Former India player turned cricket analyst Aakash Chopra has slammed the Bangladesh players for their poor shot selection in their T20 World Cup 2021 match against England.
Bangladesh put up a below-par total of 124/9 in their Super 12 Group 1 match against England yesterday which England easily chased down with eight wickets and almost six overs in hand as well. While reviewing the encounter in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra questioned their batting approach.
“You started well, scored ten runs in the first over as well, but the shot selection after that, it is deplorable at some level. When Liton Das was playing well down the ground, he played a sweep to the long side – it was a 90m boundary and he tried to hit a six. Mohammad Naim also walks back off the very next ball. Tu chal main aaya and after that, the procession of wickets does not stop at all,” he quipped.
Bangladesh lost by 8 wickets.#BANvENG #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/ybj6XKDhES
— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers) October 27, 2021
“You are not able to play spin, if you are not able to play Moeen Ali, Rashid and Liam Livingstone on a pitch at Abu Dhabi, then it is not going to happen. You have to get out to fast bowling in any case and that happened, Tymal Mills came and got you out, Chris Woakes bowled well,” Aakash Chopra continued.
Bangladesh is struggling at the moment – Aakash Chopra
However, Moeen Ali dismissed both Liton Das and Mohammad Naim in his second over to leave Bangladesh under pressure. Liam Livingstone later removed Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah when they tried to accelerate the innings. Aakash Chopra further added:
“I don’t think you [Bangladesh] should have batted first, you could have chased. But they don’t have any confidence in their batting. You had batted first against Oman as well although you knew that the ball is going to get wet because you could not chase against Scotland once. But you had made 171 in the last match and allowed it to be chased on the Sharjah ground. Bangladesh is slightly struggling at the moment.”
“You [Bangladesh] lost to Scotland, you qualified after beating Oman and Papua New Guinea. You have already lost to Sri Lanka on a Dhaka-like pitch. You have lost on this pitch to England. If you are going to consistently lose matches like this, you can’t even be a giant slayer, forget about going to the semi-finals,” Aakash Chopra concluded.
However, Bangladesh will now have to win their remaining three Super 12 matches to keep the chance of qualifying for the semi-finals alive as well.
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