Shakib Al Hasan was motivated to carry out towards Australia as they ‘don’t go to our nation that usually’
Bangladesh’s star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was named “Man of the series” with each bat and ball within the historic 4-1 collection win over Australia at house. Shakib stated that the staff was very motivated after profitable the Zimbabwe collection and backed themselves to make historical past towards an inexperienced Australian aspect.
“There is always a motivation when you play the bigger teams – normally those which don’t visit our country that often,” Shakib advised reporters in a media interplay on Monday. “Also, we had a really good series in Zimbabwe and so everyone was pretty motivated to do well in this series as well. We had never won a series against Australia, and so this was our chance. Hence, we wanted to deliver well as a unit, which is what happened.”
Also, it’s to be famous that no Australian community purchased the broadcasting rights to the five-match collection. This is the primary occasion after 27 years the place a tour of their cricket staff was not televised in Australia.
Despite lacking worldwide cricket for one 12 months, with seven wickets towards the Aussies, he now has 102 wickets and is the second on the record of highest wicket-takers in T20Is. The left-arm spinner wants six extra wickets to surpass Lasith Malinga and develop into the main wicket-taker within the format.
Any such achievement clearly feels good,” Shakib stated. “This kind of personal achievement inspires you to do well for your side… I am really happy, and I feel I will be able to contribute for many more days and would be striving for that.”
Congratulations to .@Sah75official for turning into the primary Bangladeshi and total solely the second bowler in T20I historical past to take 100 wickets 👏#BCB #RiseOfTheTigers pic.twitter.com/ay86xHEvO6
— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers) August 9, 2021
On the Bangladesh pitches the place the very best rating within the collection was 132 and Australia registered their lowest complete of 62, the 34-year-old feels that the hosts fell quick by 10 to fifteen runs in each encounter.
“We could have perhaps scored 10 or 15 more runs in every match, since we were in situations where doing it was possible,” he stated. “But the wickets were so difficult [to bat on] that it was always tough for a new batsman [to play]. So it would be unfair to judge someone on the basis of just one series because the conditions were really tough for the batsmen.”
Shakib took 4 wickets for 9 runs in 3.4 overs together with a maiden within the remaining encounter the place Australia did not chase down 123 and misplaced the match by 60 runs. He additionally top-scored for Bangladesh within the collection with 114 runs from 5 video games.
