Shakib still not happy

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan was far from being happy though his side coasted to a four-wicket victory in the day-night third one-day international to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series against Zimbabwe yesterday.
The Tigers were in a position to finish the chase in an emphatic fashion but made it look clumsy following a late hiccup which upset the young Bangladesh skipper and he said that his side should get out of this kind of attitudes.
"I did not want to come out in the middle to bat after the way Tamim Iqbal and Mohammad Ashraful had dictated terms, but unfortunately none could finish the job which was really frustrating," Shakib expressed his disappointment while talking with the reporters in the post-match briefing.
Opener Tamim paid the penalty for trying to finish off the match quickly when he had plenty of time in hand to transform his 80 into a hundred. Ex-skipper Ashraful, in company with Rokibul Hasan, did well to take his team to brink, but he too seemed to be in a hurry.
The captain had to come out to bat after the Bangladesh tail was about to be exposed.
"In such a situation, one can expect to lose three or four wickets. But I should say six wickets is too much for comfort and this is unacceptable. Either Tamim or Ashraful should have stayed there till the end. We all should know how to finish things off when we got such a small target. I also don't understand why Rokibul played that pull shot at that time," he fumed.
"These are very negative signs," he continued.
Man-of-the-match Tamim also echoed his captain's sentiment.
"I'm really very disappointed that I could not satisfy my captain and there is a reason for him to be disappointed. I knew I had to prolong my innings when I got the start. I want to be a world-class batsman and for that I have to master the craft," said Tamim, who played a stroke-filled 80 that contained ten fours and two sixes.
The 22-year-old skipper, Shakib also warned that the absence of regular captain Prosper Utseya, who himself is a very good spinner, and Tatenda Taibu, made things easier for the Tigers. The two missed the game due to injuries.
"Definitely they are the key players for Zimbabwe and they missed their services. And it's helped us lot to dominate the proceedings," he said.
The Bangladesh captain was however happy with the fact that his top-order batsmen returned among the runs, especially Ashraful's 63-run knock was encouraging for the team.
"It's nice to see that most of the top-order batsmen got runs in the last three matches. It will help us win matches on a regular basis if we can continue this trend," he hoped.
Shakib also defended his team's strategy to play the match with one pacer.
Stand-in Zimbabwe skipper Hamilton Masakadza however said that he was not surprised by the Bangladesh team's strategy of fielding five spinners.
"I wasn't surprised because we were expecting this type of an attack after [Abdur] Razzak's five-wicket haul the other night," said Masakadza, who was also disappointed with the way he got out to fall 16 runs short of what would have been a deserved century.