ICC T20 WORLD CUP 2022

October 30, 2022

Najmul Hossain Shanto

The Gabba

Bangladesh

Post Match Media Conference

Bangladesh 150/7, Zimbabwe 147/8

Q. Can I ask you about the last over, to talk to me about your emotions going through that and the team and having to go back out on to the field for that last free hit.

NAJMUL HOSSAIN SHANTO: Yeah, it's a totally new experience for us, but we know that we can do well, so Mossadek bowled very well in this pressure situation. Honestly, it was a little nervous, but we believed we can do it.

Q. You're second on the table right now, but with a negative run rate, so have those discussions started in the team to consider your net run rate, or are you just --

NAJMUL HOSSAIN SHANTO: No, we are not thinking about our run rate, honestly. We are looking for to win matches. Yeah, we are not thinking that net run rate will be part of this tournament, but just we are focused on win matches.

Q. How is your hamstring? We saw you --

NAJMUL HOSSAIN SHANTO: Now it's a little bit sore there, but I think I can recover next match.

Q. Is that the best T20 international innings that you feel that you've played today? And the last three overs of the match, both Taskin and Mustafizur had finished their bowling spells, so it was obviously a bit of a gamble those last three overs, but were you still confident that you would win the match?

NAJMUL HOSSAIN SHANTO: Yeah, I think for me, it was my best innings because this is my first T20 international cricket, so very special. Our bowling department like Mustafizur, Taskin, Hasan, everyone bowled really well. The good thing is that everyone support each other, so the improvement are now getting better, so we'll try to play some good cricket in the next match.