ICC T20 WORLD CUP 2021

November 4, 2021

Mahmudullah

Dubai International Stadium

Bangladesh

Post Match Media Conference

Australia 78/2, Bangladesh 73

Q. You've seen a lot of Australia over the last few months. You obviously played against them in Dakar. Do you think they have what it takes to win the tournament?

MAHMUDULLAH: They are a very good side and their bowling attack, their batting I think one of the best, but I think it's hard to say at the moment because a lot of teams are competing really hard. I wish them all the good luck so that they can go and win the trophy.

Q. After the disappointing tournament in the Super 12s, what is the approach for the team for things which didn't go in your favour? Anything you particularly want to focus on, particularly the batting or the bowling?

MAHMUDULLAH: I think if you see just before the World Cup when we play against Australia and New Zealand in our home condition, our bowling department has been up to the mark in every game. We struggle especially on those wickets, obviously the batters have struggled, but we got some wins under our belt using our conditions.

As a professional cricketer when you play any sort of conditions, you need to adapt -- I feel that you need to adapt to those conditions, and when you come out of your home and play in good wickets, I think there are a lot of areas that we need to work on, especially in our batting, powerplay batting or in the middle. I think a lot of things need to work out, especially in our batting. That's what I felt.