Bangladesh started their T20 World Cup Champaign with ein over Netherlands in their opening ICC T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12 encounter at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart.
They defeated Nederlands by nine runs.
Winning skipper, Shakib Al Hasan said:
It was very important to get a win. I have played all the editions of (T20 World Cup) but we haven’t won and that was on the back of my mind. We kept losing wickets at regular intervals and that wasn’t helping us. We knew that 155 would have been a great total, we were 10 runs short. The fast bowlers bowled well. We understand the importance of fast bowling, we have found some very good bowlers. Taskin has been a good bowler for us, he has the experience and pace. Most of the fielders in our team are agile and quick, in the field we can save 5-10 runs, and that could be the big difference.
Losing skipper, Scott Edwards said:
Our bowlers were quite amazing, and they (Bangladesh) were around 10-15 runs short. But our run-outs (Max ODowd and Tom Cooper) were poor. Colin Ackermann and Paul van Meekeren helped us to get closer to the total. Hopefully we can bring in a better performance with the bat, looking forward to the next challenge (against India).
Player of the Match, Taskin Ahmed said:
It’s a good win for us, we needed it. As a team we played really well and I am happy to contribute in today’s win. I tried to stick to the basics. I tried to bowl the Test match lengths and the ball shaped away too. I just tried to give my best. I can move the ball both ways, that’s the main focus and something I have worked on for the World Cup.
