Bangladesh Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim blamed his batsmen for their humiliating 177-run defeat to West Indies in the second ODI held on Friday.
The Bangladesh skipper also raised question about the team’s ability to fight or will to win after they were involved in yet another collapse, losing their last seven wickets only for 13 runs to be dismissed for 70. It was their biggest defeat to West Indies in ODIs, and their second-lowest one-day total after being twice bowled out for 58 in the last three years, according to cricket website.
“None of them even tried,” Mushfiqur said.”Everyone feels guilty when they play badly, but if they had been a bit more inspired to play for the country, it would put us closer to the target,” he said.
Bangladesh started cautiously before losing three quick wickets leaving Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur to restart the 248-run chase. It was the captain’s wicket and he edged it to Denesh Ramdin. Mahmudullah followed next ball, while Tamim, Sohag Gazi and Nasir Hossain fell one after another in a very short span of time to hand the home side their first ODI series win since February last year.
The wicketkeeper also blamed the openers for not proving a solid base, and said that there was no sense of responsibility among the batsmen. “Our plan was to bat normally for five to ten overs. It was a good batting wicket. If we had a good opening partnership, we could have taken the game further. But the batsmen got out poorly.
“Nobody batted with responsibility. I don’t think anyone among the eleven players fought. The shameful loss is a result of this.”
