Sports Desk:  Christchurch’s 271-run stand in the second ODI was not too bad. But more could have been scored on the scoreboard. The collection could reach around three arrows. But that did not happen. If the story could have been different.

The names of two experienced batsmen of the team – Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim are coming back in the discussion as to why the collection of Bangladesh did not come close to three. In the middle of the innings, they seem to have tied themselves up. New Zealand’s acting captain Tom Latham made the difference in this match.

While the Mushfiqur-Tamim team took a long time to get themselves set up, the Kiwis won the match in the 110-run innings played by Latham’s 108 balls in the face of pressure. It is natural to regret the way Mohammad Mithun played towards the end of Bangladesh’s innings – Mushfiqur, if Tamim had opened his hand a little!

Bangladesh batting coach John Lewis has indicated the same in his words today. He thinks that even if the scoreboard gets less runs in the first 10 overs, the Bangladesh team is able to collect big, if the veterans run a little faster in the middle overs, ‘I think it is possible to overcome the deficit in the first 10 overs without getting too many runs, if our established batsmen innings He did not pay much attention to repair.

The main reason for the collapse of Dunedin’s first match was losing a little more wickets in the first 10 overs. In the second One-day  in Christchurch, nothing much happened between Tamim and Soumya. However, getting only 26 runs in the first power play was quite eye-catching in the eyes of many. But batting coach Lewis doesn’t think it’s a big deal. According to him, in the end, Mithun was able to play with great freedom, thanks to the pair, “If the wicket does not fall in the first 10 overs, even if a wicket falls, it is okay to score 30-40 runs on the scoreboard.