Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan feels that not having confronted sufficient tough conditions within the shortest format has been his group’s undoing because it misplaced one other shut T20 World Cup sport to India on Wednesday.
Just prefer it occurred throughout a 2016 World Cup match in Bengaluru, the place they misplaced from a successful place, Bangladesh bungled right here after a rain break and went down by 5 runs by way of the Duckworth-Lewis methodology.
“We don’t play enough close games, and hence, we don’t know how to win those games. Both 185 and the revised target of 151 were acceptable targets. It is unfortunate we didn’t win,” Shakib mentioned after the heart-breaking defeat.
The straight-talking Bangladesh captain mentioned “a combination of emotion and lack of experience” tilted the match in India’s favour after the rain interruption, after they have been cruising at 66 for no loss in seven overs as a consequence of Litton Das’ blitzkrieg.
“It was a combination of emotion and lack of experience. I think 85 off nine overs, you will take that. Bhuvi (Bhuvneshwar Kumar) had finished his spell. We don’t play too many close games, so we don’t know how to do it.” The skipper was sleek in defeat when requested if he might have satisfied the umpires to begin the sport not less than quarter-hour late, which might have led to the outfield drying a bit greater than what it was when it restarted.
“Did I’ve an choice? Do I’ve the flexibility to persuade umpires? If we speak about rain break, sure it was essential as we misplaced the momentum, however when the ball is moist, scoring runs is simpler.
“It was little slippery, and normally, it suits batting rather than bowling. But both teams played in right spirit.” Shakib didn’t wish to decide one explicit second because the game-changer.
“In a close match, you can pick a lot of moments (as turning points). Litton’s run-out was crucial. We lost momentum after rain. But you can’t control rain. We were close, but not close enough.” Did he really feel Litton slipped earlier than the run-out, and fumbled whereas going for the second run that led to his dismissal within the subsequent supply? Shakib didn’t wish to make excuses.
“If Litton slipped on grass once while running, then next time, he should have shown awareness and run on the pitch.” The two overs, when Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya bought two wickets apiece, proved very pricey, though Nurul Hasan Sohan and Taskin Ahmed bought them shut with some lusty blows.
“Most teams should get 52 off five overs with eight wickets in hand. We panicked a bit in the middle overs. We lost momentum in two to three overs big time. If you see in the last two overs, lot of teams score 30. It’s unfortunate that we couldn’t score,” Shakib lamented.
Losing shut video games to India does harm the skipper, however he has religion within the present batch’s functionality to alter the ends in the approaching occasions.
“Our World Cup games against India are close and exciting ones, but we have not been crossing the line. Hope we can change the result as these boys have the capability.”
