I am to be blamed- Mominul
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh skipper Mominul Haque said on Thursday that he is to be blamed both as a captain and as a batsman for their opening day disaster against India in the first Test at Indore.
Indian pacers and spinners put a combined effort to bowl out Bangladesh for 150 runs in 58.3 overs in the first innings of the first Test at Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on Thursday.
Mushfiqur Rahim scored highest 43 runs as Bangladesh struggled right from the start after new skipper Mominul Haque won the toss and made a bold decision of batting first on a green pitch.
Mohammad Shami claimed 3-27 while Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin claimed two wickets each, as Bangladesh were folded in little over two sessions.
India reached 86-1 in 26 overs at stumps of the first day’s play, trailing by just 64 runs after Cheteshwar Pujara and Mayank Agarwal made unbeaten 43 and 37 runs respectively.
Mominul blamed him as his decision to bat backfired along with that he also said that he failed to apply himself poorly in the middle.
‘’Whether you win the toss or lose the toss when your team collapse than certainly question will rise regarding the decision,’’ said Mominul.
‘’We were bundled out cheaply and I think it was my fault and my decision was bad,’’ he said adding that he regret for not keeping his composure.
‘’I think we adapted well when me and Mushfiqur bhai was batting. Mushfiqur bhai played well while Liton also played well. It was my fault to get out at that time because if I could have played a better innings with Mushfiqur bhai and we could be in a better position now,’’ he said.
