Ahead of the match against the Netherlands at Kolkata, the Bangladesh Skipper traveled back to Bangladesh to have training from his personal Mentor Nazmul Faheem.
Shakib Al Hasan travels back to Dhaka
Bangladesh suffered back-to-back defeats in the World Cup 2023. They have four consecutive defeats out of five matches they have played in the tournament.
Shakib missed the match against India due to an injury. They lost the match against South Africa with 149 runs difference. On this occasion, Shakib traveled back to Bangladesh to have a final-minute training with his mentor Nazmul Faheem.
Shakib received a harsh welcome with the fans booing him and chanting bhoa-bhoa when he left the BCB academy premises on Thursday.
Following his poor bat performance, has made an impact on the team in the World Cup campaign. He was impressive during the match World Cup 2019 scoring 606 runs which included two tons and five half centuries.
Nazmul Faheem spoke about Shakib’s performance against New Zealand. “What I feel is that his range of shots was limited (against New Zealand),” said Nazmul. “He was not given the ball outside the off stumps, no cuts or drives if you have noticed. He was trying to play on the on-side because he was given on that line,” he said.
“Spinners throughout bowled within the stump and leg stump line, and he was stuck which ultimately forced him to play over the top and he was successful to a certain extent, but I think his main shots are on the off-side and they have got stuck by bowling on the leg side and forcing him to play on the leg side and I think that is the reason he was not scoring quickly enough or safely enough,” he said.
“Sub-continent players are strong on the on-side while he is not and he needs to improve that and must find ways to score on the leg side which should not be difficult,” he added.
Habibul Bashar, the former skipper said that the selection panel is not worried about the player’s performance.
“He [Shakib] will just need one game to back into form,” said Habibul. “I don’t think he is lacking confidence because he is not that kind of a guy. If you are not scoring runs naturally you will feel something is not going right but it has not reached such a point for him that he is lacking confidence,” he said.
“What I feel is that he knows best what needs to be done and probably that is the reason he went to Dhaka just to check it out where is making mistakes. To score a century you need to bat at number three but that is not the case for him on a consistent basis since he returned to international cricket (following the ban),” he added.
Bangladesh will be facing the Netherlands on October 28 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
