Shakib expresses frustration over Bangladesh's performance against India in T20 World Cup 2024

Bangladesh all-rounder, Shakib Al Hasan, was dismayed by his team's lack of intent against India in the T20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight game.

Shakib, who scored 11 off seven balls, criticized the team's poor fight and low scores of 140 for 8 and 146 for 8 against Australia and India, respectively, despite favorable batting conditions in Antigua.

Shakib pointed out that they failed to show any intent to chase India's target of 196 runs and lamented the lack of confidence and basic skills throughout the tournament.

"We have a 50 percent win rate in this World Cup but if we had fought against India and Australia the way we fought against South Africa, we could have called it a good World Cup campaign," Shakib said.

He emphasized the need for better performance against top teams like India and Australia, noting that their batting unit has underperformed and lacked the intent to chase higher targets from the start.

"We are short of runs as a batting unit. We made 140 in the last game, 146 today. We should have done better today since we had a target in front of us. We couldn't even show it to people that we were trying [to chase the target] today. I don't think the confidence was there. We have lacked in this area throughout the World Cup.

"You have to bring your A-game against teams like Australia and India. I think we lacked in skill and strength. We couldn't do the basics for longer periods to create pressure. Throughout this World Cup, I don't think we justified ourselves as a batting unit. We are capable of scoring big runs. We were well short of par scores like 175-185 in the last two games, both played on good wickets. Maybe India scored 20 more runs today but we have to show the intent from the start of the innings. I don't think it was there."