Bangladesh fast bowler Taskin Ahmed admitted that panic set in as Bangladesh dramatically fell apart in the first ODI against Sri Lanka. The team was cruising comfortably at 96 for 1 in 16 overs, chasing 245 runs. Taskin expected an easy win with several overs to spare.
However, a sharp piece of fielding by debutant Milan Rathnayake triggered a collapse. Shanto was run out, and soon after, Wanindu Hasaranga dismissed Litton Das and Tanzid Hasan in the same over. From 100 for 1, Bangladesh slid to 105 for 8 in no time.
Taskin Calls It a Costly Mistake
Taskin described the collapse as “very costly,” especially since Bangladesh had built such a strong foundation early on. He praised Jaker Ali, who top-scored with 51 off 64 balls, and felt that with just a few more wickets in hand, they could have won.
“𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒙𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒖𝒏-𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅. 𝑾𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒑𝒔𝒆𝒅,” 𝑻𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅.
He also dismissed the idea that the pitch was to blame, emphasizing it was more about mindset and failing to manage pressure.
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