Ebadot Hossain would learn a lot from this game: Shakib Al Hasan after Bangladesh pacer's T20I debut in Asia Cup
India Today
Asia Cup 2022, Match 5: On Thursday, Ebadot Hossain picked up three crucial wickets in his first spell, but finished with figures of 4-0-51-3 against Sri Lanka in Dubai.
Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan reckoned that Ebadot Hossain would learn a lot from his T20I debut. On Thursday, September 1, the Tigers made three changes against Sri Lanka in Asia Cup 2022 and one of them was bringing in Ebadot for Mohammad Saifuddin.
Ebadot began brilliantly after picking up the wickets of Pathum Nissanka, Charith Asalanka and Danushka Gunathilaka. After the first two overs, Ebadot looked in red-hot form, but fortunes turned around for the speedster in his second spell.
After conceding 22 and 17 runs respectively in his last two overs, Ebadot leaked 51 runs in his quota of four overs. Shakib reckoned that the decision to back Ebadot for the death overs didn't quite work out.
"Ebadot wasn't a part of a high-pressure match earlier. He has played Test cricket and a few ODIs as well, but this was his first appearance at such a big stage. He has a lot to learn. The way he bowled in the first two overs, he brought us into the match and, quite normally, we felt that it was his day," Shakib was quoted as saying in the post-match press conference.
"If a bowler took three wickets in his first two overs, he would be in good rhythm. But unfortunately, it didn't happen. For me, he would learn a lot from his game," he stated.
The Magura-born Shakib was also clear cut in saying that spinners bowling no-balls is equivalent to committing a crime. In the seventh over, Mahedi Hasan bowled a no-ball to give Kusal Mendis a lifeline when the latter was batting on 29.
Mendis would later go on to bag the Player of the Match award for his 37-ball 60 with four fours and three sixes. Later, Mahedi also bowled a no-ball in the last over of Sri Lanka's run-chase. Shakib wants his players to hold their nerves under pressure.
