ICC T20 World Cup 2016: 5 Hits and 5 Misses from the Super 10 Stage

Miss: Bangladesh

Bangladesh failed to keep their nerves under control

The rise and rise of Bangladesh was the story of world cricket in 2015. After making it to the quarter finals of the World Cup in Australia, the Bangla tigers hunted down formidable teams such as Pakistan, India and South Africa in consecutive ODI series’ at home.

They carried this form into 2016 as they made it to the finals of the Asia Cup T20. Considering that this is the strongest Bangladshi team that has been seen in years, they were expected to cause an upset or two.

In their opening game, the Bangla tigers were completely outclassed by a rampaging Shahid Afridi. However, in the games against Australia and India, they failed to deliver the knockout punch when it mattered the most. In both these games they had their opponents on the mat, but, their inexperience clearly showed as they failed to latch on to crucial moments.

Moreover, the Asian minnows were also dented by the suspension of Taskin Ahmed, one of their star bowlers in recent times. Though they pulled off a few stunners in the field, their ground fielding in general was poor and needs further improvement. The failure of their batting stars such as Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar and Sabbir Rahman too added to their woes. All in all it can be said that Bangladesh flattered to deceive at the ICC World T20.