Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah said that his team will play for their pride in the remaining two matches of the ongoing T20 World Cup.
Bangladesh lost their third consecutive match of the tournament as West Indies defeated them by 5 runs.
Definitely we’ll play for our pride. We’ve been trying hard and hard to get a win. Two more games to go. We’ll put our everything definitely to win these last two games,” said Mahmudullah in the post-match press conference.
Mahmudullah along with Litton Das threatened to take Bangladesh home in a chase of 143. But with Das’s dismissal on the final ball of the 19th over, the equation became 13 off the final over. With four required off the final ball, Andre Russell nailed a yorker which Mahmudullah couldn’t connect with, which meant that Bangladesh missed their chance of pocketing the first two points in the tournament.
“I think at that point of time we were in a game, we were in a good race against the West Indies. If Litton’s last shot would have been 6, I thought it was probably 6. But that’s an advantage when you have a 6’5″ or 6’7″ tall fielder in your outfield who can catch. So I think probably that was one crucial moment in that catch.”
Brief scores: West Indies 142/7 in 20 overs (Nicholas Pooran 40, Roston Chase 39, Shoriful Islam 2/20, Mahedi Hasan 2/27) against Bangladesh 139/5 in 20 overs (Litton Das 44, Mahmudullah 31 not out, Jason Holder 1/22, Akeal Hosein 1/24) by three runs
