Asia Cup 2012: Bangladesh faltered under pressure admits skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 – Cricket News Update
Bangladesh skipper, Mushfiqur Rahim, held his head high despite losing the Asia Cup 2012 final to Pakistan on Thursday, March 22 at Mirpur. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 to the extreme but they came under pressure near the end
and gave the visitors a two-run win.
Rahim admitted that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747, who were playing in their first Asia Cup final, faltered under pressure. However, the wicket-keeper batsman hailed the never dying attitude of his team and hoped that same vigour continues in future.
He said, “The pressure got to us. We put up a fight in all the games. Most of the players put their hands up and contributed. We hope to win more games from this point.”
Some Bangladeshi players indeed came under pressure and this played a key role in deciding the fate of the match.
Pakistan had scored 217 runs at the end of 49-overs. The final over of their innings fetched 19 runs, which propelled the score to 236 runs at the end of 50-overs. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahadat-Hossain-c2480 was the culprit who went for two boundaries in
the final over, he also bowled two no-balls in his over which gave free runs to the batting side.
The pressure of playing in the finals also consumed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Nasir-Hossain-c77146, the right-handed batsman, who found it difficult to score runs off Pakistani spinners. Hossain, who was in supreme form prior to the final, scored 28 runs but it
took him 63 deliveries.
However, the youngster did his very best to stay in the middle and provided Bangladesh with a solid partnership of 89 runs for fourth-wicket.
The Bengal Tigers, who were hosting the tournament for the third time, had a lengthy lay-off of three months before the tournament but they did not look rusty. Rahim held that the Bangladesh’s left no stone unturned in their preparations
for the tournament.
“Before the tournament, we prepared well. The boys executed the plans well. We played consistently,” said the wicket-keeper batsman.
When asked to indicate the turning points of the match, Rahim said, “The last over bowled by Shahadat was the crucial point in the match for us. The wicket was slow, but Tamim and Shakib played well. The wickets of Tamim and Shakib
was the turning point.”
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