It was always going to be difficult against West Indies, but never imagined we would capitulate like this. Same thing happened against India. Even Zimbabwe showed better character last year when they toured.
West Indies were also in a similar situation in first ODI, but Ramdin and Pollard batted with guts and character. We showed none.
Not going to write off the coach yet. But i hope to see couple of changes in the next game and fixing of the batting order. Bring in Mominul at 3, play Mushfiq at 4, Mithun Ali at 5, Nasir at 6, Mahmudullah at 7.
It was always going to be difficult chasing 240-250. But if the batting order was sorted, and if some of our guys should a bit more bravery we could have got to a respectable total. Still at the end of the day seems like 60-70% of our miseries are due to low confidence, fear factor.
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