Kingstown [St. Vincent], Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto revealed that they were planning to chase Afghanistan's paltry score of 116 but admitted they lost hope of reaching the semi-final after losing a clutch of wickets in the middle phase in their clash of Super 8 of the current one. T20 World Cup.
When Afghanistan went down 115/5, Bangladesh and Australia's hopes rose of securing a place in the final four despite their woeful Super 8 campaign.
Bangladesh needed to reach the total in 12.1 overs to qualify for the semi-final, while Australia would have secured a place alongside India had Bangladesh failed to do so and only managed a win against Afghanistan.
Bangladesh fell to 23/3 in 2.5 overs. They changed their plan, but Afghanistan did not allow them to take a breather with their disciplined spells.
Shanto revealed that his game plan was to pile up runs on the board in the power play. But Bangladesh lost three in the powerplay, putting them on the defensive.
"The plan was to try to score in the first six overs. If we start well and don't lose the first wickets, then we will take the opportunity. But when we lost three first wickets, our plan was different. Our plan was how to win the match. Because our plan was to win the match, I would say the middle order didn't make a good decision, I think we lost the match after the match.
Towhid Hridoy found the fence twice off Mohammad Nabi, and Litton Das scored a commanding six off Rashid Khan in the ninth over to keep Bangladesh in the mix. They managed to pile up 75/5 on the board in the ninth over.
Things started to change in the next two overs, with Noor Ahmed keeping things tight and Rashid striking twice in the 11th over. Afghanistan put a dent in Bangladesh's hopes of reaching the semi-final.
"I think, first of all, we wanted to win the match. That's the initial plan. After the first innings, when we saw 115 on the board, we had a plan to win 12.1 overs. So that was the plan." But as I mentioned, the batting group made a lot of bad decisions," Shanto added.
Bangladesh scored 105 in 17.5 overs, sealing Afghanistan's place in the semi-final against South Africa.
When Afghanistan went down 115/5, Bangladesh and Australia's hopes rose of securing a place in the final four despite their woeful Super 8 campaign.
Bangladesh needed to reach the total in 12.1 overs to qualify for the semi-final, while Australia would have secured a place alongside India had Bangladesh failed to do so and only managed a win against Afghanistan.
Bangladesh fell to 23/3 in 2.5 overs. They changed their plan, but Afghanistan did not allow them to take a breather with their disciplined spells.
Shanto revealed that his game plan was to pile up runs on the board in the power play. But Bangladesh lost three in the powerplay, putting them on the defensive.
"The plan was to try to score in the first six overs. If we start well and don't lose the first wickets, then we will take the opportunity. But when we lost three first wickets, our plan was different. Our plan was how to win the match. Because our plan was to win the match, I would say the middle order didn't make a good decision, I think we lost the match after the match.
Towhid Hridoy found the fence twice off Mohammad Nabi, and Litton Das scored a commanding six off Rashid Khan in the ninth over to keep Bangladesh in the mix. They managed to pile up 75/5 on the board in the ninth over.
Things started to change in the next two overs, with Noor Ahmed keeping things tight and Rashid striking twice in the 11th over. Afghanistan put a dent in Bangladesh's hopes of reaching the semi-final.
"I think, first of all, we wanted to win the match. That's the initial plan. After the first innings, when we saw 115 on the board, we had a plan to win 12.1 overs. So that was the plan." But as I mentioned, the batting group made a lot of bad decisions," Shanto added.
Bangladesh scored 105 in 17.5 overs, sealing Afghanistan's place in the semi-final against South Africa.
