Reason Behind Bangladesh’s Win

Bangladesh’s celebration of victory and ouster of Team India did spark the whole media but one man failed to get due credit which he was supposed to get and whose Midas touch has made Bangladesh a Giant killer , Dav Whatmore. He has been with team for last four years and the results are clearly shown.
Dav Whatmore brought Bangladesh from a test ranked minnow to one that beat some top teams in recent times and is finally termed as giant killer in the World cup, though Bangladesh’s players have immense potential but the credit for the recent victory goes directly to the Coach Dav Whatmore. From the team which was not able to beat even Canada to the team which gives scares top team, it is Whatmore who is responsible
It is not just the wins but the way Bangladesh is winning has made even biggest of cricket pundit to think about this team. In the win against India, Rahul Dravid’s team looked nowhere to match against the likes of Bangladeshis. Whereas as Whatmore had always stated that Bangladesh is ready to give some shocks or even tremors to cricketing world and they did it

Whatmore always knew that Bangladesh has immense potential in them and it just needed time to show up in international arena. But the people thought that he was just trying to show is profile as low outfit coach. But Bangladesh’s win against India and South Africa and a win against Australia in a one day clearly show that it was not a fluke and they are capable of turning things upside down.

Whatmore always focused on young talents since he knew Bangladesh’s domestic cricket was not able to produce high class performers and young players proved that his confidence in them was not young , The U-19 Bangladesh Cricket team is one of the top ranking teams among its age groups , so you can clearly understand how focused they are towards there cricket.

Though Whatmore has done much to Bangladesh’s cricket but his state as a coach is more defined with Srilanka’s victory in 1996 world cup. In that world cup Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharan shocked the world so , did Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahman in this world cup.

Dav Whatmore was not a great player but his coaching tenure is compared with likes of Greg Chappel and Tom Moddy. When India had called for the post of coach for Indian team, Whatmore had applied but it was India’s fault to not see his potential and select Greg Chappel as coach who did more damage than good to Team India.
Even though Bangladesh might not win the world cup but there win and lot to Whatmore, he has done his job perfectly, so

“whatmore” can you ask from the coach Dav Whatmore

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