The Bangladesh national women鈥檚 cricket team鈥檚 major focus is on their substandard batting as they prepare for their next month鈥檚 World Cup qualifiers in Lahore, Pakistan.
Bangladesh, who missed out on direct qualification for the World Cup after losing the ODI series 2-1 to the West Indies in January, are now in a week-long training camp at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, which began on Saturday.
In the qualifiers, Nigar Sultana Joty鈥檚 Bangladesh will compete against the West Indies, Pakistan, Ireland, Thailand, and Scotland for the final two spots in the World Cup, which will be help in India in October.
鈥楾he bowling and fielding are okay for now,鈥� Sarwar Imran, who is serving as the women鈥檚 team head coach of the team after the departure of Sri Lankan Hashan Tilkaratne, told 抖阴精品 on Sunday.
鈥楾here鈥檚 something with the fielding which is being worked on; I hope it will get better. But the main problem is with the batting. We鈥檙e focusing on that.鈥�
In their last 15 matches, Bangladesh were able to score 200-plus runs only on three occasions, and one of those came against Ireland.
Sarwar, who is 鈥榚njoying the new challenge鈥� as the head coach, gave us an update on some of the areas they were working on.
鈥楩rom skill to pitch assessment, reading the match situation better and applying themselves better鈥攖hese are the main areas where the emphasis is being put,鈥� said Sarwar.
Bangladesh, as a team, have been heavily dependent on their captain and mainstay Joty in terms of putting a healthy total on the board in recent times.
Sarwar, who has recently worked as the head coach of the Bangladesh Under-19 in the Under-19 World Cup, feels that this is going to be changed.
鈥業t won鈥檛 be like that. We are working in a way so that all six main batters will take responsibility. Not only the six batters; I believe that the recognised bowlers will also be able to do well in batting going forward,鈥� the veteran coach said.
Bangladesh will need to fire on all cylinders if they want to go past the likes of the West Indies, Pakistan, and Ireland.
Sarwar, as a head coach, will take all the matches with the same importance.
鈥榊es, there will be some tough opponents, like Pakistan, the West Indies, and even Ireland. But we鈥檙e considering all the matches with the same importance. If you鈥檙e to qualify, you鈥檝e got to do that,鈥� Sarwar concluded.
Bangladesh, who will leave for Lahore on April 3, will take on Thailand in their opening fixture on April 10 before taking part in two warm-up games.
