Tag: Bangladesh Vs Netherlands

[ad_1] Bangladesh skipper Shakib al Hasan cut a frustrated figure after his side’s 87-run loss to the Netherlands at the Eden Gardens on Saturday, going as far as saying this may have been the Bangla Tigers’ worst ever World Cup campaign. “You can say that (this is Bangladesh’s worst ever World Cup campaign) and I wouldn’t say otherwise,” he said in the post-match press conference when asked about the team’s performance in this edition of the tournament. Follow all the action from the Cricket World Cup 2023 on our special World Cup section. You can also find the latest stats, like the top scorer and the highest wicket-taker of the current edition, upcoming World Cup fixtures and the points table on the site. “We were pretty underprepared coming into this tournament but we can’t use tha...

[ad_1] Bas de Leede stood still at deep midwicket after pouching the catch that sealed a famous win for the Netherlands, an 87-run victory over Bangladesh. His teammates on-rushed, among them the beaming Paul van Meekeren, the four-wicket hero, and it was soon a pile of orange shirts celebrating madly in the vast stadium, near deserted, as the distraught Bangladesh fans had long filed out of the stadium. They had turned up in numbers, waving their puffed tiger dolls and wearing their passion on their sleeve. With an overwhelming majority of the crowd behind them, it was as though Bangladesh were playing in Mirpur of Chattogram. Follow all the action from the Cricket World Cup 2023 on our special World Cup section. You can also find the latest stats, like the top scorer and the highest w...