'Anything from here for us is bonus': Hathurusingha tries to rid Bangladesh of pressure

Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha insisted that he and his team were not losing their sleep about playing the semifinal and are happy to emerge out of a tough group to progress to the Super 8s. The experienced coach also urged his charges to play with freedom here on as he feels anything they will achieve in this second stage of the T20 World Cup was a bonus for them.

Hathurusingha was determined not to saddle his team with expections with the burden of expectations as they prepare to take on Australia at Antigua on June 21. "When we came into the tournament, our first target was to get into this Super 8. So, I think we achieved that with great... what can I say, our bowlers kept us in the game? So, we played the conditions really well, used the conditions in our favour," Hathurusingha told reporters on Wednesday (June 20).