Despite a crushing 104-run defeat against South Africa, Bangladesh are still in the race to qualify for the T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final.
The Shakib Al Hasan-led side is due to face India in its next Super 12 clash at the Adelaide Oval on Wednesday (November 2).
On the eve of the match, Shakib addressed a press conference where he said that his team is not here to win the tournament and if they end up beating India, it would be an upset.
"Every match is important for us and we want to play with the same approach. We don't want to focus on any single opposition. We just want to stick to our plans. We are not worried about the strike rates of our players in this World Cup. We are just focused on giving a complete team performance in all the departments of the game," Shakib told reporters.
"We want to play well in our remaining two games. If we are able to win against India or Pakistan, it would be an upset. Both the teams are better than us on paper, if we play well and if it is our day, there is no reason why we cannot win. We have seen teams like Ireland and Zimbabwe beating England and Pakistan. If we are able to do the same, I'll be happy," he added.
Both India and Bangladesh currently have four points each in Group 2, having won two out of their three games so far.
Commenting further on the match against India, the Bangladesh skipper said: "I think it will be a full house because India gets good support wherever they play. I think it will be a good game. India are the favourites heading into the match. They have come here to win the World Cup, we are not here to win the World Cup. You can understand the situation, if we win against India, it will be an upset and we will try our best to upset India."
Shakib Al Hasan also showered rich praise on India batter Suryakumar Yadav, who has slammed two half-centuries in India’s three games so far at the T20 World Cup 2022.
"He has been playing really well for them. I think he is probably their No.1 batter in terms of the record in the last year. They have few world-class players, we have not done our team meetings yet. We will talk about the areas we need to look after in the team meetings. If we want to win, we have to take care of all the departments," said Shakib.
(With NDTV inputs)
