Hathursinghe is hoping for a change this time around, but the former Sri Lankan international has set his team’s first target to reach the Super 8 stage of the tournament.
“I understand that as a country we have high aspirations right now because we have played good cricket across the board at ICC events and it is the same (here).” he said.
“We have high expectations as players, as staff, as fans and as a country. The first step is to get through this difficult group stage. We are in a very strong group. If we can get through that, then the next step is to win. ”, that is the main goal, the first goal, and then take it from there. ”
Bangladesh representative: Nazimul Hossain Shanto (c), Taskin Ahmed, Litton Das, Sowmya Sarkar, Tanjid Hasan Tamim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mahmoud Ullah Riyad, Jaykar Ali Anik, Tanvir – Islam, Shaq Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Saqib. Travel reserve: Afif Hossain, Hasan Mahmoud