NEW DELHI: Pakistan captain Shan Masood stood by the workforce’s alternative to incorporate 4 quick bowlers and no specialised spinner within the beginning lineup for the opening Take a look at match towards Bangladesh on Sunday. The house workforce suffered a devastating 10-wicket loss, marking their first ever defeat to Bangladesh in a Take a look at match.
Regardless of his personal poor efficiency with the bat in each innings, Masood refused to concede that the choice to play with out a specialist spinner was a mistake.This was regardless of the truth that Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz mixed to take seven wickets on the ultimate day, dismissing Pakistan for a mere 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, as quoted by PTI, on the publish match convention.
“If we performed Three quick bowlers, we might be pushing them to the restrict and the spinner can 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 bought it incorrect,” he stated.
Shan acknowledged that the selection to conclude their first innings at 448 runs for the lack of six wickets was made with the intention of pursuing a decisive consequence within the match.
“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 a whole lot of self-discipline and intent of their first innings. Mushfiq and Miraz batted rather well,” he added.
“We felt that with 448 runs we might get a crack at them within the fourth innings.”
“We might have performed with extra runs however there have been additionally issues with the ball and within the area that we might’ve performed higher to both take a lead or preserve them at par,” he stated.
Chasing a modest goal of 30 runs, openers Zakir Hasan and Shadman Islam led Bangladesh to victory in simply 6.Three overs with out shedding a wicket. Pakistan, resuming the day at 65 for two, struggled towards Bangladesh’s spinners and collapsed, shedding their final eight wickets for under 81 runs.
The Pakistan captain acknowledged that this was not one of the simplest ways to kick off the house season, which incorporates seven residence Assessments and two away matches in South Africa.
“We simply must now get every part proper and attempt to stage the sequence on this planet check championship,” he stated.
Sunday’s defeat was Shan’s fourth straight defeat as captain after Pakistan’s 0-Three whitewash by the hands of Australia final winter.
Regardless of his personal poor efficiency with the bat in each innings, Masood refused to concede that the choice to play with out a specialist spinner was a mistake.This was regardless of the truth that Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz mixed to take seven wickets on the ultimate day, dismissing Pakistan for a mere 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, as quoted by PTI, on the publish match convention.
“If we performed Three quick bowlers, we might be pushing them to the restrict and the spinner can 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 bought it incorrect,” he stated.
Shan acknowledged that the selection to conclude their first innings at 448 runs for the lack of six wickets was made with the intention of pursuing a decisive consequence within the match.
“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 a whole lot of self-discipline and intent of their first innings. Mushfiq and Miraz batted rather well,” he added.
“We felt that with 448 runs we might get a crack at them within the fourth innings.”
“We might have performed with extra runs however there have been additionally issues with the ball and within the area that we might’ve performed higher to both take a lead or preserve them at par,” he stated.
Chasing a modest goal of 30 runs, openers Zakir Hasan and Shadman Islam led Bangladesh to victory in simply 6.Three overs with out shedding a wicket. Pakistan, resuming the day at 65 for two, struggled towards Bangladesh’s spinners and collapsed, shedding their final eight wickets for under 81 runs.
The Pakistan captain acknowledged that this was not one of the simplest ways to kick off the house season, which incorporates seven residence Assessments and two away matches in South Africa.
“We simply must now get every part proper and attempt to stage the sequence on this planet check championship,” he stated.
Sunday’s defeat was Shan’s fourth straight defeat as captain after Pakistan’s 0-Three whitewash by the hands of Australia final winter.
