But Bangladesh cricket is walking backwards! After a Test and T20I series in India, it is not unreasonable to question the way the two Tests were lost against South Africa at home. But Nazmul Hossain Shantara did not get any historic victory in Rawalpindi. But after a month and a half, Bangladesh seems to have forgotten the glory of killing Pakistan.
The country's cricket's downward trajectory is once again evident after the poor defeat in the first ODI of the series against Afghanistan in Sharjah. The Shantos are not new to being trapped in a winless circle month after month after winning one match. This is like 'one foot forward two feet back' situation. But Bangladesh is not new to international cricket. Despite that, Bangladesh is the back row team in terms of success rate.
Bangladesh has played 766 matches in three editions so far. Among them, there were 248 wins, 486 losses, 18 draws and no results in 14 matches. Success rate is 32.37 and failure rate is 63.44 percent. Among the 12 Test playing countries, only Zimbabwe has a lower success rate in international cricket than Bangladesh. Zimbabweans, once mighty in cricket, might not have been at the bottom if they had not fallen through hard times due to political turmoil.
Despite being new to international cricket, Afghanistan's success is quite impressive. They are ranked second with 53.31 percent success in three editions of cricket. The progress graph of the Afghans is also noteworthy. It was reflected in the last T20 World Cup. Looking at this year's statistics, Afghanistan's win-loss record in 29 matches across the three editions till yesterday is 14. Bangladesh played 33 matches and won 13 matches and lost 20 matches. This year, Bangladesh ranks 15th and Afghanistan ranks 12th.
The reason for this success of Afghans is that they have played 317 matches so far. If they play more matches, maybe their success rate will decrease like India-England. However, despite playing the second highest number of matches, Australia is ahead of all in terms of win rate. Ajira also tops the Test win rate (47.80). Only South Africa (60.91) is higher than Australia (60.87) in ODIs. Among the teams playing in three editions, India leads the T20 win rate (65.96); Bangladesh's rate there is 37.98. And 14.18 in Tests and 36.21 in ODIs.
