Bangladesh doing well so far in England
Bangladesh’s performance in the World Cup so far has been good to watch. It had to have given the Tigers a lot of confidence to beat South Africa in their opening match.
Despite the fact that this South African team is not the strongest we have seen in recent times, opening matches are always difficult. And a weakened South Africa is still a good team that can upset anyone on any given day.
But Bangladesh showed good maturity in their batting to rack up a big total that was always going to be difficult for South Africa to chase down.
In their second match against New Zealand, the batting line-up did not show the same level of maturity. Despite getting off to a good start, Bangladesh kept losing wickets at regular intervals, which led to the Tigers ending up with a below average total of 244. That total did not seem very threatening against a strong Kiwi batting unit.
However, Bangladeshi bowlers tried their best. And there were glimmers of hope now and then that Bangladesh could bowl out the Kiwis for less than that.
In the end, the Kiwis chased down Bangladesh’s total with two wickets in hand and 17 balls left. But the fact that the Tigers did not give up and roll over even though they did not score a big total was encouraging to see.`
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