Khaled Mahmud, the staff director of the Bangladesh staff, is disenchanted after the loss to Zimbabwe within the third and ultimate T20I of the sequence. After shedding the primary match of the sequence, the Bangla Tigers made a comeback within the second match however misplaced the decider by 10 runs at Harare on Tuesday (August 2).
That is the primary time when Zimbabwe managed to win a T20I sequence in opposition to a Check-playing nation. Mahmud termed this loss a ‘shame’ and urged his gamers to make amends instantly. His disappointment is kind of pure after Bangladesh have managed to win solely two out of their final 11 T20Is. Mahmud additionally mentioned that the strike-rate of each participant is bothering the staff.
Talking to the press, the 51-year-old mentioned, “I’m very disenchanted. I didn’t anticipate to lose to Zimbabwe. We’re higher than them. I might name it a shame. I received’t give any excuses. We should always have received the T20I sequence. Shedding was fairly uncommon.”
You’ll be able to’t win a sport by batting at 90 or 110 strike-rate: Khaled Mahmud
“When you’re chasing 157, you possibly can’t win a sport by batting at 90 or 110 strike-rate. Somebody needed to go after the bowling. You’ll be able to’t anticipate Liton Das to attain every single day. Whether or not it was Afif or Shanto, I didn’t see anybody batting aggressively. When you can’t pull a brief ball for six, that’s going to be an issue,” he mentioned.
Mahmud additionally mentioned that he expects gamers like Munim Shahriar and Parvez (Hossain Emon) to return out of their shell and present their class in worldwide cricket. In the meantime, Bangladesh will stay up for giving their greatest within the upcoming ODI sequence in opposition to Zimbabwe.
With the T20 World Cup across the nook, the staff wants to search out momentum and positivity going ahead. The ODI sequence is scheduled to begin on fifth August at Harare. The 2 different matches are scheduled for August 7 and August 10 respectively.
