Harare: Bangladesh team director Khaled Mahmud termed the side's 2-1 loss to Zimbabwe in the recently-concluded three-match T20I series a "disgrace". He added that players played as if they were trying to seal their spots in the team. Mahumd's words come after Zimbabwe won their first-ever T20I series against Bangladesh, winning by 10 runs in the series-decider at Harare on Tuesday. Bangladesh lost the first match of the series by 17 runs before hitting back with a seven-wicket victory in the second game. But they failed to clinch the series in the decider match. "I am very disappointed, I didn't expect to lose to Zimbabwe. We are a better team than them. I would call it a disgrace. I won't give any excuses. We should have won the T20I series. Losing was quite unusual."
"When we needed 10 or 12 runs an over, we were getting six or seven every over. Nobody even tried to hit a six. Everyone was playing for ones and twos. What was that? They batted like trying to protect their place, make enough runs so that they don't lose their place," Mahmud was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz.
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