All-rounder Moeen Ali mentioned Tuesday that England will preserve its aggressive batting within the coming one-day worldwide sequence in opposition to Bangladesh even on sluggish pitches within the host nation.
“We’ve done it all around the world. It’s a different challenge and probably a different sort of plan, but the mindset is always the same,” Moeen mentioned in a press convention in Dhaka.
“If somebody bowls badly on any sort of surface, you try and put them away. So yeah, we’re confident, we got the players to play well here.”
England, the reigning world champions in each white-ball codecs, is in Bangladesh to play three one-day internationals and as many Twenty20 internationals.
The sequence begins in Dhaka on Wednesday and the guests are anticipated to check Bangladesh, a formidable ODI facet at residence.
England has adopted an aggressive method after its untimely exit within the 2015 World Cup when its misplaced to Bangladesh in Adelaide.
The change has been rewarded with a 50-over World Cup title at residence in 2019 and the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia final yr.
However, a dip in kind noticed it win simply two of their final 10 ODIs, giving Bangladesh some confidence forward of the sequence.
Bangladesh has received 12 of their final 15 ODIs, and has misplaced just one ODI sequence at residence since 2015, which was in opposition to England.
Moeen mentioned it has nothing to be afraid of regardless of Bangladesh’s formidable report at residence.
“There’s nothing to be afraid of… We know they’re a good side and here they’re batting. They’ve got some very good batters, Liton Das, Tamim (lqbal). These guys are very good players. And the bowling is very good.
“So it’s not about being afraid of anyone, it’s more just being on our game and being good,” he mentioned.
“It doesn’t really matter who are the favourites. I think Bangladesh in their own conditions are very good.
“And we know that we have lost eight in the last 10 but we are also the champions of the world and have done well,” he added.
“We haven’t really had our best team for a lot of the time recently. But obviously Woody (Mark Wood) is here. Jofra (Archer) is here and we got new guys like Will Jacks… So it’s very exciting to have this group of players here.”
The second ODI of the sequence shall be held on March 3 in Dhaka earlier than Chittagong hosts the third match on March 6.
The ODI sequence shall be adopted by three Twenty20 internationals, starting in Chittagong on March 9 earlier than returning to Dhaka on March 12 and 14.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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