This is what he said at the press conference on Wednesday. In the press conference before the match, Shakib discussed the style of playing T20 cricket. According to him, there will not be many performers in T20. But the performance of the one who does well should be great. Like against the Netherlands. Taskin gave the team an early lead. Later he won the man of the match award with two more wickets. The Bangladesh captain is confident of leaving the field with a smile on his face against the Proteas if someone like him matches himself again.

He said that T20 is a game of momentum, it is very important to catch the momentum and it is also important to maintain it. The number of performers is usually higher in ODIs and Tests. But there is no opportunity to stay that long in T20. There will be fewer performers but their performance has to be a little bigger.

He added, “I am hoping that tomorrow (Thursday) is another chance for us. Out of our 11 players, one has the potential to be a hero. Let’s see who that hero will be. They act as more important to us.”Shakib said, “The openers have the opportunity to bat 20 overs. Why can’t they? I believe they can. Or the way our bowlers bowled the previous day, why we can’t take 10 wickets again? So our thoughts will be like that. We want to go with an open mind, enjoy the game and stay aggressive. Want to play exciting cricket and come back with a smile at the end of the day.”

Finally, he said, “If there is an exceptional performance or two, we will welcome it. We would like to have one or two such exceptional performances in every match. That changes the game a lot. Especially since it’s a much smaller version, a performance like that makes it much more difficult for the opposition to turn around.”