How many times have Bangladesh been quoted as 'coming of age'?
There were many instances of this quote being applied-
Beating Australia in 2005
World cup wins vs India & SA in 2007
The Kiwi Banglawash of 2010
Asia cup runners up 2012
World cup quarter finalists 2015
Banglawash of Pakistan 2015
For me, Bangladseh came of age during the Asia cup of 2012. From that point, there was a continuation of good cricket being played from beating a strong Windies at home, drawing an ODI series and test v SL in SL, winning a test in Zimbabwe, Banglawashing the Kiwis again etc.
It then kind of fell apart vs SL in early 2014 where we lost a couple of times from dominating positions and that lead to a loss of confidence with such trend continuing resulting in a woeful slump.
I am talking in hindsight but if luck and results went our way in 2014, we wouldn't be having this discussion as we'd have continued that trend of becoming the 'relatively potent force' that we are now and therefore I still feel Asia Cup 2012 was Bangladesh's coming of age.
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