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Is Bangladesh cricket going downhill?

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Kohli The King of Chase

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Bangladesh had a good patch between 2015-2016/17

But they've seriously regressed or may be it was just a purple patch and they were never that good

Ranked 10th in T20Is, just above Scotland and below Afghanistan.

GOING to be ranked 9th in TESTS after this series, just above Zim, who don't play tests.

They are still fighting in odis tho, but again I don't see them doing much in the future as WIN have started to play their premiere players in the 11. They'd be ranked 8th or 9th in the future.

So rankings of 8th, 9th and 10th are just not good enough. Decades of cricket, yet no signs of improvement.

Sad, but true. Now, don't say, you reached quarters in 15wc and Semis in 17CT.
 
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Bangladesh never deserved test status. They have always been horrible in test. They should be replaced with Scotland who are actually skilled and quite passionate.
 
Don't you have to be atop a hill before you go down?
 
Players like Tamim, mushfiqur and shakib are laid back as there’s probably no good competition for their places in the squad!
 
YousafTheBeast said:
Players like Tamim, mushfiqur and shakib are laid back as there’s probably no good competition for their places in the squad!
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The success also gets to their heads. They are hyper celebrities in Bangladesh, and given free flats / cars/ land after the smallest of wins.
 
Whitewash by Afghanistan. They said, "We don't take this format seriously."

Now this. I don't know what the excuse would be..

May be they'd say pitch was made up of 10 inch grass. And if we ask why didn't u bowl well, then answer would be the second coming of Wasim was not playing.
 
They cant produce fast bowlers or swing bowlers. Good to see Rubel playing today, he is by far their best bowler.

Tough times ahead for Bangladeshi fans.
 
Its sad that teams like Ire were ignore and they got the Test status when most of there players have retired or past their prime.
 
The only reason they had that purple patch was because of the emergence of Mustafizur! Now that he's found out and is very injury prone, this team is back to their best of being mediocre across formats.
 
KingKhanWC said:
They cant produce fast bowlers or swing bowlers. Good to see Rubel playing today, he is by far their best bowler.

Tough times ahead for Bangladeshi fans.
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He averages 58 in FC and 79 in tests. These are BOWLING stats after having played a sizable amount of FC cricket. One of the worst performers ever.
 
leatherface58 said:
He averages 58 in FC and 79 in tests. These are BOWLING stats after having played a sizable amount of FC cricket. One of the worst performers ever.
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The quickest bowler Bangladesh have, so it's good they have given him another chance. These pitches will help him and so far his first spell has of 4 overs has only gone for 4 runs.
 
KingKhanWC said:
The quickest bowler Bangladesh have, so it's good they have given him another chance. These pitches will help him and so far his first spell has of 4 overs has only gone for 4 runs.
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....which is already 1/10th of their total.
 
Varun said:
....which is already 1/10th of their total.
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Yes very low totals demoralise pacers, the poor blokes run in hard over after over knowing it's all for nothing.

By the time Rubel returns for his second spell, Windies will have a lead.
 
This is when they've experience of Tamim, Shakib and Mushfiqur. Just imagine what will happen when the trio retire.

Bangladesh would be languishing at 9(out of 9), 9 and 11 in Tests, odis and T20is.
 
Feel sad for the tigers.
Say what you want to about them but BD has some of the most passionate supporters and test cricket desperately needs such teams for it to survive in the long term.
 
Didn't know there was room to slide down even further but BD somehow found a way
 
TM Riddle said:
Feel sad for the tigers.
Say what you want to about them but BD has some of the most passionate supporters and test cricket desperately needs such teams for it to survive in the long term.
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Not sure about the fans thing. But if teams like Bangladesh keep playing away tests against AUS, ENG, NZ and SA, surely Test cricket won't survive.
 
Syed1 said:
Didn't know there was room to slide down even further but BD somehow found a way
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Where there's a will, there's a way.

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TM Riddle said:
Feel sad for the tigers.
Say what you want to about them but BD has some of the most passionate supporters and test cricket desperately needs such teams for it to survive in the long term.
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Yes.A strong Bangladesh is very much needed for cricket world.Cricket has taken the place of football in popularity in Bangladesh long time ago.People are very passionate about this game.But our team isn't doing justice to these fans.Bundled out for 43!!! That's a real shame.No excuse.
 
Embarrassing day for Bangladesh. No excuses are good enough to be dismissed for 43.
 
Mushfiq can re-post this photo today:

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TM Riddle said:
Feel sad for the tigers.
Say what you want to about them but BD has some of the most passionate supporters and test cricket desperately needs such teams for it to survive in the long term.
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A nice sentiment - but I am not sure it is valid. Bangladesh haven't earned their stripes in all these years. They need to bring more to the party - than they have so far.
 
Mainul said:
Yes.A strong Bangladesh is very much needed for cricket world.Cricket has taken the place of football in popularity in Bangladesh long time ago.People are very passionate about this game.But our team isn't doing justice to these fans.Bundled out for 43!!! That's a real shame.No excuse.
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This guy has my respects, every single Bangladeshi fan ran away from PP for the past two days yet here he is standing tall and copping the heat all by himself! Many of Bang supports who have multiple POTWs are not to be seen today yet this guy is here and front it head on!

:14: From this day onwards you're the only Bangladeshi, I'll take seriously on this Forum.
 
Bangladesh have been pretty poor recently across formats.
 
Well we got to the Quarterfinals in 2007 and 2015 world cups and semifinals of the 2017 champions trophy. Plus an Asia Cup final in the toughest continent for the sport. 2019 WC they'll win 3 to 5 games.

Also just 1 day in the Test series. I'm predicting a 2nd innings fightback given the experience in the batting lineup once they get a measure of the conditions. I think they figured they ball would actually move around given the grassy pitch.
 
ahmedwaqas92 said:
This guy has my respects, every single Bangladeshi fan ran away from PP for the past two days yet here he is standing tall and copping the heat all by himself! Many of Bang supports who have multiple POTWs are not to be seen today yet this guy is here and front it head on!

:14: From this day onwards you're the only Bangladeshi, I'll take seriously on this Forum.
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Eh hem...
 
Like ICC did with Zimbabwe, why don;t they suspend BD's test status for 1-2 years.
 
They should just concentrate on their women's team and disband this disgraceful men's team
 
If they start getting thrashed at home you can then question if they are going downhill.
 
ahmedwaqas92 said:
This guy has my respects, every single Bangladeshi fan ran away from PP for the past two days yet here he is standing tall and copping the heat all by himself! Many of Bang supports who have multiple POTWs are not to be seen today yet this guy is here and front it head on!

:14: From this day onwards you're the only Bangladeshi, I'll take seriously on this Forum.
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You made my day mate. :afridi1 Although you appreciated me a bit too much here,i accept it gleefully.:salute Everybody likes appraisal including me.:).I also announce that from now on you will be my most favorite poster here in PP.:messi

I always believe that as a supporter of my team i have to accept the failure ,shortcomings of my team with constructive criticism. I was expecting some thrashing by the Windies after that 3-0 drubbing by the newbie Afgans though the formats are different here. The body language ,attitude of our Bangladeshi players was really pathetic ,that of a looser.They made Rashid look like a combined version of Warne and Qadir, played Mujib like twin combination of Saqlain and Murali. :facepalm:Even then giving opposition a lead of 158 after being bowled out for two digit score in fourties was beyond my imagination.
 
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Mainul said:
You made my day mate. :afridi1 Although you appreciated me a bit too much here,i accept it gleefully.:salute Everybody likes appraisal including me.:).I also announce that from now on you will be my most favorite poster here in PP.:messi

I always believe that as a supporter of my team i have to accept the failure ,shortcomings of my team with constructive criticism. I was expecting some thrashing by the Windies after that 3-0 drubbing by the newbie Afgans though the formats are different here. The body language ,attitude of our Bangladeshi players was really pathetic ,that of a looser.They made Rashid look like a combined version of Warne and Qadir, played Mujib like twin combination of Saqlain and Murali. :facepalm:Even then giving opposition a lead of 158 after being bowled out for two digit score in fourties was beyond my imagination.
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i think tiger will win at least one test after this thrashing and i am not joking
 
Cricket needs a competitive and fighting BD team.

The Tigers need to sort out their problems. They lack pace, spin, hard hitters; everything looks depleted at the moment.
 
saeed5646 said:
Na bd will bounce back like they did against nz but this time they will win the match against wi
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My prediction is Bangladesh will easily get whitewashed in all the matches in every format. Their body language has been just of a looser and coward.They dont show any sort of intent.If they continue to play with this kind of attitude they seriously deserve such humiliation.
 
Mainul said:
My prediction is Bangladesh will easily get whitewashed in all the matches in every format. Their body language has been just of a looser and coward.They dont show any sort of intent.If they continue to play with this kind of attitude they seriously deserve such humiliation.
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W.i is not ruthless like aussie side or any other top they will give the chance to bd but that depend on bd if they grap that opporunity or not
 
angrypathan said:
Don't remember a team doing this poorly in the Caribbean in recent times.
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It can happen. Once panic sets in all sorts of collapse happen. And this may just be the thing Bangladesh cricket needed to see to take Test cricket seriously. Its a cruel cruel format and unprepared are slaughtered. :(
 
Mainul said:
My prediction is Bangladesh will easily get whitewashed in all the matches in every format. Their body language has been just of a looser and coward.They dont show any sort of intent.If they continue to play with this kind of attitude they seriously deserve such humiliation.
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It was written all over Mushfiq and Shakib's faces and the way they were batting. There was no intent or resolve to put up a fight.
 
You guys are overreacting. Even AUS got bowled out for 60 by England. It is the norm now that home teams dominate.

Yes, they had a terrible day. But what were you expecting? They got thrashed thoroughly by SA too.

But this doesn't take away from the fact that on home turf they ARE are competitive side. Far more competitive than they were 10 years ago. And their ODI game has certainly improved. They have memorable wins in ICC tournaments in India, England and Australia. We should give credit where it's due.

Bangladesh is progressing very similarly to most SC teams have. We have been competitive at home first and only then started to win here and there overseas. But nowhere near as consistently as Aus, 70-80s WI and even SA has.

But obviously global competition during Pakistan's and Sri Lanka's early years were much lesser than what BD had to face.

A lot of times their team and their over-emotional fans irritate me. But I have to admit they have some of the most supportive fans and they genuinely have improved their game over the last 5 years.
 
The_Odd_One said:
It was written all over Mushfiq and Shakib's faces and the way they were batting. There was no intent or resolve to put up a fight.
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I think they have in their head now that their place in the team is for granted. It's time to show them the backdoor now.They should go back to domestics ,perform and fight for their places in the BD team.
 
This will continue until the BCB takes game development more seriously. Right not its all about the BPL. I understand that gaining away tours is a not just up to the BCB, but what is stopping them from arranging A team tours? Sure India, England, Australia A teams are too busy, but why not arrange A team series with NZ, tours to Ireland or Scotland or even to Zimbabwe.

We play a Test series every 6 months, and an away series every 12 months. The BCB needs to develop the other cricketers.

Even now, the A team series vs Sri Lanka was arranged so late that it couldn't serve as a trial series for the WI tour. Players like Mosaddek could have played in the Test series and a kid like Shanto could have gotten time at the crease vs SL instead of sitting on the bench vs WI.

Just terrible planning all over and thats why you get bowled out for 40 odd.
 
Bangladesh could've well enjoyed the
Carribean islands rather than stepping onto the grounds.

This way they could've saved the time and money of the spectators and the energy and resources of CWI.

Absolutely sharamful this is!
 
We were led to believe that gully cricket in Dhaka is better than Pakistan domestic cricket. :afridi
 
Syed1 said:
We were led to believe that gully cricket in Dhaka is better than Pakistan domestic cricket. :afridi
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After the 2015 WC’ and BD whitewash, things looked bleak for Pakistan cricket.

But conventional wisdom and a little bit of Rumi’s timeless poetry should have notified the pundits otherwise.

“But after despair there is hope and many suns after darkness”. ~Rumi
 
They are already down the hill and deep into the valley. They have been a disgrace in the West Indies.
 
BD has totally lost it since Hathurasinghe has left them. It is no wonder that SL is doing better since the appointment of Hathurasinghe.

Also there does not seem to be any special talent coming from the academy. Since 2007 BD's line up has seen Shakib, Tamim, Mushfiqur, Mahmudullah and Mashrafe. Is there no one there in BD to challenge these seniors? No wonder that they do not feel the urge to work harder.

Unless politics is involved there seems to be no serious talent coming from BD - u 19. The few good fast bowlers they had also have vanished.
 
We tend to go through these prolonged blips. 2014 being the prime case in point after a relatively successful phase from 2010-2013.

Its true that young players aren't stepping up. Sabbir, Soumya, Taskin, Jubair, etc the list of young players fading away is long. Only Mustafizur and Miraz have been consistent. But the lack of consistent quality batsmen has been non-existent.

Of course most of the blame is adminstrative. The U-19 team stays inactive except for just before the World Cup when they might arrange a 7 match series against Sri Lanka or Zimbabwe. They used to play against teams like England and there was a time when the Bangladesh U-19 team was generally a top 5 team.

Similarly the A team is inactive when they should be arranging tours to overseas countries like West Indies, New Zealand, and Ireland if not to South Africa, Australia, or England. Mominul Haque needs to be playing A team cricket in between Test tours and his rustiness and lack of confidence was evident for all to see. 5-6 years ago he had smashed the likes of Shannon Gabriel for a 150+ score during a first class tour of the Caribbean and now he's been reduced to scoring 16 runs across 4 innings against a similar bowling attack.

The Academy side is somewhat active, but you can't really develop international cricketers with Academy cricket alone.

The selectors have been a joke and proper selection policies have not been followed for the past couple of years.

Above all its a mental thing in terms of playing overseas. None of the pitches in the West Indies or our recent tour of South Africa have been unplayable. Yes, Antigua was a sporting greentop, but it was not unplayable by any means. The pitches in South Africa were absolute highways. And yet no real runs were scored. As soon as we go back home and face a non-Asian side, the players will feel and play like Tigers again, only to come crashing down as soon as they step off an airplane.
 
Zero young batting talent.Sad but even afghan will take over bang in coming years.
but i think bangladesh's best format is odi.If they dont do well in odis then it will be a disaster for bd cricket.
 
Bhaag Viru Bhaag said:
Simple reason : Success got to their heads pretty quickly.
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Yup, I used to genuinely support Bangladesh, and I am pretty sure millions of other Pakistani and Indians did too, they only got themselves to blame for the hate they get and the lack of backing they have at international arena today.
 
Bangladesh has all the ingredients to become a successful cricket playing nation. Large , cricket crazy population, reasonably stable economy and security situation, first class structure, but don;t know why are at rock bottom in cricket and not showing any signs of improvement.
 
According to the " Attention seeking uncle" and many pundits, specially from across the border, they were supposed to be the 2nd best team of Asia! That always made me smile.

Their problem will persist until their ideology of cricket changes. If they just want to win at home by doctoring the pitches making them spinners paradise, then the progress will be slow.

I hope one day BD becomes as strong as any other side in the world but for that, they need to create sporting wickets starting from grass root level. The same of course applies to Pak and Ind too.
 
There u go!

#9 in tests. No.of teams playing test cricket are 9.

#10 in T20Is and just 5 pts above 11th ranked Scotland and below Afghanistan.

#7 in odis, haven't played odis for a long time. Just a matter of time before u go to #9 in odis as well. Because, WIN has started to play their first choice 11 and SL has started to regroup. By the end of the WC you would be ranked 9th, 9th and 10th in tests, odis and T20is.

So much for the second best Asian team and decades of investment.
 
It is disappointing to see Bangladesh going backward in recent times. Even though their performance in the Nidhahas trophy was decent, their performances overall has been poor. Their best chance to salvage something is to win the ODI series on this tour. Starting with a 3-0 loss to Afghanistan and now a 2-0 loss to West Indies in Tests, Bangladesh has been having a pretty awful year. If they lose the ODI series as well, that will be loss in all three formats by two different opposition in couple of months.
 
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