AFGHANISTAN VS BANGLADESH, 1ST ODI
Towhid said his mix-up in the first ODI against Afghanistan was the turning point © AFP
Bangladesh batter Towhid Hridoy said his run-out against Afghanistan was the turning point of the game and described it as a “crime”.
Bangladesh, who had clean swept Afghanistan in the three-match T20I series, lost the opening ODI by five wickets after their batting unit failed to fire.
After early setbacks, Hridoy and skipper Mehidy Hasan put on a 100-run stand for the fourth wicket to steady the innings. But their resistance ended with a mix-up that saw Hridoy run out for 56, a moment that triggered a collapse Bangladesh couldn’t recover from.
“Yes, I think it (run-out) was a hundred percent the turning point,” Hridoy said after the game. “From that situation, we had brought the team back to a good position, and getting run out like that was a crime. It was a poor decision from me. Hopefully, if I face a similar situation again, I’ll handle it better.”
Hridoy, who has been run out four times in international cricket so far in 2025, admitted it’s an area he needs to fix.
“Maybe the problem lies within me (as I am getting run out quite regularly),” he said. “I have to find out what’s going wrong and work on it. Inshallah, I’ll try to come out of it as quickly as possible.”
The right-hander also said the batting group needs to step up in the remaining ODIs but remained confident of a comeback.
“I think we were about 40 to 50 runs short. If we could have achieved that, the scenario of the game would have been different. It wasn’t an easy wicket; it offered help to the bowlers. The bowlers bowled well enough. From a batting point of view, I believe we fell 50 runs short,” he said.
“We want to focus on the next match. If we can do something good there, we can win the next two back-to-back matches,” he added.
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