BSS, Dhaka :
Even though the power-hitting capability is a necessary skill to thrive in the T20I cricket, Bangladesh allrounder Mahedi Hasan believes that they should play methodical cricket for their improvement in this format.
According to him, there is no point of crying for a genuine power-hitter since Bangladeshi people are not by born strong enough to match the power of the likes of Caribbean or other cricketers.
“We are Bangladeshi and no one is power hitter here. Even if we want, we can’t be the likes of Andre Russell of Keiron Pollard. But still we can improve in this format if we sincerely give our best,” Mahedi said on Tuesday as Bangladesh T20 squad are preparing to leave the country for Zimbabwe where they will play three T20 Internationals and as many ODIs.
Wrist strength or muscle strength is believed to be required in a bid to hit sixes at will as the team always target quick runs in the power play in cricket’s shortest format. While every team in the world has that type of batters in their squad, Bangladesh are the only team which are quite behind here. The lack of power hitters makes it almost impossible for them to succeed.
“As I said, we can’t be Andre Russell or Pollard if we want to. We can improve as much as we can with what we have,” Mahedi differed.
But he believes a power-hitting coach is required to enhance their skill to some extent.
“Yes, a power hitting coach is needed. But the skill that you have, the coach may improve it by 10 percent. But he can’t improve it to 100 percent from 30 percent. We are born like this. You can’t change the things overnight.”
