Pakistan captain Shan Masood on Sunday defended the choice to pick out 4 tempo bowlers and no specialist spinner for the primary Check, which the hosts misplaced to Bangladesh by 10 wickets. It was Pakistan’s first ever defeat in opposition to Bangladesh in a Check. Masood, who failed with the bat in each innings, refused to confess that it was a nasty name to go in with no specialist spinner even after Shakib ul Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz shared seven wickets on the ultimate day to bowl out Pakistan for simply 146 runs.
“We had anticipated the pitch to supply extra help to the seamers. Wanting on the pitch, we anticipated it to do extra,” he stated on the submit match convention.
“If we performed 3 quick bowlers, we’d be pushing them to the restrict and the spinner could be bowling 25-30 overs a day, which we wished to keep away from.
“We thought that with the climate, it might not even final the total 5 days. On the finish of the day, we acquired it unsuitable,” he stated.
Shan additionally stated that the choice to declare the primary innings on 448 for six was taken to push for a outcome.
“We wished to go for a win within the match and thus felt we had sufficient runs on the board to declare. However the Bangladesh batters confirmed quite a lot of self-discipline and intent of their first innings. Mushfiq and Miraz batted very well,” he added.
“We felt that with 448 runs we may get a crack at them within the fourth innings.” “We may have performed with extra runs however there have been additionally issues with the ball and within the discipline that we may’ve performed higher to both take a lead or maintain them at par,” he stated.
Chasing simply 30 runs, openers Zakir Hasan and Shadman Islam guided Bangladesh to the goal in 6.3 overs with out dropping a wicket.
Pakistan, beginning the day at 65 for two, crumbled in opposition to Bangladesh’s spinners, dropping their final eight wickets for simply 81 runs.
The Pakistan skipper conceded it was not the perfect begin to the house season the place the crew needed to play a complete of seven Assessments at dwelling and two away in South Africa.
“We simply need to now get every part proper and attempt to stage the sequence on this planet take a look at championship,” he stated.
Sunday’s defeat was Shan’s fourth straight defeat as captain after Pakistan’s 0-3 whitewash by the hands of Australia final winter.
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