Bangladesh batter Liton Das, who is undergoing a lean patch of form, believes that the key to coming out of his off-form is to stop overthinking and focus on the task聽at hand.
The wicketkeeper-batter was excluded from the third and final ODI against Sri Lanka in the home series in March after he got out for back-to-back ducks in the first two ODIs in Chattogram.
He also experienced the same fate when the聽Tigers鈥櫬爐eam management dropped him from the last two T20Is against Zimbabwe in the five-match home series after he聽was dismissed聽for 12, 1, and 23 runs in the first three encounters.
In his six T20I innings this year, the right-hander has managed only 79 runs at an underwhelming strike rate of 97.53.
鈥楧uring bad times, you聽shouldn鈥檛聽overthink. When you are in a bad phase, the more you think about it, the worse things will get for you,鈥櫬燣iton said on Tuesday in a video posted by the Bangladesh Cricket Board on social media.
鈥楾he only option聽you have聽is to work hard in practice and take it seriously. During bad times, you聽need to聽keep cool and calm and not overthink. You should only focus on your cricket.鈥�
During the 2021 edition of the ICC T20 World Cup, held in the UAE and Oman, Bangladesh聽suffered a defeat to聽Scotland.聽They continued the same woes in the next global meet聽as well, winning only against Netherlands and Zimbabwe.
Liton accepted that they聽are聽yet to do anything worthwhile in any聽of the聽global events.
鈥榃e聽couldn鈥檛聽accomplish what we wanted to achieve in 2021. In 2022, we were in a different condition, and even though we聽couldn鈥檛聽win against big teams, we聽didn鈥檛聽do too poorly,鈥櫬爐he opener said.
He also accepted his shortcomings in recent years and hoped to do better in the coming tournament.
鈥楶ersonally, I was not up to the mark. I聽couldn鈥檛聽perform at my level.聽Suppose,聽I scored less than 100 in the last two World Cups; if I make 101 runs this time, that would mean聽I鈥檝e聽done better. I will try to do better than聽I鈥檝e聽done聽before,鈥櫬燣iton said.
鈥極f course, there will be extra pressure in the World Cup; every team will feel that.聽I think if聽we play聽really good聽cricket,聽play聽with a calm and cool attitude, and聽play聽fearless cricket without thinking about the outcome, we have聽a very good聽chance.鈥�
