5 defeats denting their total standing. Addressing the media earlier than the crew’s departure, Shanto was clear concerning the plan for the upcoming cycle and emphasised for successful extra house video games.
“We have now to win our house matches. Within the final cycle [WTC 2023–2025], we carried out actually poorly at house. If we had gained extra matches there, it might have mirrored on our total variety of wins. So, our objective is to enhance in that space. We have now particular plans to enhance. Since we did effectively in away matches final time, that can give us confidence this 12 months. If we will proceed to carry out in away circumstances, it’s going to assist us develop on this cycle,” Shanto stated throughout a press convention.
The objective is to win two or three extra matches than earlier than: Shanto
The southpaw revealed that the facet must win extra matches than earlier than and must take small steps ahead to seek out success within the nine-team match.
“It is a large dream, and it might be a bit naive to assume that far forward proper now. If we will progress step-by-step, that may be nice. For those who look again, we gained one Take a look at earlier than the final cycle. However within the final cycle, we had gained 4. That is progress. This time, the objective is to win two or three extra matches than earlier than. If we will take these small steps, then why not? Sometime, Bangladesh will play within the last. However it’s vital that we obtain higher outcomes than within the final cycle,” he added.
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