“Our bowling unit was fairly good on this sequence,” Shakib mentioned. “We by no means had the luxurious of enjoying with six correct bowlers as we frequently performed with eight batters. We had been all the time a bowler brief. In T20s, you want that [bowling] cushion. Bowlers win you T20 matches, so having that further bowler was useful. We’ve got a number of extra areas for tuning, considering forward to the subsequent World Cup, however we have now made a great begin. I believe the turning level of the match was that over. They misplaced each their set batters in successive balls. It proved to be decisive.
“Everybody observed our fielding in these three matches. We out-fielded England, who’re themselves a great fielding facet. It’s a huge tick mark. Our largest enchancment is in our fielding, once I take into account each facet. We should always all the time subject properly, however we have now focused to develop into the very best fielding facet in Asia. After this efficiency, I do not assume we’re too far behind.”
“We did not know the way a lot runs had been sufficient on this pitch. So we had been very open-minded,” Shakib mentioned. “We first thought 140 was a great rating. Then we obtained to a stage once we thought 170-180 could be our whole. We did not get many runs within the final 5 overs, however we batted properly within the powerplay and middle-overs.
“They’ve seven or eight correct bowlers so we needed to wrestle not less than as soon as within the innings,” he added. “The best way Rony and Litton began, after which Shanto and Litton construct the innings, particularly their working between the wickets, it was excellent. The best way they turned ones into twos and twos into threes, it put England beneath stress.”
Bangladesh’s sudden upswing within the T20I format had loads to do with its proximity to the BPL, and the selectors’ willingness to select the very best performers from a event that ended solely three weeks earlier than the sequence. “Everybody on this group carried out on this 12 months’s BPL,” Shakib mentioned. “It wasn’t too way back earlier than the England tour. The highest five-six batters on this sequence had been additionally the highest run-getters in BPL. It’s the similar for the best wicket-takers. The boldness did carry over, so I believe that basically helped us.”
“I’ve been main the group for the reason that Asia Cup final 12 months,” he mentioned. “We did not win a match there, however I believed we performed good cricket. We had been unlucky to not attain the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup. We had been one win away from that achievement. We had a whole lot of doubt earlier than the event, however the perception that we will compete with greater groups began from the World Cup.”
England’s lack of batting depth additionally performed a hand of their success as Bangladesh knew that three or 4 wickets would deliver them to the lower-order. “We had extra confidence earlier than this sequence, since we had been enjoying at residence,” Shakib added. “We capitalised on England being in need of batters. It was our benefit that they did not have many batters after shedding three or 4 wickets.”
