Tamim Iqbal and Liton Das started very carefully. They were more focused on spending time on the wicket than scoring runs. As a result, it cost Bangladesh 22 overs to score 100 runs.
Tamim and Liton broke the tie in 21.2 overs for 95 runs. If you calculate the speed of the run, it should be said a little slow. But Tamim and Liton’s time spent with the new ball and the big pair basically laid a solid foundation for Bangladesh.
Shakib, Hasan and Yasir Ali Rabbi batted on the foundation. 41 says that the pair fills the house of fifty. For the next fifty, it takes less balls. Shakib-Rabbi completed the century pair with 63 balls.
A pair of 115 runs from 72 balls in the fourth wicket. On South African soil, Bangladesh has not been able to form such a big pair in ODIs before, not even a stormy batting.
How is that possible? Shakib said, “After going to the wicket and playing 7-8 balls, I realized that this is a good wicket and we have to do something around 300. We have to keep the momentum. ”
‘Liton and Tamim gave us a very good start. So it was important for us to run as fast as possible while maintaining momentum. Because it was easy to run the old ball. This is what we wanted to use. Fortunately, it went well today. ”
Shakib came to the wicket when Tamim was out in the 22nd over. The pitch then became much easier for batting, said the world’s best all-rounder.
Shakib said, “When I came to the crease, the ball was not doing as much as it was doing in the first 10 overs. We played straight at bat, took some calculated risks. That’s what works today. ”
Shakib took the idea of making a quick run with Yasir in his head as soon as he came to the wicket. Proteas pacer Kagiso Rabada’s death bowling is very scary, one yorker after another can. So Shakib and Rabbi decided to make a quick run, so that the Proteas captain was forced to bring Rabada first.
Regarding that plan, Shakib said, “I thought it was time to run fast. Otherwise we would not have been able to score more than 260-280 runs. The rhythm we get in 30 overs has changed the look of the match. We knew that Rabada would bowl three or four overs in the death overs. We tried to force them to bowl Rabada first. That’s why we had to take the risk. That is what we have been able to do. “
