BCB to investigate national team's performance in WC, Sri Lanka tour
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|| CF Correspondent ||
Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Tuesday that they will scrutinize the performance of the national team in the next board meeting after receiving the manager’s report of World Cup along with the tour of Sri Lanka.
Bangladesh won only three matches in the World Cup and followed that with a disappointing tour of Sri Lanka, where they were humiliated by the host as they cleanly swept them away in the three-match ODI’s series.
BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury said that board will review the performance of the team in their next board meeting.
‘’We are hoping that we will get the [ managers] report very soon and we will discuss about it in our next board meeting,” Nizam told reporters on Tuesday
“You all know that we had a series just after the World Cup. When the board meeting took place our team was in Sri Lanka
Bangladesh team started their World Cup 2019 campaign on a high note winning their first match against South Africa as the expectation was high since then. But the team failed to follow the same level of success and the team eventually finished their global campaign at eight.
Bangladesh team looked well set to play in the semis winning three matches in their first seven matches and one washed out against Sri Lanka but fell short to earn victory against two native opponents India and Pakistan.
Mashrafe army concede two 380+ total in the recent World Cup which is more than any other team after Afghanistan who concede tournament’s highest (397) against host nation England.
Except Mustafizur Rahman’s 20 wickets in his first World Cup campaign there was only pacer Saifuddin (13) and all-rounder Shakib(11) who had 10+ wickets. And though, Saifuddin was the second most successful bowler for Bangladesh, he gave away 7.19 runs per over which was just short of Rubel Hossain’s 7.71.
And in batting, except Shakib (606) and Mushfiq (367) most of the batsmen failed abruptly though maintaining a good form of runs in past few series before the World Cup. Tamim Iqbal who has been accused for performing poorly throughout the campaign scored 235 runs which was the third highest runs for any Bangladeshi in this World Cup while Mahmudullah Riyad had a good average with 43.80 but the experienced batsman only managed to score 219 runs in six innings.
While Bangladesh team shared one point with Sri Lanka as the encounter was washed out due to rain, many seemed remorse as they thought the match sure wining match for Bangladesh team. But Sri Lanka’s ascendancy was clear during Bangladesh’s post World Cup tour in Sri Lanka for three ODI matches.
The team missed out some of their regular starters in the series but some of the players who had good opportunity in their absence could not impress either with their performance.
