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’A very tough group’

BlSHWAJIT ROY from Kandy
Bangladesh can draw inspiration from their last encounter with New Zealand before their «/cc world first ICC World Twenty20 srKSSgroup match against the Kiwis tomorrow as they whitewashed their opponents 4-0 in October 2010 in a one-day series in Dhaka.
But the Kiwis were not ready to look too far back ahead of their group opener against the Tigers, instead taking inspiration from their recent impressive results against the India.
"That series was two years ago. We can't really go back to that; we can go only to the last couple of weeks. We beat India a week ago in their own conditions. We have got to take the momentum. The last two warm-up matches against Australia and South Africa did not quite go to plan. We have got to put that behind us and come out with a plan,” said Martin Guptill, the New Zealand toporder batsman who was not on that forlorn tourin 2010.
The two sides played only one T20I so far that Bangladesh lost by ten wickets at Seddon Park in February 2010 but Bangladesh have recently improved their standing in the shortest version of the game, playing fifteen matches over the last three months in different conditions. Guptill told the media after yesterday's training session at the Pallekele International Stadium that they were well aware of Bangladesh's strength.
“It's a very tough group and it's going to be a tough game (the first match against Bangladesh), we can't take them for granted, they have got some world-class players in their side and we know that, we have respect for them and we can only control how we play. So that's the way to focus leading up to the game," the New Zealander responded when asked about whether they are in the proverbial 'group of death' with Pakistan and Bangladesh making up the formidable three-team Group D.
According to Guptill, New Zealand is not overly worried about Bangladesh's spin attack, which is their main strength.
“The way we played spin against India in Chennai in theTwenty20 match, if we can do exactly the same and just be positive I think we are going to do pretty well and give the runs on the board that we need,” he explained adding that he has got a couple of partnerships with James Franklin in 1\venty20 cricket over the years and hoped that he can continue with that.
But the 25-year-old batsman, who has an impressive strike rate of 124.88 and an average of 32.72, believed that T20 is an unpredictable game where one can singlehandedly take away the game from others.
“I have played some Twenty20 cricket and what I feel is that it's an unpredictable and funny game because only one person can take a game away from the other side. We are going to be on our toes in these next two games, so we can go to the Super Eights,” he opined.