Bangladesh cricket team semi-final dreams broken😭😭

Bangladesh's dream of going to the semi-finals would have come true if Afghanistan could meet the target of 116 runs in 12.1 overs. Even though the wicket at the Arns Vale Stadium is tough for the batsmen, neither team will want to miss out on this opportunity. Bangladesh also entered the field with that hope. However, after losing 3 wickets in the powerplay, the Tigers started trying to save the match, giving up their hopes of a semi-final. The entire cricket world was surprised to see such behavior.

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After losing quick wickets, the Bangladeshi batsmen were no longer thinking about the semi-finals. Mahmudullah Riyad has been criticized for playing dot ball. The picture shows him playing, but the runs are not seen.

If Australia had won against India yesterday, today's match would not have been so important for Bangladesh. But Ajid's loss presents an unexpected opportunity in front of Bangladesh. Bangladesh had the opportunity to play in the semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time if they won based on run rate against Afghanistan. In such a situation, even though other teams took risks and played aggressively, Bangladesh could not show that courage. Bangladesh were all out for 105 runs in 17.5 overs as they could not get the match out. Nazmul Hossain Shantar's team ended the tournament with a loss of 8 runs.

Bangladesh realized the potential target only after the loss of Australia. If Bangladesh could have batted first and scored 160 runs, they would have won the match by 62 runs. But that target became easier as Afghanistan made 115 runs in 20 overs. However, the Bangladesh team's plan to bat was unclear.

Tiger captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto said that Bangladesh came to bat to match the equation of the semi-finals. But the quick loss of wickets detracted from that target, 'The plan was that we would try the first 6 overs. But when we lost 3 quick wickets, we tried to save the match. Still, we lost because of wrong decisions by the middle order.'

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Shanta also said, 'Our bowling has been very good. After bowling like that, we should have won. But we lost because of many bad batting decisions.

In this match, Tawheed Hriday was dropped to number six without batting in his regular position. He is the only player to have attempted to match the equation in the semi-finals. Explaining Hridiya's lowering so low, Shanto said, 'The change I made in the batting order today is because of left-right-hand coordination. Lytton was batting on one side. There was a lot of variety in their bowling. Because of this, there was a need for left-right coordination.'

This failure of the Bangladesh cricket team proves that not only talent is required, but also proper planning and courage. Despite the semi-final dream being dashed, there is hope to do better in the future. Cricket is a game where you have to take lessons from every match, and the Bangladesh team will come back stronger with those lessons.