Publish : 02 Nov 2021, 10:39 PMUpdate : 22 Dec 2021, 11:31 PM
Another disappointing performance from Bangladesh saw them get eliminated from the ongoing T20 World Cup as a shambolic batting display against South Africa at Abu Dhabi paved the way for their fourth defeat in four games in the Super 12 stage.
The Tigers surrendered meekly against South African bowling as they got bundled out for a meager 84 before the Proteas chased down the target losing four wickets.
Bangladesh’s poor campaign hit a new low Tuesday as, at one point, it seemed that the Tigers could have been all out for less than 70, which is their lowest total in the T20 World Cup, against New Zealand in 2016.
Pacer Taskin Ahmed said during the post-match press conference that they could not play as a good T20 side and nowhere their potential and players have to accept the criticisms.
“We haven’t played according to our potential. We are better than this. We lost games that we were supposed to win. Maybe we are not as good as other T20 sides, but even then we didn’t play up to our potential. I think we could play better than this,” Taskin said after the match.
“Losing is not fun. Nobody wants to lose. We had great expectations, but we couldn’t play up to those expectations. All the criticism is quite natural. We have to accept it. But we have to get over it before the next match, or the next series. We need all-round improvement against Australia. We have to improve in batting, bowling and fielding. We just want to give back one win to the country,” he added.
Taskin bowled brilliantly against South Africa and the right-arm pacer’s effort with the ball was the only encouraging thing for Bangladesh in the poor show against the Proteas.
Taskin bowled with good pace and swing and finished with bowling figure of 4-0-18-2.
South African fast bowlers bowled well in the lively pitch at Abu Dhabi and Taskin admitted the Tigers batsmen failed to score a par total after being blown away from the match following the first innings.
“I bowled okay but it feels bad when you don’t win the match. We didn’t bring up a good total. We are in the backfoot after losing a few matches. Our batting unit probably is low in confidence. They (South Africa) bowled well, but we couldn’t really put up a good enough total," said the tall pacer.
“I tried to bowl my best ball every delivery. I tried to execute the plan. T20 cricket is tough as you may leak runs in T20s on days you bowl well and even sometimes you might take wickets by bowling poorly as well. So it’s tough to bowl in T20s. But our bowlers tried to stick to a plan. I think we could have done better as a team,” concluded Taskin.
Bangladesh will play their last match of this T20 World Cup Thursday against Australia.
Taskin: We have to accept all the criticisms
Another disappointing performance from Bangladesh saw them get eliminated from the ongoing T20 World Cup as a shambolic batting display against South Africa at Abu Dhabi paved the way for their fourth defeat in four games in the Super 12 stage.
The Tigers surrendered meekly against South African bowling as they got bundled out for a meager 84 before the Proteas chased down the target losing four wickets.
Bangladesh’s poor campaign hit a new low Tuesday as, at one point, it seemed that the Tigers could have been all out for less than 70, which is their lowest total in the T20 World Cup, against New Zealand in 2016.
Pacer Taskin Ahmed said during the post-match press conference that they could not play as a good T20 side and nowhere their potential and players have to accept the criticisms.
“We haven’t played according to our potential. We are better than this. We lost games that we were supposed to win. Maybe we are not as good as other T20 sides, but even then we didn’t play up to our potential. I think we could play better than this,” Taskin said after the match.
“Losing is not fun. Nobody wants to lose. We had great expectations, but we couldn’t play up to those expectations. All the criticism is quite natural. We have to accept it. But we have to get over it before the next match, or the next series. We need all-round improvement against Australia. We have to improve in batting, bowling and fielding. We just want to give back one win to the country,” he added.
Taskin bowled brilliantly against South Africa and the right-arm pacer’s effort with the ball was the only encouraging thing for Bangladesh in the poor show against the Proteas.
Taskin bowled with good pace and swing and finished with bowling figure of 4-0-18-2.
South African fast bowlers bowled well in the lively pitch at Abu Dhabi and Taskin admitted the Tigers batsmen failed to score a par total after being blown away from the match following the first innings.
“I bowled okay but it feels bad when you don’t win the match. We didn’t bring up a good total. We are in the backfoot after losing a few matches. Our batting unit probably is low in confidence. They (South Africa) bowled well, but we couldn’t really put up a good enough total," said the tall pacer.
“I tried to bowl my best ball every delivery. I tried to execute the plan. T20 cricket is tough as you may leak runs in T20s on days you bowl well and even sometimes you might take wickets by bowling poorly as well. So it’s tough to bowl in T20s. But our bowlers tried to stick to a plan. I think we could have done better as a team,” concluded Taskin.
Bangladesh will play their last match of this T20 World Cup Thursday against Australia.
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