Bangladesh to remain aggressive after England, Ireland wins

Bangladesh goals to retain its all-round aggression following its shock current T20 collection sweep over England and two thrashings of Ireland, coach Chandika Hathurusingha stated on Sunday.

“Aggressive cricket… doesn’t mean we go and hit it as hard as we can. It’s aggressive in every sense of the word,” Hathurusingha stated forward of a three-match T20 collection in opposition to Ireland from Monday.

“Our selection is aggressive, field placing, our body language, our fielding, batting. Tactically we’re going to be aggressive,” the Sri Lankan informed reporters.

“We want to play the best way we can. I think when we play like that with an aggressive (approach) and with freedom, this team has always done well,” he added.

Earlier this month Bangladesh thrashed England 3-0, in its first ever collection victory over the reigning T20 and one-day worldwide world champions in any format.

It adopted this up by beating Ireland 2-0 in a 50-over collection, with rain saving the guests from a probable third defeat after Bangladesh smashed 349-6, their highest-ever ODI rating.

But Hathurusingha stated they weren’t taking something without any consideration forward of the T20 collection in opposition to Ireland, which is adopted by a one-off Test — Ireland’s fourth ever — in early April.

“No cricket match is easy. If we think that way, that’s going to bite us,” stated Hathurusingha, who returned as Bangladesh coach in February.

“We learned that very early in our careers. That’s why we love this game. We treat every opposition as the same. We respect them, but we never fear them. That’s the mantra we had,” he stated.

While admitting that the collection can be a “great challenge”, Ireland coach Heinrich Malan — pointing to Afghanistan’s first ever T20 win over Pakistan final week — stated something can occur.

“The shorter the format, the more a team is in the game. I guess that’s the exciting part about T20 cricket,” the South African informed reporters in Chittagong.

“We have shown over a period that we can play some good T20 cricket, so hopefully we can adapt quickly to these conditions,” he stated.

“I think the boys have got a better understanding about what to expect. Hopefully we can go out there and put up a good show.”