Taskin Ahmed makes huge statement on playing surfaces used in ODI World Cup 2023

Bangladesh takes on the Netherlands in a must-win game on Saturday in Kolkata. The Eden Gardens stadium will bring some home familiarity for the Bangladeshi team. A loss on Saturday will end the hopes for Shakib Al Hasan and his team in the ODI World Cup 2023. One player who is looking to keep his team in the hunt is fast bowler Taskin Ahmed.

The fast bowler spoke to the reporters ahead of the game on Saturday and expressed his disappointment with the wickets on offer. The 28-year-old has come out and slammed the wickets which has helped the batters so far in the tournament.

Netherlands and Bangladesh will play their sixth game of the tournament with just one win so far. It is a game between the 8th-placed team Bangladesh versus the bottom-of-the-table Netherlands.  

Taskin Ahmed slams the pitches on offer

Taskin Ahmed the Bangladeshi fast bowler expressed his displeasure with the wickets on offer so far. The 28-year-old spoke to the media before the game in Kolkata on Saturday versus the Netherlands.

The fast bowler said "So far, I played in this World Cup and I have been watching. It's nothing much for the bowlers. It's kind of batting friendly, all the grounds,” Pakistan chased down 345 versus Sri Lanka with ease. The likes of Australia and South Africa have nearly scored 400 runs.

The highest total of the ODI World Cup 2023 was the 428 scored by South Africa versus Sri Lanka in New Delhi. Taskin also said “On these batting-friendly wickets in India, the teams who have a long batting, they are getting benefited. None of the subcontinent teams, barring India, are able to do well. The teams who have been able to score big totals they are doing well and have more success rates”

With runs being scored at breakneck speed, Taskin Ahmed lamented the lack of success for Fast bowlers. The 28–year–old said "So, in this kind of conditions, it's not all about speed. You need some variation skills and game awareness. So, it's not all about speed. You need a lot of skills to do well in this kind of surfaces,"

The fast bowler hoped his team could win the game to keep their ODI World Cup 2023 hopes alive. "Look if we lose the match everything is tricky but definitely in this kind of match the pressure is much more because of the expectation because everyone feels that we have to win,"