Loss Against USA is a wake up call for us: Shakib Al Hasan

After registering a shambolic series loss at the hands of the USA in the second T20I veteran Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan said that these losses are more kind of a wake-up call for their side.

Small Recap From 2nd T20I

Bangladesh's USA visit hasn't gone according to plan after a shocking loss in the first game they were expected to bounce back, They restricted the hosts to 145 in 20 overs, Chasing the total they were in cruise control at the 15th over mark with the score reading 106/4, what followed post that was a big collapse as Bangladesh got bundled out for 137 in 19.3 overs.

Shakib's Comments post game

It is disappointing to lose back-to-back games, after the first loss everyone expected us to bounce back but we failed, obviously, it hurts a bit, but we also have to play a World Cup here, so its a huge wake-up call for us.

It's a team game and everyone has to take responsibility - you win as a team and you lose as a team. I won't blame anyone It's just that T20 is such a format you have to play very good cricket in all three departments to win against any team. there are no small teams in T20 Cricket and the proof of it you just saw

Despite losing the game Shakib insisted on not taking any team lightly he stated: We didn't take them lightly at all as I said earlier no one is weak in T20 Cricket, It's just that we couldn't execute our plans in the second game, in the first game we didn't get our desired choice of what we wanted to do

In T20s things are pretty much equal we are seeing games between West Indies A and Nepal being close, and now the Tri-Nation series between Ireland, Scotland, and the Netherlands are being close affairs, Pakistan also lost to Ireland, In T20 Cricket it's all about momentum, he said.

Shakib also criticized the facilities present at the Prairie Stadium in Houston, saying they didn't get to practice because of persistent rains which also resulted in them missing out on a proper net session.

If I talk about the preparation it was not good enough we didn't get the proper facilities at all. Since we have to play a World Cup here our batters and bowlers could've got more practice we hardly got a one-day session even that was not enough on optional day batters didn't seize the chances. he said.

For one whole day there was rain and we could not do anything about that, while there are four grounds, but we could train on three pitches which I don't think is ideal. I believe these things could've been handled better, He said