Shanto, Liton, and Hridora are batting in the net. Coach Chandika Hathurusingh did not like that. With the bat in hand, he showed himself how to play big shots. Coach’s medicine worked. The batters started to blow one after another. Bangladesh wants to bat aggressively in the first T20 against Ireland on Monday in Chittagong. A glimpse of him in practice. Meanwhile, Ireland said that they are not afraid of Bangladesh. The Tigers started practice at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium at 2 pm on Saturday. Captain Shakib Al Hasan could not come with the team the day before because he was in the opening ceremony of the cancer foundation in his name in Dhaka on his birthday. Shakib joined the team after reaching Chittagong yesterday morning. Hathuru talked with him on the field for about half an hour.

Although it has been raining lightly for the past few days, it was sunny in Chittagong on Saturday. The practice goes on till 5 pm. Mostafiz, Taskin, Nasum, and Hasan Mahmud were seen working hard in bowling. Batting calm, Lytton, sweated his heart out. Having trained in the same field in the morning, the Ireland team moved to Bhatiari Golf Club around 12.30 pm. Before that, all-rounder Ross Adair spoke at the press conference. Said that his team will play aggressive cricket. They are not afraid of Bangladesh at all. However, Ireland could not stand in front of the Tigers in the ODI series in Sylhet. Wants to turn around with T20 in Chittagong. In response to a question, Adair said, ‘We want to be disciplined as well as aggressive. We are not afraid of Bangladesh. I want to be on top of them. Let’s see what happens.’