Asia Cup 2012: Win over Sri Lanka was a collective effort reckons Shakib Al Hasan – Cricket News Update
Bangladesh’s ace all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in the final league game of the Asia Cup 2012 played at Mirpur.
Hasan, the 24-year-old cricketer, was pleased with the victory and termed the result as a collective effort. The all-rounder, who was once again declared the Man of the Match, said “I am very proud about the way we played. It is a pleasing feeling, winning.
I think it was a collective performance.”
Bangladesh did the unthinkable on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 has been unswerving throughout the tournament and if they continue in the same vein, winning the Asia Cup may
become a reality.
“I think we were consistent in the tournament and hopefully we will put on a good show in the final as well. It will be a tough final but the way we are playing nothing is impossible,” said Hassan.
In the fourth game of the Asia Cup, Bangladesh chased down 290 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nazmul-Hossain-c78993 for that.
The medium-pacer forced the Lankans on the back foot early on. He took three important wickets, that of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 which restricted Sri Lanka to 232.
Bangladesh was set a revised target of 212 from 40-overs because of a rain delay, and they chased down the total with five wickets to spare. Hasan along with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahmudullah-c1877 played a major part in the chase.
Hasan, who used to be the lone fighter for Bangladesh, was glad that the hosts have found a few match winners in their ranks. He said, “I think Nazmul was really good with the ball. Tamim too was very good at the top and then http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasir-c78728 and Mahmudullah played
very well at the end. We have found some players who can win matches for us and that is a pleasing thing for Bangladesh.”
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