Bangladesh managed 135/9 in reply to India's 221/9 and lost by 86 in 2nd T20I in Delhi.
Taskin Ahmed, Bangladesh pacer, repeated his captain Najmul Hossain Shanto’s words and stated that their batters do not have the habit of scoring big runs. This came after Bangladesh lost the second T20I against India by 86 runs and lost the series 2-0 with one match to go.
India was asked to bat first by Bangladesh in Delhi and despite being reduced to 40/3 in 6 overs, the Men in Blue managed to put up 221/9 in 20 overs. Nitish Reddy starred with 74, while Rinku Singh made 53 runs and the duo added 108 runs for the 4th wicket. Hardik Pandya made 32 in 19 balls to propel India to a match-winning total.
In reply, Bangladesh batters got out in regular intervals trying to chase down 221 runs with only Mahmudullah scoring 41 runs. In the end, Bangladesh managed 135/9 and lost the second T20I by 86 runs.
“They score 180 to 200 runs regularly. For us, that is 130-40 at home. We don’t have that habit of scoring big runs and that is reality. Hopefully, in the coming days, our home condition will get better and at that point, we can chase big runs and defend as well. At the same time if we can play different franchise leagues we will have a better experience. Our cricket will develop when the structure of our domestic cricket is strong,” Taskin Ahmed told reporters.
Taskin was the pick of the bowlers for Bangladesh as he returned with the bowling figures of 2 for 16.
Taskin Ahmed has said the team paid the price for dropping Nitish Reddy early when he was only on 5 by wicketkeeper Litton Das.
“Catch drop is always costly, especially against an opponent like them who are best in the world. The margin of error is very small and so it was costly,” Taskin said.
“Look in the power play we did well but they batted well in the end and unfortunately spinners had a bad day. Normally we don’t have this kind of bad day but in T20 anything can happen on any day. The spinners could not grip the ball as there was dew. We were in the game till the 11 or 12 over and on this wicket, if we could keep them under 180 runs it was chasuble. We could not score a lot of runs and that is our failure but this wicket is very good for batting,” he added.
Taskin further highlighted the main point of difference between the two teams is the habit of Indian batters playing on good wickets from their very early stage.
“This habit that they have grown due to playing in good wicket from the early stage of their career is their biggest strength. Unfortunately, we could not improve a lot in T20 and that is our fault. We need to improve our skill at the same time if we could play in good wicket,” he stated.
(ANI inputs)