Taskin Ahmed, the Bangladesh fast bowler, said that the team paid the price for dropping Nitish Reddy early in the second T20I match against India at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday. Taskin also added that the spinners weren’t able to play a role in the game for them due to the dew factor, which was one of the reasons they failed to restrict India despite a good start with the ball.
However, Bangladesh gave away only 45 runs in the powerplay while claiming the wickets of Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma and captain Suryakumar Yadav as well. India, though, recovered well and posted a huge total of 221 thanks to Nitish (74 off 34) and Rinku Singh (53 off 29) as they put on 108 off only 49 balls as well. This helped them to record an 86-run victory.
“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 told reporters after the match. “Look, in the powerplay we did well but they batted well in the end and unfortunately spinners had a bad day. Normally we don’t have these kind of bad days 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 11th or 12th over and on this wicket, if we had kept them under 180 runs, it was chaseable.”
Taskin Ahmed also said Bangladesh’s repeated inability to come up with good totals is because they are not used to playing on good pitches back home as well. The pacer also said that if the Bangladesh players participate in different leagues around the world, it will help them improve their game as well.
“They (India) 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 the reality. Hopefully in the coming days our home conditions 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 better experience. Our cricket will develop when the structure of our domestic cricket is strong,” he said.
“They (Indian batters) play their shots fluently even when there is a small margin of error. If we try to play shots lying down like them (scoop and lap shots), it would hit our head. This habit that they have grown is due to playing on good wickets from the early stages of their career. The decision lies in the hands of the board. We have already informed the board (to prepare good wickets and take a decision on the curator) and board is thinking about it,” Taskin Ahmed concluded.
