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We are still finding our feet in T20 Cricket: Mahmudullah

Kriralok Desk: Mahmudullah said Bangladesh is still searching for answers for their dismal showing of five straight losses in the ‘Super12’ stage of the Twenty20 World Cup.

The Tigers who arrived at the tournament ranked sixth in the world, suffered an eight-wicket hammering at the hands of Australia in Dubai to finish at the rock bottom in Group 1 on Thursday.

They showed some spark after their opening loss to Scotland to bounce back with two wins in qualifying.

But it all ended with two huge second round defeats to South Africa and then Australia after being skittled out for 84 and 73 in an abject batting surrender.

“We are still to find our feet in T20 Cricket.” disappointed Mahmudullah said after another crushing victory.

“We are playing well at home but in away conditions we are failing. We have seen the level of improvement we need in order to compete with the best teams.”

Bangladesh came into the tournament with convincing wins over Zimbabwe, Australia, and New Zealand, albeit on home pitches that suited their batsmen and style of play.

Bangladesh’s only win over a full-member nation in the T20 World Cup remains their six-wicket triumph over West Indies in the 2007 inaugural edition.

They lost the opener to Sri Lanka after posting 171 and a humdinger against the West Indies by three runs but barely put up a fight in the other three games.

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