Bangladesh’s Mahmudullah reacts after being dismissed by Netherlands’ Bas de Leede.
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Stakeholders in Bangladesh cricket want to do some critical introspection after the group’s disappointing efficiency in the World Cup.
Even although the group, which has misplaced 5 matches on the trot and has collected solely two factors from six outings, and has three matches left, skipper Shakib Al Hasan bluntly admitted that it was Bangladesh’s worst ever efficiency in the World Cup.
Following its humiliating 87-run defeat to the Netherlands, which got here into the occasion by way of the qualifiers, Shakib didn’t make any effort to defend Bangladesh’s embarrassing run — a potential final result of an undesirable cocktail components, together with the skipper’s fallout with former captain Tamim Iqbal prior to the event (which may have created groupism), the lack of superb preparation, strain due to excessive expectations, under par exhibiting by most of the batters and a few gamers’ reluctance to come out of their consolation zone.
“We are not this bad a team. It could be the World Cup or this atmosphere, high expectations. It could be a lot of other things. If we work on it, we might find the answers,” stated Shakib.
Shakib identified some components which impacted Bangladesh’s marketing campaign. “As a batting unit, other than Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim, we were very poor.”
Explaining why Mahmudullah, the centurion of the match towards South Africa, was fielded at No. 7 towards the Dutch, Shakib stated, “We have a team of limitations in batting and bowling. We are not comfortable bowling or batting in different times and positions. We are not comfortable facing bowlers in certain times, so we have to adjust all the time. If our batters did well at the top, Riyad (Mahmudullah) and Mushfiq (Mushfiqur) could have performed their roles.
“I agree that maybe if Riyad bhai batted higher in the order, we could have done well.”
With some cricketers, together with Shakib, Mushfiqur and Mahmudullah, entering into the final section of their lengthy careers, Bangladesh’s cricket authorities would do effectively get to the root of the problem that prevented the group from performing up to its potential in the prestigious occasion and spot the subsequent technology of gamers who may serve the aspect effectively.
