ICC World Cup 2023: Bangladesh won by 6 wickets against Afghanistan

Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan is happy with the overall performance of his side in the sixwicket win over Afghanistan in their World Cup opener and is delighted with the contributions of the allrounders in the causeOpting to bowl Bangladesh bowlers put up an impressive performance bowling out Afghanistan for 156Mehidy Hasan Miraz 57 and Najmul Hossain Shanto 59 not out then struck respective halfcenturies to take Bangladesh over the line as they finished at 158 for four in 344 overs winning with more than 15 overs to spareAlso ReadICC World Cup 2023 Fastest balls bowled in historyDespite the comfortable win by his own admission Shakib wasnt happy with the start but appreciated the contribution of allrounders in the victoryWe didnt get the start we wanted everyone believed once we get a wicket we could get more quickly It wasnt easy but I am very happy the way we bowled he said after the easy winWe have been training really hard in the last few days and we didnt want to make any excuse that the ground isnt ideal and we talked about that in the dressing room that we have to adjust and play well despite the conditionsShakib lauded the efforts of Mehidy Hasan Miraz who scalped 325 with the ball and then made a valuable 57 off 73 balls and Najmul Hossain Shanto for his unbeaten 59 off 83 balls in Bangladeshs winI am happy to contribute with my bowling as I said all our five bowlers chipped in they contributed spinners played a bigger role but its a long tournament I am sure fast bowlers will contribute more Mehidy Shantothese are our inform players they are always confident and want to do well for the team Shakib saidAfghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidis bad shot selections cost them to post a winning score on the boardWe had a good start but at the middle after fall of the first wicket we had bad shot selection but their bowlers bowled very tight he saidI think we fought well in the field but the score wasnt enough Still we had a good fight and we look forward to our upcoming games We should learn from our mistakes and we have to focus on the England gameManofthematch Mehidy Hasan credited skipper Shakib for his exploits on SaturdayIts a great moment for me I did a lot of hard work in the past The team management deserves credit I was a little bit cautious in my mind early on while bowling but the captain told me to bowl in the right areas and told me to be consistent and that gave me confidence so credit goes to the captainTalking about his batting exploits Hasan said I go for ball by ball and how to get better on this surface The wicket was turning a little bit but I tried to stay on the crease I always play at number 8 so it was a great opportunity to bat in the top orderI always have the hunger so definitely its a great moment for me to performThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever