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Bangladesh coach Neil McKenzie urges fans to be patient with team

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 9/16/2019 8:08:47 AM

Dhaka, Sep 15 Bangladesh white-ball batting consultant Neil McKenzie has urged the team fans and media to be patient with the batting unit, saying too much stress can lead to further negative effect on the players. "I think sometimes our worst enemy is Bangladesh. Because we put too much pressure on ourselves," he was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz. In the first Twenty20 triseries against Zimbabwe, Bangladesh slipped to 60/6 at one stage before Afif Hossain and Mossadek Hossain stemmed the rot and took them to victory. "That's come from the spectators and media and everybody to trust. They are not machines, they are humans. We just get behind our team and back our team and even if we lose tomorrow, we will win the next game. "We don't come out to lose. As soon as they don't score in one or two games, and everybody gets excited and upset. International cricket is hard cricket and best in the world also fail. But we have to keep faith in the talented bunch of cricketers. Bangladesh's got a lot of talented cricketers and we need patience. "I think you can trust them after what they have done. Soumya Sarkar, he came well in the Ireland final against West Indies. You guys have definitely watched that on TV. He scored fifty in no time. He is a proper player and he needs belief. He can't have people questioning his ability all the time. He has come back with a lot of big hundreds. He got a great 80 against Zimbabwe five to six months ago. He had a great tour in Ireland. He showed glimpses what he could have done in the World Cup.