Bangladesh team lost to West Indies by a big margin of 201 runs in Antigua Test. At the end of the match, he talked about learning from mistakes, captain Mehdi Hasan Miraj also told the big reason for the defeat. The Antigua Test was a bit 'special' for this all-rounder. Captained the national team for the first time in the red ball edition. However, in Tests like ODIs, the leadership started with defeat.
According to Miraj, Bangladesh's biggest failure behind the loss was batting. They could not make a big pair. He praised the bowling attack. However, the pair of 140 runs of Kimar Roach and Justin Graves in the eighth wicket of the first innings changed the course of the match, said the Bangladesh captain.
Explaining the loss at the end of the match, Taskin said, 'We bowled well. Taskin took 6 wickets. However, after falling seven wickets, they made a good pair, a pair of 140 runs. I think the match is out there. To be honest, we did not bat well in this match. We made some mistakes. This can happen in cricket.'
Blaming the failure to form big batting pairs, Miraj said, 'This Test match was a challenge for us. And the batters could not play the way they should have played. I think the bowlers bowled very well. If we could have done a little bit better in some places, then this match would have been better for us. Like our pairs didn't grow up like that. There have been small pairs, 50-run pairs, 30-40-run pairs, if it had been 100-120-run pairs, it would have been a different scenario.'
The second Test between Bangladesh and West Indies will start next Saturday. Mirage aim to bounce back in Jamaica Test, 'We had some areas of weakness in this match. We could not bat well in any innings. We have to talk about how we can do better. Hopefully we can come back strong. We will have a better chance in the next match. The boys know where they went wrong in this match. So we have to improve a lot. We are thinking about doing better in the next match. We will talk about these.'
