2024-09-04 20:46:15
Rawalpindi: Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets in the second Test. With this, Bangladesh defeated Pakistan in a Test series for the first time. This was a shameful day for Pakistan. An even more shameful day for captain Shan Masood. Ever since Shan Masood took over the captaincy, the team has been losing Tests continuously. First Australia gave shameful defeats and now Bangladesh brought them to their knees. However, despite losing the series, he was seen making strange excuses.
Answering questions with his eyes down, Shan Masood said after the embarrassing defeat – This result is very disappointing. We were excited for the home season. The story has been the same as Australia. We did not learn our lessons. We learned that we were playing good cricket in Australia, but it was not working, this is something we need to work on. During my tenure, it has happened 4 times when we were dominating, but then the match slipped out of hand.
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While making a strange excuse for the defeat, he said- I think Test cricket needs something more in terms of fitness. We played 4 fast bowlers in the first Test and the reason for this was that we felt the workload would be too much for three people. This was proved in this game when we lost a fast bowler in each innings. I think even in this Test match, having only 3 bowlers and 2 spinners was not enough, we could have played with one more fast bowler.
Citing the example of Liton Das, he said- 274 runs in the first innings was a good score, but I and Sam could have scored more runs like Liton. When Bangladesh lost 6 wickets for 26 runs, we should have got them out quickly. This is something we need to work on (on bowling) and work on it as quickly as possible. All this is not disappointing. There is always something to learn.
Regarding Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah, he said- We have included Shaheen and Naseem back in the team. Shaheen has played continuously in all formats for the last one year and we cannot keep him out of the team continuously. But we need to be more fit, agile and better prepared. This is going to be a long Test and domestic season and we need to be better prepared for England.