After his side's eight-run defeat against Afghanistan in the Super Eights match of the 2024 T20 World Cup, Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto said they made poor decisions while batting in the middle overs. Najmul Hossain Shanto showed a poor performance in the second innings of the match. He scored 5 runs from 5 balls at a strike rate of 100.00. The Bangladesh captain hit just 1-four during his time at the crease. After the match, Shanto said their plan was to go hard in the first six overs of the second innings. He also accepted that the middle order of Bangladesh's batting line-up could not be executed.
He added that Bangladesh's bowling attack performed well throughout the tournament.
“I think we bowled very well, we did a lot of good things, but as a batting unit we made bad decisions, especially in the middle overs and that's what cost us today. The plan was to go hard in the first six overs, if we lost early wickets, the plan was to bat normally, but that didn't happen and the middle order couldn't execute. We bowled very well throughout the tournament, both the pacers and spinners were great fast bowlers We also did very well as a field group,” Shanto said.
Review of the match: After winning the toss, Rashid Khan-led Afghanistan decided to bat against Bangladesh.
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (43 runs off 55 balls, 3 fours and 1 six) played an astonishing knock for the Afghan side to take them to 115-5. Ibrahim Zadran (18 runs from 29 balls, 1 four) and Rashid Khan (19* runs from 10 balls, 3 sixes) did their best in the closing stages of the first inning and added some crucial runs to the scoreboard.
Rishad Hossain led the Bangladesh bowling attack after picking up three wickets and giving 26 runs in his four-over spell.
The second innings of the match was reduced to 19 overs, and the target was 114 runs, after rain played a spoilsport in the second inning.
During the run chase, Litton Das (54* runs from 49 balls, 5 fours and 1 six) was the only standout batsman for the Tigers as he scored the highest among his teammates.
Naveen-ul-Haq and Rashid Khan took four wickets each in their respective spells. Fazalhaq Farooqi and Gulbadin Naib also picked up one wicket each in their respective spells and helped the Afghanistan side win the match by eight runs.
After the defeat, Australia, led by Mitchell Marsh, is also out of the tournament. The Aussies finished third in Group 1 of the Super Eights with just two points.
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