Tigresses aim for turnaround against Proteas
Bangladesh's batting display against New Zealand in their latest ICC Women's World Cup fixture may have dented confidence after the positives shown against Pakistan and England. The Tigresses now face a tough challenge against high-flying South Africa in Vizag today, aware that their opponents have already beaten both New Zealand and India.
"No team come here to lose and in the next game we have to improve," left-arm spinner Nahida Akter said during yesterday's press conference.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The team management understands the quality that New Zealand bowlers possessed but are taking heart from recent batting performances against Sri Lanka -- which took place during the warm-up fixture -- and Pakistan in their tournament opener. The idea would be to survive with wickets in hand to capitalise in the latter part of the innings.
Asked about what steps were taken to solve the batting crisis, Nahida replied, "Yes, we collapsed with the bat, and the batting coach and the players have talked about it. We have worked on areas where we are deficient.
"We are going for the same approach. Just if we bat long, I think it's going to be a good match."
Bangladesh will be hoping skipper Nigar Sultana Joty finds runs in the crucial fixture. With one win in three games so far, the Tigresses are sitting sixth on the table, and beating South Africa will keep them in the hunt to advance in the eight-team tournament before facing Australia, Sri Lanka and India in the remaining group matches.
Meanwhile, South Africa medium-pacer Tumi Sekhukhune said her side are wary of Bangladesh's spin-heavy attack.
"We are excited. It's going to be a very tough game for us with Bangladesh. We know that they're going to come with much more slow bowlers, typically the spinners," she said.
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