LIVE analysis, West Indies v Bangladesh: Inconsistent batting led to Bangladesh downfall
Bangladesh has faced a real hammering in their crucial group match against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 team’s performance in the last 12 months and the way they fought in their initial two matches of the tournament.
The home team was dismissed for the fourth lowest total of World Cup history which shocked the packed house at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium. The tickets of this encounter were sold out many days ago and the crowd was rightly disappointed.
Bengladesh heavily depends on Tamim Iqbal who is their premier batsman. One of the major reasons behind Bangladesh’s dismal performance with the bat today was the fact that Tamim was dismissed in the very first over of the match without opening his account. Bangladeshi batsmen would have to perform as a unit if they are to do well in the remaining three group matches. Otherwise their hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals are bound to be shattered sooner or later.
Bangladeshi batsmen definitely have the potential to compete at the international level, which they have proved many times in the past. However, their inconsistency is the major issue for the Bangladeshi management as the batsmen just seem to be throwing their wickets away too often. Shot selection seems to be their major problem as the likes of Mohammad Ashraful, Shakib Al http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamim-Iqbal-c2640 go in an ultra-aggressive mode very regularly and as a result they fail to occupy the crease for longer periods of time.
Bangladesh captain Shakib admitted that his team’s batting performance today was disappointing and they would have to work out things before their next fixture of the mega event. "We never thought we would bat this poorly. We have been playing good cricket for the last 12 months, consistent with the bat but today I don't know; we have to sit and think about this. Work out things. We have to come back and win 2 out of 3. The anger from the crowd is acceptable because of the way we have performed," Shakib said while expressing his disappointment.
Although Bangladeshi batsmen were quite poor today no one can take the credit away from the West Indian bowlers who were brilliant. Kemar Roach proved once again that he is one of the best emerging fast bowlers in the world. He took six wickets in the previous match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Benn-c47745 and Darren Sammy.
Although Benn picked up four wickets but Roach was named as the Player of the Match for his brilliant spell of fast bowling as he took three wickets but did trouble the Bangladeshi batsmen more often than others. Roach said after receiving the award that, "I am glad. This is my second man of the match, looking for my third in the up-coming game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751. Just keep it straight; if the batsman miss, I hit. It was a good all-round effort. Benn bowled really well."
West Indies would like to build on this momentum now so that they can perform up to the mark against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 and England as these are expected to be the tougher opponents for the Caribbean team in the up-coming group matches.
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