Bangladesh out of Asia Cup 2022, Sri Lanka beat by 2 wickets. Captain Shakib Al Hasan imposed ‘class’ of bowlers
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Bangladesh’s loss of 2 wickets against Sri Lanka Asia Cup The journey is over. Batting first, Bangladesh’s team scored a big score of 183 runs, but despite this, they lost the match. There was a time when the Sri Lankan team was going in the face of defeat but in the end it took advantage of Bangladesh’s poor bowling and finished the match 4 balls before. After this defeat, the Bangladesh captain described his spinner Mehdi Hasan as a criminal in gestures.
Spinner bowling no ball offence: Shakib
Shakib Al Hasan said after the loss against Sri Lanka that a spinner bowling a no ball is like a crime. Let us tell you that Bangladesh spinner Mehdi Hasan bowled two no-balls against Sri Lanka and both times Bangladesh suffered heavy losses and in the end they lost and were knocked out of the Asia Cup. Kusal Mendis was out on a no ball from Mehdi Hasan, who contributed a lot to Sri Lanka’s victory by scoring a half-century and in the last over also Mehdi Hasan bowled a no ball, due to which Bangladesh lost the match.
Shakib Al Hasan said, ‘No captain wants any player of his team to bowl a no ball. Throwing a no ball to a spinner is no less than an offence. We didn’t play disciplined game and we didn’t know how to handle the pressure. We knew that Kusal Mendis plays spin well so it was necessary to get him out and that’s how we could come back. We dropped two catches from Kusal and when he got out, it was a no ball. Usually our spinners don’t bowl no balls but today we got shattered under pressure.
We’ve still got goosebumps from that one! What a match!😍🤩 Sri Lanka go on to the Super 4 of the DP World #AsiaCup after a breathtaking run chase.👏🏻🔥#SLvBAN #ACC #GetReadyForEpic #AsiaCup2022 pic.twitter.com/a9hNmxMSZf
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Shakib himself failed
Shakib may be giving knowledge to his players but he himself failed in the final match. Shakib scored 24 runs in 22 balls in such an important match. His slow innings hurt Bangladesh. He could not achieve any success even in bowling. Also his captaincy was disappointing.