Hathurusingha: We didn't react quick enough to India's approach
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Bangladesh did an abysmal performance on Day 5 of the second and final cricket Test against India to suffer a seven-wicket defeat at Green Park in Kanpur today.
Tiger head coach Chandika Hathurusingha came to the press conference after the match and credited Rohit Sharma and his team for their attacking approach, which outplayed the visitors completely.
"The defeat is really hurting us in terms of our performance. (India's approach) was really not seen before. All credit to Rohit and the India team to come up with that approach, and make a match of it. We actually didn't react quick enough (to India's approach)," Hathurusingha told reporters on Tuesday.
"Batting is disappointing in this series. Some players did well in the last series. We have not been performing to our potential in the last few series. One reason for the batting was the quality of the opposition. The skill level in display in this series was very high. We are taking a lot of learnings from this. This is the best team. Playing India in India is the toughest assignment. We know how much we need to improve," he added.
Bangladesh resumed their second innings on 26-2 on the final day, 26 runs behind, but the batting fell apart during the first session, with opener Shadman Islam top scoring on 50.
Mushfiqur Rahim frustrated India to delay the lunch break and was last man out when Bumrah bowled him for 37.
"I am sure they are disappointed at some of the dismissals and the decision-making. What stands out for me is that we lost a wicket when there's been a bowling change. We didn't give ourselves enough time to get used to the new bowler," Hathurusingha said.
"We came here after beating Pakistan but we knew that the challenges will be steep in India. It won't be a good thing if I attach our feeling into our performance. We didn't get too high on ourselves for winning in Pakistan, so we shouldn't go down too much after this result. We knew what we did well to win in Pakistan and we know what we couldn't do here to compete with these guys."
