00:00Shantu, bad luck leaving championship is not ever good to do as a captain.
00:09But we have seen the same problem with Pakistan.
00:12Pakistan last night got two early wickets, did not get pressure on the other team.
00:17Same we are seeing today, you got three early wickets.
00:22What was the reason they had not pressure up on the New Zealand?
00:27I think we started very well as a bowling unit.
00:40But on a wicket like this, they are batting really well.
00:45But I think the bowlers did a great job.
00:48I can't expect more from the bowlers.
00:50So I am happy with the bowling unit the way they bowled.
00:55Hi Shantu, it's another disappointing end to the campaign of an ICC event.
01:01Being a captain, how does it feel?
01:04You come to a tournament, it's been the last three-four tournaments, the same story.
01:09And the team somehow underperforms despite having some immense talent in terms of bowling.
01:14So how do you see that?
01:17Because I am sure it's not easy to handle disappointments.
01:20But what's the road ahead?
01:22It's very disappointing as a captain.
01:24And I think if you look at our bowling unit last couple of years, we did a great job.
01:29And we have some quality fast bowlers and spinners.
01:32We always want a wrist spinners.
01:35So we have got one wrist spinners as well.
01:37So I think as a batting group and the fielding side, we need to improve a lot.
01:42And I said a lot of time that we need to improve a lot as a batting unit.
01:46But we did the same mistake over and over.
01:48So we have to really focus on how we want to improve our batting.
01:53So I hope after this tournament, we will make some changes as a batting unit.
01:59And think about different way and try to improve our batting.
02:06A word on the crowd.
02:08The crowd was supporting you guys for obvious reasons.
02:12Because they wanted you to win.
02:14So Pakistan stays alive in the tournament.
02:17But now that you approach the next game, it's against Pakistan.
02:21And of course, Pakistan is playing for pride and all that.
02:24So what's going through your mind for that final game?
02:26It's inconsequential for both teams.
02:28But still, would you like to spoil Pakistan's party?
02:32No, we try to win the matches.
02:34And we try to give our 100% to win the matches.
02:37And we try to execute our plans.
02:40It's another game.
02:42And playing for the country, it's always pride for us.
02:44And I hope the boys will do something special for the crowd.
02:49And for us as well.
02:51So I hope we will have a good match day after tomorrow.
02:55The fans, the support from the fans today.
02:58Yeah, very happy.
02:59I think the way they supported, very happy.
03:01And I hope they will come again and support us.
03:05Shantab, you are the captain now.
03:07When you were playing, I saw that when the ICC event came, you won the series.
03:10We won the series with some and you won the series with others.
03:13When the ICC event came, we couldn't win the matches.
03:16We won two matches out of one.
03:18And we didn't get a chance to play.
03:20Where do you think we are lacking?
03:22We won the series mostly at home.
03:24We didn't win much outside.
03:27So I think we need to think about how we can do well in the ICC event.
03:33I think as a team, it's important to do well in every department.
03:37You see, one day the batting is good in the upper half.
03:40In the middle, it's good.
03:42One day the fielding is good.
03:44It's an LML situation.
03:46So I think if we can perform collectively,
03:48then we can win against big teams and tournaments like this.
03:53Shantab, I have been hearing this question from you for the past few days.
03:58The current trend in one-day cricket, modern cricket,
04:03is 100-300 in a day.
04:05Everyone expects a common trend.
04:09Do you have the same support in your team?
04:12I have been hearing this question for a long time.
04:15When a team plays a dot ball 30-31 out of 500 overs,
04:19do you have the same support in your team?
04:24Yes, of course.
04:25There is room for improvement here.
04:28Because we don't play 300 overs regularly.
04:30That's true.
04:31We have to accept that.
04:33But I think if you talk about dot balls today,
04:36we have played 1-2 wickets after 5-10 overs.
04:40So it's difficult for the batsmen to rotate the strike.
04:44If there were 2 big partnerships,
04:47then this wouldn't have happened.
04:49So it's important to create this environment
04:51that we can play 300 overs regularly.
04:53We can play 300 overs in a day or two.
04:55To get rid of this, we should practice more.
04:59Wickets should be better.
05:00How to play well in regular wickets.
05:02How to score with big teams.
05:04This is important.
05:05But in today's match, it's important to play dot balls.
05:07Because I think we have played 1-2 wickets in the middle over.
05:14Shantabhai, you said that after this tournament,
05:19we will see some changes in the batting.
05:22What are those changes?
05:24I don't think it will be a player change.
05:28I think we will have to make some changes.
05:31And how we can contribute more for the team.
05:37How we can bat with those responsibilities.
05:39We have to do it.
05:41If you see that we have to make a lot of changes.
05:44One person today, another tomorrow.
05:46It's difficult for the batsmen too.
05:48So we have to give them opportunities
05:51and bring changes to this place.
05:54And we have to take responsibilities.
05:56I think there is a big gap in this place.
05:59So I think we have to take responsibilities.
06:03Captain, you said batting wicket.
06:06But when we saw the batting,
06:08we wondered whether it was wicket or batting.
06:10What was the extra key of the wicket?
06:13You gave 26 runs and took 4 wickets.
06:16Was it difficult for him to play?
06:19And one more thing.
06:21You have two senior campaigners.
06:23One of them played today.
06:25The other played 2 matches.
06:26Did you have better expectations for the next tournament?
06:29The wicket was good.
06:31But it was very good.
06:33I won't say it was 350 wickets.
06:35The wicket was good.
06:36I think it was 280-300 wickets.
06:38He played well.
06:40But I think we made a lot of mistakes in batting.
06:43There were some soft dismissals.
06:45So in this place, they have gone a little ahead.
06:49And I don't want to see two senior players separately.
06:52I don't think we played well as a team.
06:56There will be a lot of expectations from the senior players.
07:00We didn't play well as a batting group.
07:05Santosh, you said that you want to win the Champions Cup.
07:09Do you think it created pressure on the team?
07:13Did it raise the expectations?
07:16No, I don't think so.
07:18There were so many players in the team.
07:20Everyone had this dream.
07:22If I don't see a big dream, how will I play?
07:27I didn't come here to compete.
07:29I came here to win.
07:30It may not be the result.
07:31But everyone in our team likes to dream big.
07:36And you have to dream for it.
07:38You have to work for it.
07:40This tournament is not over.
07:42There is another match.
07:43We have to focus on how we can do well in the next match.
07:48You mentioned about Bracewell.
07:51Three of our right-hand batsmen are out.
07:54What do you think?
07:55Will three of them attack?
07:57If a right-hand batsman plays against him, he will definitely attack.
08:02Is there a lot of disappointment in that?
08:06If you can dominate him, it will be a good tournament.
08:09I think we could have played better against him this week.
08:14We had a poor short selection.
08:18If we had played better, we wouldn't have got so many wickets.
08:26Obviously, he played well.
08:28But I think we had a poor execution.
08:44The wicket, the environment, the practice facilities are brilliant.
08:48So, the boys are really happy.
08:50And I felt really happy.
08:51Such a good wicket and such a good environment.
08:54You were talking about Mushfiq.
08:57If we look at the performance of the last five innings,
09:00we can see that Mushfiq's condition was not good.
09:02In comparison to that, Shommu was better.
09:05Was Shommu forced to play against Mahmudullah because he was an auto-choice?
09:12No, no. There is no auto-choice in this team.
09:15Shommu bats in top order and Riyadh bats in lower middle order.
09:21So, if Shommu had played, our batting order would have changed a lot.
09:27And Riyadh needed to play.
09:30If you look at the last four or five innings, you can see that Riyadh is batting really well.
09:35So, Riyadh was important there.
09:38I was not worried about Mushfiq's last five innings.
09:41Mushfiq's keeping is very important.
09:43And we have seen over the years how much he has contributed to the team.
09:49So, the last two or three innings were not good.
09:51It can happen.
09:52But definitely, he will come back in the next match.
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