Ahead of the 28th match of the ODI World Cup 2023 against the Netherlands at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday, Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed said that there is still a chance for his side to qualify for the knockout stage of the tournament.
Speaking at the pre-match press conference, the Bangladeshi speedster said that they need to win the rest of the four games in the tournament to move on to the next round of the ODI World Cup 2023.
“It’s not finished yet. Still, four more games to go. If we can win those four, anything can happen because there are some run rate issues, and also because a lot of teams like England and Afghanistan beat England but lost against Sri Lanka. So, if we can win four, there will be a different story, maybe, but at the moment, we are planning to go match by match. Yes, we didn’t play well enough as we expected from both units, batting and bowling, but we still have four games to go. So, we are looking forward to doing well as well,” Taskin said, as quoted by the ICC.
When asked about Bangladesh’s weaker side on the field, Taskin said that they were good with the fielding, but they haven’t done well with both bat and ball, and they need more improvement.
“As I told you before, as we expected, our fielding was pretty good so far in this tournament, but in batting and bowling, I think, as we expected, we haven’t done enough well, so there are a lot more improvements. But we also know that we are better than that. And we are capable. But yeah, we haven’t done great. So, hoping to do well in the next four matches,” he added.
Talking about Eden Garden’s pitch, he said that most likely it’s going to be a very good wicket and the outfield will be very fast.
Tomorrow we are going to play the first match in the World Cup here. So, we haven’t seen any matches. So normally, from what I have seen when I played here before, it’s a very good batting track.
