Bangladesh eyeing to end the tour on a high note
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh will be looking forward to come up with a better performance when they take on Pakistan in the third and final T20 as they are eyeing to restore some pride by avoiding a humiliating whitewash at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Pakistan already clinched the series with one game to spare following their five-wicket and nine-wicket win against the visitors in the first and second match respectively.
Bangladesh’s meek surrender was particularly disappointing given the fact that they had come here after playing so many T20 matches in the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) and also all of the batsmen and bowlers were in superb form.
We had the ability to play better than what we did but at the same time our team was also quite new in the sense that apart from Riyad and Tamim bhai others are quite new to the squad,’’ pace bowler Shafiul Islam told reporters at Lahore on Monday ahead of the series concluding last game of the series.
We have just played in BPL and maybe we had the chance to perform well and probably we were we scored 5 to 10 runs short in the first match while in the second game Babar Azam and Hafeez played well in the second so the result went on their side.
But their performance in the both matches proved they are yet to decode the playing style of T20 cricket.
In both matches, Bangladesh however got a wicket in which they are used to play back in the country. But they again proved their shortcomings to use the first and last power-play well in batting-in which the success of T20 cricket generally lies.
In the first match, they made just 35 runs in six overs without losing any wicket while in the second match, which was a fine track for batting, they could make just 33-2.
‘’It is difficult to say why it’s not happening because everyone is trying to perform well but maybe they had their day and we made some mistakes.
‘’These silly mistakes are too big in T20 games. That’s why the result did not come in our favour,’’ he said. Leaving aside those factors behind them, Bangladesh still hopes for the best as they want to end the first phase of Pakistan tour with winning note.
Bangladesh and Pakistan so far played 12 games in this format, of which Pakistan won 10. The Tigers won just two and the final T20 gives them an opportunity to increase the number.
‘’When we come play a series, we always come with the mindset to win and we also came here with the same goal though it did not come to our side,’’ he said.
‘’We have one match left and we want to finish it well,’’ he concluded
