Condition played a big part says Mushfiqur Rahim – Cricket News Update
Bangladeshi skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 at home.
After a nail biting win in the One-off T20, the team had hoped to continue their winning run, however, a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LMP-Simmons-c1843 inspired century helped the Windies pose a mammoth 298 on the board.
The main strength of the Bengali Tigers lies with their bowling contingent, which helped the team in winning T20 match. However, with the pitch offering no assistance to the slow bowlers, the hosts failed to stem the flow of runs and the skipper feels it
was a turning factor for the team.
"Our main strength is our slow bowlers, especially in our home conditions, but unfortunately the pitch was not like the one during the Twenty20 match," Mushfiqur said. "The spinners didn't get any turn from this pitch, and hence got frustrated. It was a
batting paradise. Our spinners always get extra advantage here, but it was not the case today.”
"This wicket initially remains dry and, in the latter part of the innings, dew becomes a factor. That's why we took the decision of fielding first but unfortunately the ball came on very well [in the first half itself]."
With the bowlers not delivering the goods, the task was even made difficult with the team having to change their batting composition after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imrul-Kayes-c64265 was not allowed to open the innings due to him not being on the pitch for the final few overs of the West
Indies batting innings.
The hosts made a slow start to the innings and despite some good work form http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakib-Al-Hasan-c2492 late on, the team fell well short of the target. The skipper himself contributed a quick fire 21 but he too failed to emulate his heroics, which guided his side to
the victory line the T20 mach.
With two matches still to play in the series, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 can still make a comeback, however with the second game being played at the same venue, they will have to re assess their strategy over their slow bowlers.
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