Champions Trophy: Towhid Hridoy hopeful century vs India will build confidence

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Bangladesh batter Towhid Hridoy expressed optimism after his maiden ODI century against India in the Champions Trophy opener on February 20, believing the knock will boost his confidence and play a crucial role in shaping his international cricketing career.

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00:00We'll start with questions in English.

00:14Other than yourself and Jacker Ali, the others went quite cheaply.

00:18So tell us a little bit about how the wicket was playing and what your mindset was when

00:23you went out because there had been quite a few ducks.

00:25The mindset was very clear because we lost a couple of wickets earlier.

00:31So me and Jacky and we played together.

00:35We tried to make a big partnership, nothing else.

00:40That time the wicket was a bit tricky.

00:43In terms of the spin, sometimes the ball was a bit creeping.

00:55Well played and hard luck on the result today.

00:58What was your assessment of the pitch?

01:00How much did it change in both the innings when you were batting?

01:05Did you feel any difference when India came out to bat?

01:07Did it get slower?

01:09Yeah, after power play.

01:12If you see today's match, after the power play, when the ball was getting older, that

01:20time the ball was a bit creeping.

01:22So it was easy to take a single that time.

01:26Hariday, what hurt Bangladesh the most, Shami's five wicket haul or Subbar Gill's hundred

01:38or Jacker Ali's catch drop?

01:41It's okay, it's part of the game.

01:46They bowled well, Shami bowled well, Jacker Ali, he dropped a catch but it's part of the

01:52game.

01:53It's not a big deal for us.

01:54Hopefully we'll come back strongly.

01:55Tovid, you're the first Bangladeshi batsman to score in an ICC tournament against India.

02:11So the match didn't go your way but for the future, how do you assess the kind of odds

02:19that you have to battle today?

02:22Alhamdulillah, for my first century, it will give me the confidence in the future, hopefully.

02:31Hi, Hariday.

02:32This is Abdulla from Graf today.

02:34Tough luck, first of all.

02:36You lost the match despite a very good innings.

02:39I want to ask you that you guys elected to bat first despite winning the toss.

02:46It had drizzled overnight and there was moisture in the pitch.

02:50And every time a team is bowling second, they find it difficult to grip the ball due to dew.

02:56Despite all these things, after winning the toss, choosing to field first, was it the

03:01decision of the team tank or was it the captain's decision?

03:05No, we were very clear about the toss.

03:08We wanted to bat first.

03:10So we played one practice match here.

03:13So we know the wicket and we know the condition.

03:16So yes, we wanted to bat first.

03:23It was 5 for 35.

03:25So what was the thing that was going on in your mind?

03:29How to combat?

03:30And without this partnership of 156, Bangladesh would not have been able to make a very healthy score.

03:40And what was your painful thing?

03:42From 90 to 100, you were really struggling.

03:45How could you manage to handle the pressure?

03:47First of all, when we lost the early wicket, I focused on how to make the partnership.

03:57When we played, me and Zakir, just to discuss, we had to build one big partnership from here.

04:04So yes, we executed.

04:06But if Zakir played big innings, then it would be easier for us.

04:16So after 19, I was a bit cramping.

04:21So okay, it's part of cricket.

04:27First of all, well played.

04:29The way you particularly handled the Indian spinners in those middle overs was quite brilliant.

04:34Like you were looking for singles and doubles and then you played some good shots as well.

04:38So just wanted to know from your experience, what was the best way to play spin on that pitch?

04:42And do you think when the Indian batters were batting, spinners were more effective against some of the Indian batters?

04:48Because Indian batters, they don't play those sweeps or reverse sweeps.

04:51So they have to play straight and spin can bind their run scoring.

04:58When I faced the Indian spin side, I was a bit uncomfortable.

05:06Because they bowled well, they bowled good area.

05:09And if you look in our spin attack, when Rishad bowled, I think he bowled really well today.

05:18So in terms of spin, it's a bit tricky.

05:22So yes, this condition.

05:25Hi, now you travel to Pakistan and conditions will be different there.

05:30So how do you plan for the Pakistan matches?

05:34Yeah, we know Pakistan condition will be different.

05:37So we will get from here, we will come back strongly first.

05:43Then we will get practices and then we will plan for that.

05:50Ridhoy, if we talk about your practice match.

05:53You haven't seen the condition from the practice match.

05:57So do you think toss or batting was right for you?

06:01We see in power play, a lot of wickets go very fast.

06:05Then you have to take a lot of pressure in the middle over.

06:07So that the score is not 250 or 280.

06:10As Shantobhai Deshe said, it's good to run 280 here.

06:17I have already given the answer to this question.

06:20We had a very clear mind about what we wanted to do in the toss.

06:25So we had a plan to bat for the whole team.

06:28We just threw a few early wickets.

06:30That's why this happened.

06:33But even after those early wickets, we made a comeback, me and Zakir.

06:39So maybe if one of us could have cleared the match better,

06:44then we could have seen 270 or at least 270 runs.

06:48Then the game would have been different.

06:50They chased the ball for 47 times.

06:55So the wicket was not that easy.

06:57I think we lost 30 to 40 runs.

07:01Ridhoy, first of all, congratulations for your 100th.

07:04I want to know one thing.

07:06First of all, what was your physical condition like today?

07:10What was the most unfortunate thing?

07:13Was it Zakir's out or your cramping?

07:19Alhamdulillah, I am fine.

07:21I think it was my cramping.

07:23If I had been fine, I could have scored 12 or 12.30 runs for the team.

07:32You said something about your century.

07:37Did you ever feel that you could have won the match?

07:43I definitely felt it.

07:45I felt that we would give a fight in this run.

07:47And we have already given a fight.

07:50We did well in bowling.

07:51There were some boundaries in the beginning.

07:55But if we could have taken two more wickets,

07:57then the scene would have been different.

07:59As a player, we have to fight as much as we can.

08:06Our mindset will always be that we will play as much as we can.

08:12Ridhoy, congratulations to you first.

08:14You were in the dressing room last week.

08:19What did the batsmen say to you?

08:22What did they say about the wicket?

08:24Another thing is that when you played Zakir, it felt very easy.

08:28What was the message from their side?

08:31It felt easy.

08:33I didn't have that much energy after five wickets.

08:36I was very nervous at that time.

08:39I was talking to myself about how to get out of this situation.

08:42I was confident that I could carry the team.

08:48At one point, I bowled a lot of dots.

08:50I thought I could cover it.

08:53Because I have the viability.

08:55If I didn't have cramping at that time,

08:57I could have scored more than 30 runs for the team.

09:01If I get a chance like this, I will try to overcome it.

09:07What did the batsmen say to you?

09:09The batsmen didn't talk to anyone at the beginning.

09:12Because it was an early wicket.

09:14Zakir and I were the only ones talking to each other.

09:20It's okay. It can happen one day.

09:23I hope we don't make the same mistake again.

09:26I will try to overcome it.

09:29I have a question.

09:31You bowled a lot of dots because of the situation.

09:39Was the wicket that you saw today,

09:42was it like a counterattack in the beginning?

09:45Or was it helpful for batting?

09:48The wicket was tricky.

09:50They couldn't bat comfortably.

09:55I don't want to say anything about the wicket.

09:58I just want to say that we have to face the wicket.

10:01We have to play according to the demand.

10:04Conditions will not be the same everywhere.

10:07There is no excuse.

10:09We have to be ready to face the wicket.

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