Philippe le Roux on Ireland's six wicket defeat by Bangladesh

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00:00 Philippe, thanks for joining us. Can you just describe your reaction to today's tough loss?

00:03 Yeah, I think full credit Bangladesh. They played really well really good cricket throughout

00:09 I think they made the most of the conditions in the first innings which

00:12 The showed it turned quite a bit and maybe we didn't they flattened out a bit in the second innings that we didn't get to

00:18 Use that as much but I think we were really pleased to string together a few good purple patches

00:23 Especially when we were I think a lot of people would have counted us out after a good opening partnership by them

00:29 But we stayed in it. I'm just really proud of the boys and I think

00:33 Yeah, we were competitive throughout the whole game. And yeah, I'm happy you you batted really well as a collective today

00:40 Did you think that you had a really good chance posting a 230 plus score?

00:44 Yeah, I think hundred percent on on that wicket

00:47 Anyway, Keane Hilton batted brilliantly and the guys about it around them did their job superb

00:52 I think it was more than they had anticipated for but I think that just goes to show the quality of this this

00:59 Particular group and what we're capable of and we were unfortunate to get over the line today

01:03 But I'm I'm sure there's stronger performances to come Keane obviously performed really well today

01:08 Can you just give us a little bit of an insight as to what he's like as a player and how well he performed today?

01:13 Yeah, I think he just played his game. He didn't let the moment get to him and it showed out there

01:18 He was aggressive when I was there in his zones. He took it on no matter the length of the length of the boundaries

01:25 Backed himself 100% and we back him all the way and he did his job today, which was amazing

01:30 You have India next here in Blomfontein. How do you plan to attack that one?

01:33 Yeah, I think we'll have a look at where we maybe have slipped up a little bit today

01:39 Have a look at their game as well

01:42 And then try just freshen up. We've had a lot of cricket so far

01:46 So just kind of everyone being fully fit and ready to go in that game is very important and then just attack it with full

01:53 Confidence like we did today and obviously a few positives that you can take from this performance

01:57 yeah, I think with the bat getting to that score with

02:01 Tricky conditions was definitely a plus and then in the field I think our inner ring fielding was

02:10 quite good stopping a good few singles and

02:13 The good ball a few balls that probably could have beaten us in another day

02:17 But I think everybody left it all out there today so I couldn't ask for much more

02:21 Philippe, thank you very much.

02:22 Thank you.