It was frustration and disappointment all the way as Bangladesh skipper Mushfiqur Rahim and Australian opener Aaron Finch expressed unhappiness during the post match conference at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday.
Mushfiq was left soul searching and said, “It is really disappointing. We played seven games but we couldn’t play well in all the matches round. In the first round we started well apart from the Hong Kong game. Unfortunately the momentum was lost when we lost against Hong Kong. It was a real shock for us.
“There were a couple of guys who played well – I thought Anamul batted really well, and Shakib had a good series with the bat and the ball, Al Amin also had a couple of good spells in a couple of games. But I think in a tournament like this when you want to beat some of the big boys you have to have at least four or five guys playing well and as a team. That did not happen,” said Mushfiq.
Musfiq said he failed to realise where the problem lied. “If we could identify the problem then we would have played better. We ourselves cannot understand where the problem lies because we are practising properly, doing the little things properly, we are trying to apply ourselves properly and everyone is serious.
“Maybe we are not realising the problem, maybe outsiders will be able to understand. Now that the tournament is over we will try to get feedback from them and hope that we can solve the problem as soon as possible hopeful. If Tamim, Shakib, myself, Riyad bhai, Gazi, Nasir, Mashrafe, if all of us could play to our potential then I think the results would have been different,” he said.
Mushfiq termed Tamim’s lack of form was a cause behind the failures, but dropping him was not the solution as Anamul was consistent. The problem will be solved once Tamim returns to form while and the issue of the vice captaincy did not have any affect over the team, informed the captain.
Meanwhile, Aaron Finch was also a frustrated man to see his team take the exit door of the World T20 from the group stage. “It’s been very disappointing and not going through to the semifinals is disappointing from team’s point of view.
“I think what let us down are all the three departments and you know this is such a short format that it haunts back to you. When you have games back to back, momentum is crucial and we probably slipped in the West Indies game, lost against India and we are out of the tournament. We came here with the hopes of winning the competition but we are going back with nothing. Winning only one game out of four was always been very disappointing,” said Finch.
The Aussie opener did not acknowledge the idea his team lacked the spinners bite and said, “Our both spinners are aggressive and I think picking fast bowlers was the right decision today and to restrict Bangladesh on 150 on a batting wicket was impressive.”
Finch also praised debutant Bangladesh pacer Taskin and said, “He took us by surprise a little bit, he was quite fast and bowled accurately and skidded on the wicket little faster than expected, no doubt after facing six overs of spin consistently and to get back into 140’s is a bit of challenge, he was very impressive in the game tonight but I think the spin was much harder to hit.”
