This is Bangladesh’s worst-ever World Cup, says Shakib Al Hasan | Cricket-world-cup News
Bangladesh skipper Shakib al Hasan cut a frustrated figure after his side’s 87-run loss to the Netherlands at the Eden Gardens on Saturday, going as far as saying this may have been the Bangla Tigers’ worst ever World Cup campaign.
“You can say that (this is Bangladesh’s worst ever World Cup campaign) and I wouldn’t say otherwise,” he said in the post-match press conference when asked about the team’s performance in this edition of the tournament.
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“We were pretty underprepared coming into this tournament but we can’t use that as an excuse,” he added.
Just days before the World Cup, there was a feud between Shakib and Tamim Iqbal, which was played out in the open.The two southpaws, who were once close friends, have since fallen out and don’t see eye-to-eye anymore. Asked if it had played any part in affecting the morale of the team in this tournament, the Bangladesh skipper would be curt in his reply, saying, “It might have affected the team. It’s not unusual. You don’t know what an individual has in his mind but I am not disagreeing with the fact that (the controversy) might have affected us.”
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“We have been poor with the bat all tournament and this is as bad as it gets. There is more cricket to come and we have to pick ourselves up and I know it’s hard but we have to try to finish the tournament on a high. Throughout the tournament, we have been struggling, I don’t know what’s on the players’ minds,” he said.
He said that he was happy with the bowlers but thought that the fielding was sloppy. “I thought we bowled really well but we were sloppy in the field. We should have restricted them to 160-170 from the position we were in,” he said.
Bangladesh fell to their 5th successive defeat in the World Cup as their semifinal dreams faded further into the oblivion.
