Captain Tamim Iqbal's journey started with a 6-wicket win against the West Indies. The Tigers had to work hard to win the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla, despite the Caribbeans being reduced to just 122 runs.
Tamim-Sakib had to play very carefully. Even then the spin had to be cut. At the end of the match, captain Tamim said, aggressive shots could not be played if he wanted to take this difficult wicket.
The country's best opener said, 'There is no complaint about the match. We started very well with the ball in hand. Mustafiz had a very good start. The ruble did well too. Young pacer Hasan Mahmud's career journey has also been good. Shakib and Miraj did great again in the spin. There were very difficult wickets to bat. No one could play an aggressive shot on this wicket if they wanted to.
Mirpur has scored over 250 runs in the last two fifth overs of this wicket. There was supposed to be a good run in the ODI match at the beginning of the series. But wicket bowling became a paradise due to the cold weather and light rain in winter. According to Tamim, the situation could have been different if the sun had risen.
Tamim, who took the lead in Mashrafe's place, said, "I saw the wicket and thought it would be helpful for batting. In fact, the sun did not rise all day. So there is no chance to blame anyone. In this type of wicket you can't play shots without going to bat. So I think whoever had the bat had to understand the wicket.
