Bangladesh National Cricket Team Vs Nepal National Cricket Team Standings
Bangladesh National Cricket Team Vs Nepal National Cricket Team Standings: Bangladesh has won three in a row and will probably have to win at least two more in the Super Eight to get to the semi-final. They have momentum on their side and will have two very familiar teams (Afghanistan and India) in their group alongside Australia. Nepal will return home slightly disappointed but with their head held high. They gave it a proper rattle, especially in the last two matches, and if they had controlled the acceptable margins better, we might have been awning over a different story.
That will be all from us for this game. Over in St. Lucia, Sri Lanka are on the brink of registering their first win at this year’s T20 World Cup, with the Netherlands needing more than 115 in eight overs. Hop over for all the action. Until next time, this is goodbye from me, Raghav and Sudeep. Take care, folks.
Najmul Hossain Shanto, Bangladesh captain
Very happy with the way we played this round. I hope we can continue our bowling performance, not our batting. Hope our batting performance will be acceptable in the next round. We are not scoring much, but we know we can defend totals if we pick up early wickets. That is what we told the bowlers; they are also perfect in the field. (On the bowling attack) We have everything. All the fast bowlers have worked hard in the last two or three years. The bowling unit is fundamental in this format, and I hope they continue their form. (On going into the Super Eight on the back of three consecutive wins) In T20Is, momentum is always necessary. We have to plan for the next round and execute our plans.
Rohit Paudel, Nepal captain
As a bowling unit, we bowled well. We could have done better as a batting unit, especially the top-order batters. We could have batted tighter. Bangladesh bowled well with the new ball, and we were under pressure after that. They were asking us challenging questions. After that, we built a little partnership, but top-order batters could have done better and taken more responsibility. We need to step up, need to know where to score runs and how to assess conditions. We are up to the mark in the field and with the ball, and we need to improve with the bat. This team has great potential. We need to back every player and hope to do better in the upcoming World Cup. (On their fans) We are as disappointed as them. We could have crossed (the line) in a few matches. It was heartbreaking for all of us, and we will try to make them happy in the coming years.
Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Player of the Match
We just wanted to keep things simple. We wanted to bowl in good areas and did not want to panic. So we knew we could defend this score. Everybody bowled well. As a bowling attack, we bowled well, so we defended the score. I want to be aggressive and execute my plans. We are excited about the Super Eight. We are very confident about it and hopefully (we can do well). Spin-bowling was tough, and it was not easy to get those runs. We held our lines and lengths, and it worked.
What a bowling display by Bangladesh to make the Super Eight
They were not dead and buried at the halfway stage, but they needed something special to turn things around. And they did get something special in the form of Tanzim’s spell. He was breathing fire with the new ball, bowled 21 dots, gave away just seven runs, and picked up three vital wickets inside the powerplay.
That was the cue for the other bowlers to follow. Mustafizur then did what he does, with Shakib and Rishad keeping things tight at different junctures. Shakib ended up with two wickets, with Mustafizur scalping three, and Bangladesh made a middling total seem overwhelming, courtesy of their bowling exploits.
Nepal, on the other hand, will be gutted. This seemed a makeable chase, but they committed the same mistakes against South Africa. However, tonight, things started going downhill a lot sooner. Their powerplay batting was not great, and their strike rotation was not much better. That meant the required run-rate crept up, and by the time they started taking risks, it was probably too late, especially against bowlers from Mustafizur’s class.
They will go back home with positives but also with a feeling of how differently things could have panned out had they been slightly more clinical and game-aware with the bat.
