Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) nationwide selector Habibul Bashar talked in regards to the pitch on the Sher-e-Bangla Nationwide Stadium in Dhaka for Bangladesh vs New Zealand 2nd Check. He mentioned that they weren’t doing something deliberately and admitted that the wicket there had one thing to do with the soil.
The pitch of Sher-e-Bangla Nationwide Stadium in Dhaka got here underneath scrutiny after the second Check match between Bangladesh and New Zealand concluded. It was a correct rank turner and the batters had no clue how a lot the ball would flip.
Out of 36 wickets that fell within the sport, 30 had been picked by spinners, which provides a partial concept in regards to the pitch. BCB needed to have a spin-favoring observe however the backfired as New Zealand defeated them by 4 wickets.
The pitch was even criticized by New Zealand skipper Tim Southee. After the sport, he talked about that this was one of many worst pitches that he ever come throughout in his profession.
Habibul Bashar spoke in regards to the pitch preparation and admitted that no one would’ve needed to play on that wicket. He blamed the soil in Dhaka for the best way the pitch performed out. Talking to Cricbuzz, he defined:
“We might clearly wish to have a spin-friendly wicket towards New Zealand however the one drawback once we attempt to put together a spin observe in Dhaka, it seems that method and doubtless it’s got one thing to do with the soil. If we had tried to make the same wicket in Chattogram or Sylhet it wouldn’t had been the identical case.
“So I don’t suppose there may be something intentional concerning the wicket in Dhaka. I don’t suppose anybody want to play on this type of wicket as a result of if you wish to have the best wicket it’s the wicket in Sylhet the place there’s something for everybody. What I perceive that due to soil when Mirpur wicket is ready to help the spinners it seems that method.”
Individuals spotlight (the Dhaka wicket) very a lot – Habibul Bashar
Habibul Bashar additional added that folks hype Dhaka’s wicket an excessive amount of and burdened that they performed on totally different wickets towards Asian groups. He highlighted that after they play on spin-friendly tracks there’s numerous noise as in comparison with enjoying on inexperienced tracks. He added:
“I feel what individuals don’t perceive is that we spotlight (the Dhaka wicket) very a lot however we didn’t play on related wickets towards Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan or Eire. It is just once we play towards New Zealand, Australia or South Africa although – we aren’t enjoying towards them for fairly a while – once we play in this type of wicket and it grabs all the eye.”
“You simply see its not way back when pacers took many of the wickets towards Afghanistan and Eire and towards India we had a relatively sporting wicket whereas towards Sri Lanka we didn’t play on related floor. Our captain mentioned that once we are enjoying with three tempo bowlers nobody raises fingers however once we are enjoying with three spinners there may be numerous speak. Once we are enjoying on this type of wicket we hog the highlight however once we are enjoying on a inexperienced high we don’t have related type of noise.”
The sequence between Bangladesh and New Zealand resulted in a draw. The 2 groups will now be taking over one another in a three-match ODI sequence in New Zealand, beginning seventeenth December.
