WE still have a long way to go in T20- Mahmudullah
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On the eve of Bangladesh 20 years in Test cricketer, Twenty20 skipper Mahmudullah admitted that they have still a long way to go in the shortest format.
Mahmudullah expressed his insight after being part of yet another heartbreak drama when they lost to India by 30 runs in the series-deciding third game of the series at Nagpur despite being on the driving seat at one stage of the game when they required 70 runs from 50 balls with eight wickets in hand.
Deepak Chahar recorded the best bowling figure in T20 International cricket as he claimed 6-7 including a hat-trick to help the host clinched the series despite losing the opener at Delhi.
Bangladesh who sensed a historical victory suddenly found them invulnerable state, losing five wickets for 20 runs to be reduced to 130-7 from 110-2.
Bangladesh lost close matches against India in T20 formats on quite a few occasions as they failed to hold their nerves when it matters that forced them to earn their third loss after being comfortably placed like the way they did in the Nidhas Trophy final in the ICC World T20 in Bangalore in 2016.
‘’If I have to say about T20 format, we have long way to go,’’ Mahmudullah told reporters after the disappointing loss at the hand of the host
‘’We have to find out a lot of things. We don’t have big hitters. We have to be dependent on our skill hitting specially as batting group. Our game sense needs to improve and we need to become more consistent mentally. So as a batting unit if we can improve then we will have more chances to win,’’ he said.
‘’I am not sure whether it was composer or not. But if you see, we did similar kind of mistakes probably in few games in recent times. That’s where I think big teams are quite good in like very consistent on these matters so that they can chase down this sort of total,’’ he said.
