Bangladesh aggression fails, adds to picture of crumbling home advantage

Bangladesh lost seven wickets in their 100-minute innings on the fourth afternoon, but given the number of opportunities they provided Pakistan, it might have been a lot worse.

The visitors dropped one catch and had one caught off a no-ball despite their domination. On the tricky Dhaka pitch, Najmul Hossain Shanto believes that defending was not advised.

In addition, the Bangladesh batsmen escaped four near-catching opportunities, two lbw appeals, and a run-out opportunity. Pakistan had sixteen chances in 26 overs, to be conservative.

The flip side, on the other hand, did not work. After going 20 for two in the first half-hour, Captain Mominul Haque was run out

Due to the poor quality of the light, the visitors were unable to employ their fast bowlers. Due to the match situation and Bangladesh’s overall batting fitness, certain of Bangladesh’s dismissals stood noteworthy. The openers were far too cautious, notably Shadman Islam, who has been nervous in his brief Test career.

Bangladesh was going to take it up a notch, despite the fact that common sense didn’t allow for such a dangerous run. One ball after surviving a close lbw call, Mushfiqur Rahim mistimed a slog sweep to short midwicket.

Liton Das came out of his crease but could only drive a return catch to Sajid Khan, who took six wickets. Given their recent batting struggles against Pakistan.

Bangladesh shot selection, notably, their penchant for the sweep and slog-sweep seemed perplexing

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Later, Najmul Hossain Shanto claimed that they were attempting to be aggressive since being defensive on the Shere Bangla National Stadium pitch was futile.

“Everyone was aggressive because it was the type of wicket where you couldn’t continue to defend the ball. Run scoring was important. I think the defensive mindset gave more possibility of getting out. I think this is why the batsmen tried to play shots but unfortunately, it didn’t come off.”

They chose to play the sweep shot because it posed fewer risks on the spin-friendly pitch, according to Shanto. “We didn’t want to be too forceful. We played shots that we were strong at, but they weren’t performed correctly, in my opinion. On a turning wicket, the chance of being lbw is lower, thus everyone depended on the sweep shot “he stated

Instead of allowing Pakistan to score 300 runs in the first innings, Shanto believes Bangladesh’s bowlers should have done better.

Bangladesh can do better in the second innings, according to Shanto, but only if the overnight batsmen can get them over the follow-on mark.
However, the spin strategy isn’t really working. Sajid, like international spinners Nathan Lyon, Rahkeem Cornwall, and Rashid Khan, has made good use of Dhaka’s conditions when routing the home side.

Bangladesh prides itself on having a strong domestic team, but its strategy of relying primarily on raging turners has backfired in practically every series in the last five years. The Dhaka Test’s fifth day is their last chance this year to demonstrate that they are masters (or at the very least survivors) in their own domain.

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