Bangladesh national women’s team’s newly appointed head coach Hashan Tillakaratne vowed to beat New Zealand in the approaching series starting on December 2 at their home soil. 

The former Asian champions are scheduled to play three T20Is and the similar number of ODIs against the Kiwi women’s team scheduled on December 2, 4, 7 and 11, 14, 18 respectively. 

‘Preparation has been really good. Last few days, we trained indoors, and now we are practicing outdoors. If we can play with our full potential, we can beat New Zealand’ said Hasan on Monday in Mirpur. 

Ahead of the tour Bangladesh women’s team has started their training couple days back where they have been focusing on rotating strikes along with playing dot balls, acknowledged the Sri Lankan coach. 

‘Yes, we are looking at how we can rotate the strike. We are playing a lot of dots; we are looking to improve ourselves in that aspect.’ 

During the training sessions they are also discussing the conditions of New Zealand, added Hashan. 

‘Well, knowledge comes with the amount of games we play. We have been discussing certain areas. We all know how difficult the conditions in New Zealand are. The players know the challenges they have ahead of them and hope they can adapt and adjust to the conditions.’ 

He further thanked the Bangladesh Cricket Board for handing him the opportunity as a head coach of the women’s side. 

‘I want to thank BCB for having faith in me. It’s very challenging, but I am enjoying my days here and coaching. Women’s cricket is different from men’s cricket. You need to be patient with them. I have seen them, and they are really talented.’ 

The 55-year-old coach also thinks Bangladesh women’s team need to upgrade their batting however he lauded their bowling and fielding. 

‘The bowling side is really good, also the fielding is good. We need to improve the batting, and I’m working on it right now. They are skillful, but we need to be patient.’