84 and 73 all-out, humiliating finish to the T20 WC campaign
Bangladesh's Liton Das is cleaned up during their T20 World Cup Super 12 match against Australia in Dubai Thursday (photo:AFP)
Ali Shahriyar Amin from Dubai
Publish : 04 Nov 2021, 09:13 PMUpdate : 23 Dec 2021, 12:38 PM
If getting 84 all-out against South Africa Tuesday in Abu Dhabi was a profound shame, Bangladesh showed they can exert even greater shame as they were bundled out for a meager 73 against Australia in Dubai two days later.
Thus the Tigers finished their low-key T20 World Cup campaign in a humiliating and shameful way.
After a dismal batting performance against South Africa, there was no improvement whatsoever against Australia, rather it was a nosedive from a batting unit that looked clueless.
Bangladesh batted first in both the games, and their batting collapsed like a house of cards.
The pitch in Abu Dhabi was slightly greenish and lively as pacers were getting some movement and bounce from the deck.
But that could not be an excuse to get all-out for 84.
In contrast, yesterday's pitch against Australia in Dubai was absolutely batting friendly and the ball was coming nicely on to the bat from the very beginning.
Surprisingly, it was a complete meltdown from the Tigers batsmen yet again, this time against the Aussie bowling line-up as they were skittled out for a paltry 73.
Top-order batting and poor run rate in powerplay were talking points for Bangladesh all through the tournament and the score against the Aussies were one of the worst in the entire T20 World Cup campaign as they lost their first five wickets for 33.
The top-order batsmen - Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mohammad Naim - all lost their wickets to poor shots and their body language looked lazy.
The way Liton got bowled out in the very first ball he faced against Mitchell Starc was like he was just warming up in the nets.
Soumya got beaten by pace completely against Josh Hazlewood but it was not even an express delivery from the tall Aussie pacer.
Mushfiq (one off two balls) once again played a confusing shot, shuffling against the spin against part-time off-spinner Glenn Maxwell and trying to flick only to get trapped leg before wicket.
And Naim got set and threw his wicket away after scoring 17 off 16 balls.
So within just six overs of the game, Bangladesh lost the plot and looked like surrendering the match to the opposition.
After losing the top four, the latter part of the batting line-up just tried to put up a respectable total.
Another notable part of Bangladesh’s batting was the poor body language and it was so negative.
There was no hunger seen among the batsmen regarding improving and rectifying their mistakes from the last game.
No efforts were made in the batting to give an all-out effort in the last match of the tournament.
Since the loss of the first wicket in the third ball of the innings, Bangladesh batting was like a lost ship.
And another collapse and another below 100 total looked inevitable.
This kind of capitulation against a good bowling unit of quality opposition in the last two games has just exposed the batting inability of the Tigers line-up.
And getting all out for 84 and 73 in the last two matches and bowing out meekly from the T20 World Cup just made the campaign bad to worse for Bangladesh cricket team in the end.
84 and 73 all-out, humiliating finish to the T20 WC campaign
If getting 84 all-out against South Africa Tuesday in Abu Dhabi was a profound shame, Bangladesh showed they can exert even greater shame as they were bundled out for a meager 73 against Australia in Dubai two days later.
Thus the Tigers finished their low-key T20 World Cup campaign in a humiliating and shameful way.
After a dismal batting performance against South Africa, there was no improvement whatsoever against Australia, rather it was a nosedive from a batting unit that looked clueless.
Bangladesh batted first in both the games, and their batting collapsed like a house of cards.
The pitch in Abu Dhabi was slightly greenish and lively as pacers were getting some movement and bounce from the deck.
But that could not be an excuse to get all-out for 84.
In contrast, yesterday's pitch against Australia in Dubai was absolutely batting friendly and the ball was coming nicely on to the bat from the very beginning.
Surprisingly, it was a complete meltdown from the Tigers batsmen yet again, this time against the Aussie bowling line-up as they were skittled out for a paltry 73.
Top-order batting and poor run rate in powerplay were talking points for Bangladesh all through the tournament and the score against the Aussies were one of the worst in the entire T20 World Cup campaign as they lost their first five wickets for 33.
The top-order batsmen - Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mohammad Naim - all lost their wickets to poor shots and their body language looked lazy.
The way Liton got bowled out in the very first ball he faced against Mitchell Starc was like he was just warming up in the nets.
Soumya got beaten by pace completely against Josh Hazlewood but it was not even an express delivery from the tall Aussie pacer.
Mushfiq (one off two balls) once again played a confusing shot, shuffling against the spin against part-time off-spinner Glenn Maxwell and trying to flick only to get trapped leg before wicket.
And Naim got set and threw his wicket away after scoring 17 off 16 balls.
So within just six overs of the game, Bangladesh lost the plot and looked like surrendering the match to the opposition.
After losing the top four, the latter part of the batting line-up just tried to put up a respectable total.
Another notable part of Bangladesh’s batting was the poor body language and it was so negative.
There was no hunger seen among the batsmen regarding improving and rectifying their mistakes from the last game.
No efforts were made in the batting to give an all-out effort in the last match of the tournament.
Since the loss of the first wicket in the third ball of the innings, Bangladesh batting was like a lost ship.
And another collapse and another below 100 total looked inevitable.
This kind of capitulation against a good bowling unit of quality opposition in the last two games has just exposed the batting inability of the Tigers line-up.
And getting all out for 84 and 73 in the last two matches and bowing out meekly from the T20 World Cup just made the campaign bad to worse for Bangladesh cricket team in the end.
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