ICC T20 WORLD CUP 2022

October 23, 2022

Shakib Al Hasan

Bellerive Oval

Bangladesh

Pre Match Media Conference

Q. Shakib, first time asking you an English question. How is your preparation, and how are you prepared for, I guess, Netherlands?

SHAKIB AL HASAN: I think we had a very good preparation. Everyone is fit and ready to go. I thought the format we played in New Zealand, that will help us, especially here in Hobart where there is a little similar to clashes when we were there.

Everyone is ready and excited for the match tomorrow.

Q. How much is it in your favour is the fixtures schedule? So the first three matches, although there are no easy games in the World Cup, you could say the first three matches are a bit more simpler than the last two matches because India and Pakistan. Is that something that gives you and the team some confidence going forward?

SHAKIB AL HASAN: I just answered that question in Bangla, but for your information, we never thought like that. Every match is equally important to us. There are two points to grab, and we look to win every game we go to play.

There are no easy and weak team in this World Cup. As you can see in the qualifiers, a team that maybe you guys thought would win didn't win. Maybe that is the perception you are putting into us, but we never prepared our team like that.

The only way we can prepare is to best possible way we can prepare to ourselves so that we can play to the best of our ability.