Bangladesh has won three out of four matches in the group stage of the T20 World Cup and qualified for the Super Eight. Nazmul Hussain Shantar’s team will play matches against Australia, India and Afghanistan in the next phase. The team management is uncomfortable with the top order batting before taking the field against the big three teams. How badly the Bangladeshi batsmen have fared will become clear when looking at the list of batsmen in the tournament. Tawheed Hriday is at number 18 in the list with 95 runs. Despite failing in batting, the Tigers have done well in bowling. Two Bangladeshi bowlers have made it to the top ten. Taskin Ahmed and Rishad Hossain are next after ten.
The bowlers have made the most important contribution in taking Bangladesh to the Super Eight of the T20 World Cup. They are getting good wicket support in this World Cup. But the way the Bangladeshi batsmen are failing, the World Cup wicket is not that bad. The top order failed in all four matches of the group stage. The impact of the bowlers in all the matches is worth mentioning. It will not be easy to win matches in Super Eight if the batsmen cannot recover from their failures.
On the contrary, pacer Tanjim Hasan Shakib has the joint second highest wicket of the tournament in bowling. He has 9 wickets in 4 matches at an economy rate of 4.80. This young man is number five in the list of top ten bowlers. The highest wicket so far is by Fazal Haque Farooqui, 12. Moreover, Trent Boult, Akil Hossain and Einrich Norkia are above Shakib. They lost 9 wickets.
Mostafizur Rahman is also in the top ten with 7 wickets. Two more bowlers of Bangladesh, Rishad and Taskin, took 7 wickets each. They are also joint fourth highest wicket takers. The list of the best bowlers is at number 17 and 18.
While Bangladesh dominates the list of top bowlers, the picture for batters is different. There is no Bangladeshi batter in the top ten. Tawheed is at number 19 in the list with 95 runs in 125 strikerates in 4 matches. He is the best batsman of the team till now. Shakib Al Hasan is at number 22 with 92 runs at a strike rate of 106.97. Mahmudullah Riyad is at number 29 with 72 runs in 100 strikes. Lytton at number 58 with 56 runs at a strike rate of 86.15. Tanjid Hasan Tamim is at number 69 with 47 runs at a strike rate of 111.90. Captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto is number 105 in the list with 26 runs in 4 matches at a strike rate of 59.09!
The position of the Bangladeshi batsmen in the list tells how much they are having a difficult time in batting. Ahead of the Super Eight, such a situation is raising concerns. Bangladesh captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto is hoping that the batsmen will return to the run in the Super Eight. Most of the matches are getting low runs. They are defending and winning. As I said, less runs have been done. Not even a wicket for so few runs. There were wickets of 130-140 runs. Every day the bowlers will win the match, it is not possible. I hope they win the match every day. Batters also have responsibilities. Why it’s not happening, everyone is trying to figure out—but it’s not happening, it’s not acceptable. Hopefully, the batsmen can return to the run in the Super Eight.
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