The Bangladesh team’s comfort zone in all three formats was the bowling attack. Pacers were doing well. But the bowlers in T20 and ODI series in Zimbabwe. Russell Domingo, head coach of the Bangladesh team, commented that they made mistakes after mistakes.
Speaking at a press conference after the first two losses of the three-match series, Domingo said, ‘They lost three wickets for 60 runs in the first match and four wickets for 49 runs in the second match. We could not take advantage of their pressure. I bowled a lot of bad balls, I didn’t bowl according to the fielding, I got beaten a lot and took the wrong path.’
Domingo said, the way the bowlers made mistakes according to the conditions, we definitely deserved the punishment. Zimbabwe has given that punishment to the Bangladesh team by scoring four centuries in two matches. Domingo also commented that Bangladesh scored at least 20 runs in both matches. In his comments, ‘Zimbabwe deserved to win both matches.’
Despite losing the series against Zimbabwe, Domingo does not see much fault in the ODI team. He feels that it is easy to bat in the second innings in the conditions of Zimbabwe. Besides, this Protea coach also commented that this defeat is a great learning opportunity before next year’s World Cup.
He said, ‘It is difficult to criticize the way the ODI team has performed in the last one-and-a-half years. They have given some good wins this time around. The problem is, you have to score a century to win the match. To pull the end of the innings. The World Cup is still a year away. Fortunately, these matches are not part of the Super League. We see the loss as gaining experience.
