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Originally Posted by Rinathq
Having looked at the dismissals from both innings... I don't think the pitch had much to do with the result. WI just came short in terms of pacing the innings and got out mostly to release shots. Their dot ball count was extremely high. A quality batting side would've easily added another 100 runs on the board.the wicket was a bit slow and they couldn't adjust to it..
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You should know better than judging a pitch based on highlights or CI commentary. It was not really slow or offering any turn. It was not offering any seam movement either.
Main challenge was that it was generating surprise bounce every now and then, and at times coming low. WI batsmen were struggling to get their timing right because of the uneven nature of the pitch. Looks like same happened to strokemakers from our side, who relys on timing, as well.
We carried our thinking from the Test series that we will have to temper with the pitch to win. IMO, Bangladesh is a much better ODI side, and should have backed herself on a sporting pitch.
Again, this match serves no purpose in gauging our players' skill for WC or to help them prepare for it. WC wickets will be super flat where bowlers have to learn to restrict run without assistance from pitch, and batsmen will have to trust their timing and play aggressively. To me, this was a costly waste of an opportunity, given we have only a handful of ODIs leading to WC.