Sakib al Hasan perhaps never expected to come to a press conference so early on a day that he started so perfectly after calling the coin correctly against West Indies on Friday.
In his brief career Shakib embraced defeats many times besides some brilliant successes, but what happened in tomorrow was something new for him which he would never try to recall.Previously, the all-rounder always came down hard whenever he faced any bitter question, what to some extent has earned him a bad name in media, but he was as humble as he could be while addressing a post-match briefing after his side's capitulation."We have to sit down and think about what happened today," was the humble answer from the Bangladesh skipper who added: "It was not our day."
Bangladesh recorded their lowest ODI total at their favorite venue when they were bundled out for 58 runs in 18.5 overs which West Indies overcame in just 12.2 overs losing one wicket to finish the day-nighter in shortest possible time. Even the word 'mismatch' was not good enough to describe how pathetic the defeat was for the Tigers in front of a capacity-crowd and the batsmen were the main culprits behind the disaster and they simply brought back the old horrors of Bangladesh batting.When the World Cup draw was done Bangladesh consciously thought that the West Indies were the only big team they could beat beside two Associate Member countries Ireland and Netherlands to ensure their quarterfinals berth. But it now turned into a nightmarish experience for them.The heartbreaking defeat now made the equation difficult for the Tigers to qualify for the quarterfinals but the Bangladesh skipper said that everything was not over for them as they still had three matches to play.
"It's very tough now but not impossible to qualify for the quarterfinals. Still we have a chance because we have three group matches in our hand and we must win two. I believe the batsmen will come back hard in the next games because they are capable to do better," hoped Shakib.
Bangladesh have six days before their next game against England on March 11 in Chittagong and Shakib said that they had to work hard during the break if they were to get out of this hiccup.
‘After losing this match it will be tough to come back strongly,’ said Sakib.
‘I don’t know how we will come back from this defeat,’ said Sakib. ‘But we all know what we are capable of.‘We still have a very good chance as we have to win two out of the remaining three matches,’ he said.
Lowest World Cup totals
Canada 36 18.4 v Sri Lanka Paarl 19 Feb 2003
Canada 45 40.3 v England Manchester 13 Jun 1979
Namibia 45 14.0 v Australia Potchefstroom 27 Feb 2003
Bangladesh 58 18.5 v West Indies Dhaka 04 Mar 2011
Scotland 68 31.3 v West Indies Leicester 27 May 1999
Kenya 69 23.5 v New Zealand Chennai 20 Feb 2011
Pakistan 74 40.2 v England Adelaide 01 Mar 1992
Ireland 77 27.4 v Sri Lanka Port Elizabeth 18 Apr 2007
Bermuda 78 24.4 v Sri Lanka Port of Spain 15 Mar 2007
Namibia 84 17.4 v Pakistan Kimberley 16 Feb 2003
