Towhid Hridoy thinks the struggling Litton Das may turn things around with a strong performance in one game. Bangladesh won the first three games of the five-match Twenty20 series, but there are still questions about the top order, particularly with Litton’s batting.
After failing twice in a row to collect pace bowler Blessing Muzarabani, Litton was removed for 12 runs on Tuesday, drawing harsh criticism for his meagre 36 runs in the first three games.
Throughout the most part of the year, Litton has been in terrible form in T20 cricket, scoring just 79 runs at a strike-rate of 97.53 in the six T20Is he has played so far. He managed to score 323 runs with a strike-rate of 137.44 and an average of 40.67 in 2023, which is far from a particularly prolific year.
Hridoy remarked, “Look, no one is willingly playing poorly.” “Batters in the top order, including Liton bhai, are attempting to give it their all. Even a skilled player can have bad games. There have been a lot of discussions recently about Liton bhai’s strike rate, however upon checking, you will see that he still ranks in the top three in Bangladesh.
Even if you are the world’s greatest batsman, you won’t perform well in every game or series. I’m hopeful people who aren’t running will soon return to running. If he performs well in one game, he will recover and may even be able to alter the course of a major game. It won’t help if we lose faith; we must maintain it,” he remarked.
Hridoy, meanwhile, disagreed with veteran Shakib Al Hasan, who thought that playing Zimbabwe at home in a home series would be a great way to be ready for the T20 World Cup. The planning seems to be proceeding according to plan. The hitters are preparing and attempting to carry out their plans because these games are the final ones before the World Cup and we don’t have any matches before that,” Hridoy stated.
“I don’t believe that Zimbabwe is an extremely simple game. They are a strong team with some talented players, and since every international team faces challenges and there are significant differences between domestic and international cricket, he said, “We feel like we’re well-prepared, but there’s always room for improvement. The more we can do better, the better,”
