T20 World Cup 2024: Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed blames batters' bad patch of decade for poor show
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Bangladesh pacer and vice captain Taskin Ahmed has put the onus of team's poor performance in the 2024 T20 World Cup on batters' 'slump of the decade.' Taskinmade the comments upon arrival in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on Friday (June 28) after the team failed to advance to knockout stage.
"When you talk about the batting, if you look at the statistics, I think every [teams'] batting department suffered in the USA this time. Bowlers got a lot of help. We got better [batting] wickets in the West Indies."
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"I haven't seen such a long bad patch for the batters in my ten years playing for Bangladesh. I hope it goes away quickly," said Taskin.
It is to be noted that none of the Bangladesh top three could give the team a good start in four matches played in the Group Stage and three in Super 8.
The failure of senior batters like all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah also took a toll on team's performance. Taskin, however, ruled out the possibility of their form impacting the team off the field.
"The seniors' off-form had an effect on the team but not off the field," he said. "They are great team men. We stayed as a team for 47 days. Everything was fine off the field. It is quite normal that a team will have problems when important players are not in form. I am hopeful that we can recover from this, and play better soon."
The pacer also conceded the team's overall poor record in the T20Is but assured of good performances in the future.
"We never had great numbers in T20s. We are improving slowly. We cannot just look at minus points; we are in the negative already. We are trying to get a 'plus'. Your frustration is expected. We will give you a good win. You have to keep faith in us. We will give it our best," the vice captain said.
