Mominul regrets getting out at the wrong time

Mominul Haque made 80 runs in the 1st innings of the 1st Test against Pakistan

Bangladesh youngster Mominul Haque regrets getting out at the wrong time against Pakistan in the first Test at Khulna. He made a patient 162-ball 80 and was looking to end the day for Bangladesh on a strong note before losing his wicket to Zulfiqar Babar due to a ‘lapse in concentration’.

Bangladesh were well placed at 236 for 3 until that point and Mominul admits that his wicket has made way for them to crawl back in to the game. "I played that ball quite poorly," Mominul said. "Maybe I was a bit casual. Sometimes the mind wanders when you are out in the middle for a long time. I think I got out because I had a lapse in concentration. We would have been in a better position had I not been dismissed. But still I feel we are in a good position. A wicket at this late stage is a bonus to them.

He also mentioned that the pitch was too slow to the batsmen’s liking. "We didn't set to bat slowly. It is quite hard to score in this wicket. It keeps low, comes to the bat late. You can survive in this wicket but scoring runs is difficult. Shakib bhai and Tamim bhai were attacking in ODIs but even they couldn't force the pace. We would have lost more wickets had we forced the issue. It is better to stay at the wicket, which will be good for the team. One has to work hard to score runs here. I thought I would need 100 years to score 80 on this wicket."

He also reached a milestone when he got to his fifty. He has now joined Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar and John Edrich as the only batsmen to have gone past 50 in 10 consecutive Test matches. And when he was told about it, he was so modest in his response, “I didn't know about this the feat, and I don't even want to know."