Bangladesh captain Liton Das wants his players to face stern test and pressure against West Indies in the three-match T20 International series for the sake of their World Cup preparation.
Speaking to the reporters in a pre-match conference in Chattogram, Liton said, he saw the three matches and three more against Ireland in the next month as part of the World Cup preparation.
“Honestly speaking, I want our players to put under massive pressure in the coming to series. I want them to be massively challenged,” Liton said.
“We have three matches coming and next we’ll play three more matches against Ireland. We’ll get those six matches ahead of the World Cup and I want us to fall behind in every game. If we manage to come back from a dire strait, it will be great for us.”
He said, being challenged and facing pressure will help them asses their T20 readiness.
“I’m talking about challenges within the match. I want the bowlers to perform well under pressure, batters to perform in any kind of situation,” he further said, adding that these experiences will help them prepare better for T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.
The T20 series against West Indies starts tomorrow (Monday) in Chattogram and Bangladesh will then host Ireland for another three T20Is in November. These are two scheduled T20 series ahead of next year’s World Cup but a tri-nation T20 series involving Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Sri Lanka is also under discussion for early December.
