Bangladesh are all set to begin their three-match home T20I series against the Netherlands on August 30, 2025. The home side comes into this series after back-to-back T20I series wins. First, they defeated Sri Lanka 2-1 away, and then, at home, they overcame Pakistan 2-1.
Head coach Phil Simmons has stated that the team will aim to maintain the momentum. “I’m for us to continue the levels that we’ve set in Sri Lanka,” he said on Friday, August 29. “Take away a little bit from Mirpur, I don’t think the wicket was as good as Sri Lanka. But the standards we set in Sri Lanka, that’s what we’re looking to continue.”
When asked if he sees this series as preparation for the upcoming Asia Cup, Simmons responded: “You have to run the preliminaries before you get to the final. I’m not thinking about the Asia Cup. The Asia Cup comes after this. This is an international series against an international team. That’s where our focus is, on the series.”
Meanwhile, Netherlands head coach Ryan Cook praised Bangladesh for the quality of cricket they have been playing.
“Bangladesh have played some good cricket recently, but also have shown that they are vulnerable in other series as well. So now we’ve come here confident that we can play a good game of cricket, and we know Bangladesh are going to come with a good style of cricket. They have some very good players, and in their home conditions, they are tough to play against,” he said.
“So it’s going to be a great challenge for our guys. But we wouldn’t be here if we didn’t think we could win some games. And if we are drawn in the same groups again, we’d want to try and beat them again. So I think from that perspective, we’ve gotta just take it for what it is in front of us, and we’re confident that we can use it,” Cook concluded.
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