Agency :
Bangladesh left-arm spinner Taijul Islam was dissatisfied and rued over the pitch condition of the Port Elizabeth ground. Taijul claimed that the pitch was batting-friendly which arched them to create enough pressure on the Proteas batters.
Taijul was the most prolific bowler for the Tigers, he provided the much-needed balance in Bangladesh’s attack, picking up three for 77 in his 32 overs at the close of the day.
“The wicket here in South Africa had some help in the first hour but then it became flatter. If we could keep them to a lower score, we could have applied more pressure and that could have seen one or more two wickets fall,” Taijul said.
“Actually, you can’t force the issue at this surface. If you bowled a little away from the stumps it went for runs or a touch fuller also went for runs. It was important to maintain [process] and I tried my best,”
Taijul also said that both pacers and spinners have to take the challenge of taking that extra bit of workload together.
“Everything depends on the wicket. You can’t play three or four pacers here. You can’t play three spinners here as well given the nature of the wicket. It’s [selection] also dependent on [number of] batters. Together we have to put in that physical effort and take that pressure to maintain things. We have to take this challenge,” he said.
