Review: Tigers pacers shine bright in T20 WC

The brightest aspect of the Tigers' Twenty20 World Cup campaign was the performance of the pace unit. Bangladesh managed to win two matches out of five and both of them came riding on a good bowling performance from the pace unit. Experts often say bowlers win you matches from tough situations, and Bangladesh pacers bowled well overall in Australian pitches. Here is a lookback at how Bangladesh pacers performed in the ongoing T20 World Cup:  

Taskin Ahmed: 8 wickets with 7.27 economy

Taskin started his career with a lot of promise and was once destined to lead the pace attack after the Mashrafe bin Mortaza era. But he was distracted a bit in his career after 2017 and later got dropped from the team. He worked really hard to get back in shape and rhythm and eventually returned to the national team. After that, he is having a phenomenal time with the ball and at this T20 World Cup, Taskin showed his brilliance and is now the leader of the attack. Taskin finished the campaign with eight wickets from five innings with strike rate of 13.5 and economy of 7.27. He won man of the match awards in both the wins, against the Netherlands and Zimbabwe, and provided breakthrough in the opening over in the first three games. He was wicketless in the India game but bowled superbly in powerplay as he conceded just 15 runs from four overs against a strong batting line up. Taskin was surely the best performer for Bangladesh in this world event.

Hasan Mahmud celebrates dismissing India's Rohit Sharma AFP 

Hasan Mahmud: 6 wickets with 8.37 economy  

The young fast bowler was a breath of fresh air, exhibiting brilliance in crucial moments. The right-arm pacer has been praised highly for his game sense, notably skipper Shakib al Hasan who said in a press conference that Hasan has a very matured cricket brain despite being young. He played four games and picked up six wickets overall with strike rate of 16 and 8.37 economy. Although he was dropped in the last game against Pakistan, it was a tactical change. Hasan's bowling in tough situations was praiseworthy.

Mustafizur Rahman was his usual miserly self throughout the tournament AFP Mustafizur Rahman: 3 wickets with 5.6 economy

Mustafizur's form prior to the T20 World Cup was a major concern. But the left-armer bowled well throughout the tournament, and did his part admirably in the middle overs. Although he took just three wickets from five innings, he bowled tight line and length and denied the opposition batters from freeing their arms and score quick runs. Mustafizur bowled 20 overs in this campaign and conceded only 112 runs, which means his economy of bowling was 5.6. That was an impressive performance from the Fizz on good batting tracks like Hobart, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide. 

Shoriful Islam couldn't make use of the solitary playing opportunity in Australia AFP  Shoriful Islam: 0 wicket with 14.25 economy

Shoriful was initially in the stand by list of the T20 World Cup squad. But he was included in the squad at the last moment replacing all-rounder Saifuddin. Shoriful has been an integral part of the pace attack in white-ball cricket in the last couple of years. He is known for his good bowling skills in death overs. The left-arm pacer played just one game in this T20 World Cup, and that was against India. But his performance proved to be costly. Shoriful conceded 57 runs from his four overs as India piled up 184 runs on the board.

Ebadot Hossain got to play in only 1 game, and conceded less than 8 per over AFP Ebadot Hossain: 1 wicket with 7.89 economy

Ebadot was selected for the last game against Pakistan, which was a virtual quarter-final for Bangladesh as they had a golden chance to qualify for the semi-final for the first time in T20 World Cup history. Bangladesh managed to put up only 127 in the scoreboard batting first, despite having a good start in Adelaide. The challenge for bowlers was really tough to restrict Pakistan within 126. Ebadot bowled decently in that match and took the wicket of Mohammad Rizwan in a crucial moment of the game, but eventually Pakistan batsmen held their nerve and won the match by five wickets with 11 balls to spare. Ebadot finished the match with figure of 3.1-0-25-1.