“First of all, it is very difficult to keep [wicket for] 50 overs and then come and open the batting,” Simmons mentioned. “[Litton] is also one of our better players of spin bowling. The middle order has been one of our Achilles heels. So, him going down there with his experience and his skills, hopefully we can get what we need there.”
While Bangladesh have dropped Jaker Ali and Nurul Hasan, they’ve retained Mahidul Islam Ankon, who batted at No. 5 towards West Indies final October. Ankon made 69 runs within the three matches, hardly pushing the scoring charge, as he tried to cement his place within the facet.
Litton final batted at No 5 within the 2019 ODI World Cup, when he began with an unbeaten 94 towards West Indies in Taunton. He has, nevertheless, batted within the prime 4 for many of his ODI profession. Simmons mentioned that they did not need to work exhausting to persuade Litton to take up the function.
“He has been comfortable batting anywhere,” Simmons mentioned. “I think he’s a lot more relaxed with his game and he sees it as an opportunity to do what the team needs of him. We didn’t have to convince Litton for anything. All we asked was, ‘this is what the team needs’, and he was happy to do it. He is happy to do anything for the team, when he is captain, he’s happy to do it for us now. So, we didn’t have to convince him for anything.”
“We finished well against West Indies and we don’t want to go backwards from there. Mind you, the wickets look a lot better than they were for that series so the main thing is to look at progress, which is to bat the way we batted in that in that last game.”
