Recently Played cricket series of Bangladesh to Australia actually proved the lessons that Bangladesh has to face in the international level. Although there were glimpses of hope now and then, the match epitomized some major failures in all the sectors, including batting, bowling, and captaincy which led the team to aaso. This article explores three key factors of Bangladesh’s loss which is batting, bowling, and captaincy and highlights where and how Bangladesh needs to improve in requesting stronger preparedness against top-tier teams such as Australia in future fixtures.
Batting Failure
This theory holds some truth since Bangladesh, the weaker team, felt embarrassed after succumbing to this Australian batting onslaught and lost for this specific reason: They failed to stand up to Australia’s bowling assault with the bat in hand. The top order batting poorly; could not build big partnerships or even maintain a good anchoring so to speak. The big fishes were biting dust against Australian bowling where most of the times they came under pressure due to loose shots and lack of patience. Due to the inability of the team to lay the foundations early during the course of the four-odd hours, the pressure increased in the mid-innings and the middle order was unable to withstand the pressure that the Australians applied through their pace in the first spell and spin in the second through the day.
Bowling Ineffectiveness
Ayer engine of Bangladeshi bowling was not sharp enough to risk the Australian batting line up and lacked the ability to put the brakes on them. Such a situation emerged as the pacers went to dispose the ball in the air, they failed to maintain line and length thus was so easily taken to the cleaners and GetAll the opposition players got to amass big scores and great partnerships. Moreover, the spinners performed poorly to make the most of the conditions and it did not help them dominate the game. The concerted failure to seize the initiative and gain domination in the early stages and the inability to apply pressure build-up at both ends enabled the Australian batsmen to take control and domination right from that early stage till the end of the innings to set up the Australian side a very enviable and competitive score which the Bangladesh side could not meet.
Captaincy Issues
There were criticisms about some tactical decisions made during the bangladesh’s defeat with regard to captaincy. The Indian captain missed a relatively simple trick of not bowling his fast bowlers in a constricted time in the field and moreover not having them set aggressive fields at the right time hit the Australian batsmen on the freebies they got. Furthermore, negative facets such as the tendency of not making decisions ahead of time regarding the batting line-ups and field settings also added to Bangladesh’s misery. The team seemed to be more defensive instead of being aggressive and engaging while there were chances and authority on a certain moment in the game. Therefore, Bangladesh lost badly and every department of the Bangladeshi cricket team was outplayed by the Aussies and final result was a one sided victory for Australia.
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