Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan believes an on-song South Africa should not impregnable and will be restricted to smaller totals within the World Cup just like the Netherlands did, including that he would want his quick bowlers over spinners to ship. Bangladesh, on a three-match shedding streak, will face an uphill battle in opposition to South Africa on Tuesday, who’re coming off a 229-run thrashing of England and have recorded the 2 highest scores within the World Cup in 4 matches already.

After posting a monumental 428 for 5 in opposition to Sri Lanka in New Delhi, South Africa piled up 399 for seven in opposition to England. South Africa additionally had a great batting day in opposition to Australia, placing 311 for seven and their solely blip with the bat got here within the chase in opposition to the Netherlands, once they crumbled for 207 chasing 246 in a rain-truncated recreation.

Shakib informed the media forward of Bangladesh’s coaching right here on the Wankhede Stadium on Monday, “The spinners will not play a big role in this venue, which is relatively a smaller ground. It is a high-scoring ground. Still, we are planning to restrict them for a lower total.” “We are taking inspiration from how the Netherlands restricted them. We have been looking at their weaknesses for the last one or two years,” he added.

“We have to take it one game at a time. It does not matter if you win or lose your last game in a World Cup. What matters is who is performing better on the day,” stated the Bangladesh captain.

“We saw South Africa flying high. We saw them lose to the Netherlands. They played brilliantly against England. We will prepare the way we usually prepare. We will try to play our best cricket and see where we are,” he added.

While ruling out Taskin Ahmed for the sport owing to a shoulder damage, Shakib admitted Bangladesh quick bowlers should not in rhythm however hoped for a powerful present.

“They have been doing well for a while. It does not matter if they are in rhythm, but how they bowl tomorrow. If we can all bowl, bat and field together, we can do something good. We believe that if we play our best cricket in ODIs, we can win against any team,” he stated.

Bangladesh could have misplaced three video games on the trot however they’re positioned in the course of the factors desk, on the fifth spot. Shakib says with their very own robust performances mixed with beneficial outcomes of different video games, Bangladesh can preserve their hopes alive of creating it previous the league stage spherical.

“We have five matches in hand, if we win the match tomorrow, we will get into a great momentum. Though we did not win many games, we are not in a bad position in the points table. Other teams are helping me, so now we have to help ourselves,” he stated.

Shakib stated he felt okay in the course of the workforce’s coaching periods over the past two days by which he principally batted, but in addition bowled some left-arm seam on Monday.

“I felt nothing at all when I was training yesterday. I will hopefully be able to get through this training session without pain, and be good to go,” stated Shakib, including that he missed the sport in opposition to India in Pune final week as he was not 100 per cent match.

Admitting that taking part in in Mumbai’s October warmth could be extraordinarily tough because the gamers from England and South Africa struggled final Saturday, Shakib stated Bangladesh, regardless of their familiarity with warmth and humidity, will discover it powerful.

“We want to rest and hydrate, take care of ourselves. We saw England and South Africa suffer in the weather. We are used to hot weather but it will not be easy for us,” he stated.

“The weather will treat both teams equally. Humidity is the major problem. No matter how much water you drink, you still lose fluid from your body. You get tired quickly, and you can get cramps,” he added.

Despite the World Cup being performed on principally placid tracks which can be batting pleasant, Bangladesh have struggled to place massive scores on the board. Their whole of 256 for eight in opposition to India was their highest within the event thus far.

Shakib hoped for Bangladesh to interrupt the pattern in opposition to South Africa.

“We are not getting big runs. We are hopeful of scoring big. Please pray that we get big runs,” he stated.