Former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan has mentioned that the series loss to the USA is “very disappointing” and a “wake-up call” earlier than the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
Bangladesh are 2-0 behind the USA in a three-match series and might be taking part in to salvage their satisfaction in the third and ultimate fixture on May 25 on the Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, Texas.
“Certainly it is disappointing and we didn’t expect it but we must give credit to the US team for the way they have played,” Shakib was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz. I feel nobody anticipated that we’ll lose two video games. Any match you lose as a staff is disappointing and you don’t need to lose a sport and clearly it is rather disappointing. But having mentioned that we now have to play the World Cup and this series could be a wake-up name for us as we have not performed the way in which we wish to play.”
“It’s a team game and everyone has to take the responsibility – you win as a team and you lose as a team. I don’t want to blame any particular person or any particular department. It’s just that T20 is such a format you have to play very good cricket in all three departments to win against any team. There are no small or big teams in T20 cricket and that’s why it is more exciting than any other format. And the proof of that is in the last two games the way US played.”
Shakib talked about that they did not take their opponents frivolously and failed to execute their plans on the sector of play which resulted in two consecutive losses.
“I don’t think we took them lightly. In the first game maybe we couldn’t do what we wanted to do and in the second game exactly the same thing happened – we couldn’t execute the plans that we were supposed to do on the ground.”
“In T20 every team is very much equal. I have seen the game between West Indies A and Nepal and they really played well and you are seeing games between Ireland and Netherlands and they are playing very close matches. Pakistan lost to Ireland and in T20 it is anybody’s game,” Shakib added.
“It is on the day who performs better, and so you cannot take anything lightly in T20 cricket because one or two overs can change the momentum of the game and completely change the scenario of the game. That’s why you are always up for the challenges and you cannot take anything lightly or anything for granted,” he talked about.
