Taskin Ahmed speaks on Bangladesh’s monumental collapse vs SL that seen them lose 7 wickets for just 5 runs.
Taskin Ahmed on Bangladesh’s 7 for 5 collapse: ‘We panicked a bit’.
After the first ODI, Bangladeshi fast bowler Taskin Ahmed stated, “I was expecting we would win with five to seven overs in hand.” Tanzid Hasan and Najmul Hossain Shanto led them to 96 for 1 at the conclusion of 16 overs in a chase of 245; he was correct to believe that was the most likely scenario.
However, expectations are often not met. Collapses also occur. In the time it took them to reach five runs, Bangladesh lost seven wickets.
A strong fielding effort by debutant Milan Rathnayake, who helped run Shanto out for 23, was the catalyst for the collapse. Wanindu Hasaranga had Tanzid and Litton Das in the same over shortly after.
“Those two wickets in one over was the turning point for them,” Taskin said. “Definitely, we batted badly in the middle phase, but we had a great start with 100 runs in 16 overs. Then 100 for 2 and 107 [105] for 8 – that was very costly
“When Jaker got set, he was batting very well,” Taskin said. “He scored a fifty. With him, if we had two or three batters left, then we could have won the match. Yes, it’s accepted that we didn’t bat well, but seeing two or three guys bat on this wicket, it doesn’t feel like the wicket was that bad. That was our failure.”
Taskin said that perhaps “panic” had been the reason for the loss.
“Yeah, after that great start, we were a bit relaxed that everything was going our way, and suddenly, that run-out and one of our set batters, Tamim [Tanzid], got out,” he said. “Then we panicked a bit. We didn’t play our natural game, and under pressure, we collapsed. That’s how we lost this match.”