Lanka lose by two wickets, but Bangladesh skipper Shanto wants better show

Bangladesh batters made heavy weather of the chase of 125 runs against Sri Lanka but skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto isnrsquot too worried as they were able to make a winning start in the T20 World CupHridoy shines for BrsquodeshBangladesh were cruising along at 91 for 3 courtesy Towhid Hridoy 40 and Litton Das 36 before they lost five wickets for 21 runs It was Mahmudullah Riyad who hit a six off Dasun Shanaka to ensure a twowicket victory for Shantorsquos menldquoI donrsquot think there are many reasons to worry Irsquom saying this because it was a very intense match We wanted to win at the end of the day So if you think about the result we got two pointsrdquo Shanto said at the postmatch press conferenceldquoAll the batsmen know that we didnrsquot bat well But not everyone plays well everyday Like Hridoy played a very good innings Riyad finished the game Litton gave a beautiful start after a long time So we are good in some areas So I hope that whoever gets set on any day should make the match win I donrsquot expect that all the seven batsmen in the team will play wellrdquoHasaranga blames battersMeanwhile Sri Lanka captain Wanindu Hasaranga was a disappointed man after his side lost to Bangladesh and blamed his batters for doing their job well in their matches so farDespite Pathum Nissankarsquos 47 SL were restricted to 124 on a slow pitch Though Nuwan Thushara took 428 Sri Lanka were unable to prevent a tight win for BangladeshldquoOur batters batted really well in the first 810 overs After that in the middle overs I think we batted badly We all know our bowling attack is our strength Specially if batters put up 150160 our bowling attack can win games Last two games the batters didnrsquot do the jobrdquoldquoItrsquos tough as first two games wersquove lost We bowled with four main bowlers I think our four genuine bowlers did their job but unfortunately we had to make four overs with our allroundersrdquo said HasarangaBrief scoresSri Lanka 1249 in 20 overs P Nissanka 47 M Rahman 317 R Hossain 322 lost to Bangladesh 1258 in 19 overs T Hridoy 40 L Das 36 N Thushara 418 by 2 wicketsThis 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