Asia Cup 2022: “Apun ko zindagi mai kuch daring karna tha” – Twitterati troll Shakib Al Hasan over “rubbish” captaincy after Bangladesh are crushed by Afghanistan

Afghanistan got here up with one other medical effort to thump Shakib Al Hasan-led Bangladesh by seven wickets in Sharjah in match quantity three of the Asia Cup 2022 on Tuesday (August 30). Bangladesh, slightly surprisingly, determined to bat first after profitable the toss.

Speaking of his resolution, Shakib defined that “putting the runs on the board will hopefully be difficult for Afghanistan to chase”. Bangladesh, nonetheless, couldn’t put sufficient runs on the board as they struggled in opposition to the spin duo of Mujeeb Ur Rahman (3/16) and Rashid Khan (3/22). All they managed was 127 for 7 of their 20 overs, which might have been worse however for Mosaddek Hossain’s valiant 48*.

Afghanistan wanted solely 18.3 overs to chase down the goal. Bangladesh did cut back the opposition to 62 for 3. However, Najibullah Zadran (43* off 17) and Ibrahim Zadran (42* off 41) performed contrasting knocks to elevate Afghanistan to an emphatic victory.

Following the heavy defeat, Twitterati blasted Shakib, who was that includes in his one hundredth T20I. Cricket followers questioned the Bangladesh’s skipper resolution to bat first and in addition his ploy to carry again Hossain, though the sport was slipping away.

Some additionally felt that Shakib (1/13) accomplished his personal bowling spell approach too quickly. Here are some reactions on Twitter to the Bangladesh all-rounder’s poor efficiency as chief:

@IrfanPathan shakib vogabond thinks gained the toss and elect battong makes afghan straightforward to defeat bangla????

@IrfanPathan shakib vogabond thinks gained the toss and elect battong makes afghan straightforward to defeat bangla????????????

“Always tough when you lose four wickets in first 7-8 overs” – Shakib Al Hasan

Reacting to the defeat, the Bangladesh captain rued the early lack of wickets. Bangladesh had been 53 for five within the eleventh over, which just about sealed their destiny within the contest. Speaking on the post-match convention, Shakib mentioned:

“It is always tough when you lose four wickets in the first 7-8 overs. We were in the game for the first 14-15 overs. Credit to Afghanistan. In a T20 game, whoever is standing up for the team should it take it till the end. Mosaddek played well but we needed more contributions.”

Sharing his ideas on Afghanistan’s chase, he added that Bangladesh had been in with an opportunity till Najibullah snatched the sport away. He added:

“We knew Najibullah is a dangerous batsman. We thought we had the game when they needed 60 odd in the last 6 overs. But credit to Najibullah.”

Najibullah smashed six sixes in his 17-ball knock to stun Bangladesh. The explosive batter added an unbroken 69 in simply 5.3 overs with Ibrahim.