Bangladesh national cricket team captain Najmul Hossain Shanto has spoken about the defeat his team faced in the first T20I against the Indian national cricket team. He said they did not have a plan and would look to make suitable plans for the next game.

The Bangladesh national cricket team had a horrendous outing in the first T20I against the Indian national cricket team. Those led by Najmul Hossain Shanto were outclassed in all three departments as they lost the game by a margin of 7 wickets and within 12 overs of the chase.

Bangladesh suffer 7-wicket loss in first T20I

Najmul Hossain Shanto lost the toss and his team was asked to bat first but nothing went as expected. Arshdeep Singh led the team to a dream start. The left-arm pacer picked two wickets in the first two overs, removing Litton Das and Parvez Hossain.

After that, the Indian bowlers continued to contribute wickets at regular intervals and put pressure on Bangladesh. Mayank Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy and Washington Sundar picked wickets in the middle. Najmul Hossain Shanto (27) tried to get going but died after that start.

Mehidy Hasan Miraz (35*) was the only player in his team as Bangladesh went all out for 127. In the chase, Abhishek Sharma started aggressively with the bat but was run out for 16 runs due to a mix-up with Samson that made him go back. hut early.

But after that, Sanju Samson (29) and Suryakumar Yadav (29) added 40 runs in an instant to take the team closer to victory. Before Hardik Pandya (39*) finished the game for his team within 12 overs to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20I series.

Yes, I think we didn’t start well – Najmul Hossain Shanto

Najmul Hossain Shanto admitted that the Bangladesh national cricket team did not start the match well and according to him, it was a turning point. He said they didn’t take advantage of the power play. Before, he added that his plan to play positively did not bear fruit. In statements to the stations, he explained:

“Yes, I think we didn’t start well. In T20, the first six overs are important, but we didn’t do well. The plan was to play positive cricket, but we had to manage part of how we wanted to approach it. It seems like we didn’t have much of a plan, but “We need to make a proper plan in the next game.”

We need to focus on rotating the strike – Najmul Hossain Shanto

Najmul Hossain Shanto added that they need to focus on rotating the strike and if they had wickets in hand, they would have scored a good number of runs. He also talked about the positives, but stated that the players did not have enough runs to defend.

“We need to focus on rotating the strike, T20 is not just about hitting. If we keep wickets in hand we can get a good score. We didn’t score many runs. Rishad bowled well and Fizz was also good but we didn’t get enough runs” .