The New Zealand national cricket team is all set to lock horns against Bangladesh on the 21st of September at Dhaka. Litton Das of Bangladesh will lead the side in place of the dangerous Shakib-al-Hasan who is rested for this series. Litton Das isn’t at his best and perhaps he should step down the track and play a fearless brand of cricket rather than getting into the shell.
New Zealand has named a second-string squad for this 3-match series despite being the last ODI series scheduled before the ODI WC 2023. The likes of Kane Williamson, Tom Latham & Tim Southee are rested for this crucial series which raises a lot of eyebrows.
All eyes would be on Will Young & Finn Allen, the duo will have to give the team a rollicking start at the start of the powerplay overs and play smartly against the spinners in the middle overs phase. New Zealand’s bowling line up looks quite threatening as they have got the services of Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson, Ish Sodhi & Kyle Jamieson; these can give nightmares to the opposition team
I don’t want to tell about any specific roles to anyone- Litton Das
Litton Das was having an interaction with reporters ahead of the 1st ODI against New Zealand. Litton was pumped up to have Tamim Iqbal & Mahmudullah back into the mix. Litton Das stated that he doesn’t want to tell any specific roles to anyone. Litton Das spoke about his form as well and was quite confident of hitting the purple patch.
“When there are two seniors (Tamim and Mahmudullah) it helps in every way. There are coming back to play after a while and I don’t want to put any pressure on them. Let them enjoy the game because chance of success is much more if someone can enjoy the game,” said Litton Das
“I don’t want to tell about any specific roles (to anyone) because it depends on different situations. If we lose quick wickets and Riyad (Mahmudullah) bhai goes to bat with 30 to 35 overs he will bat as per situation,” he stated.
“So there is nothing to say because Mahmudullah is mature and the same thing applies to Soumya and wherever they will bat they will try to score runs. And not only need them every batter need to score runs, I am trying to find out (my shortcomings) and practicing and hopefully I can make a comeback quickly. There is nothing like (short of) confidence and let’s see what happens,” he added.