Stakeholders in Bangladesh cricket need to do some serious introspection after the team’s disappointing performance in the World Cup.
Even though the team, which has lost five matches on the trot and has collected only two points from six outings, and has three matches left, skipper Shakib Al Hasan bluntly admitted that it was Bangladesh’s worst ever performance in the World Cup.
Following its humiliating 87-run defeat to the Netherlands, which came into the event through the qualifiers, Shakib did not make any effort to defend Bangladesh’s embarrassing run — a possible outcome of an undesirable cocktail factors, including the skipper’s fallout with former captain Tamim Iqbal prior to the tournament (which could have created groupism), the lack of ideal preparation, pressure due to high expectations, below par showing by most of the batters and some players’ reluctance to come out of their comfort zone.
