Bangladesh fell into Australian spinners' traps, says Talha Jubair

Bangladesh bowling coach Talha Jubair admitted that the batters were overly aggressive and fell into Australia's plans as the hosts suffered a five-wicket defeat in the opening T20 International
on Wednesday at Bir Shrestha Shaheed Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman Stadium.

Bangladesh posted 131 all out in 19 overs despite a flying start that saw them score 52 runs in the powerplay. However, regular wickets prevented them from capitalizing on the platform.

"I think we were a little hasty," Talha said after the match. "The powerplay was very good, but from there we couldn't carry on. We kept losing wickets every one or two overs. If we had built one partnership of 30-40 runs, the scenario could have been different."

He said Bangladesh's batters became too focused on clearing the boundary after the strong start.

"Looking at the wicket, we understood it wasn't a 200-run wicket. But after the powerplay, the batters perhaps felt they only needed to keep hitting. We depended too much on boundaries instead of building partnerships." 

Talha also credited Australia's spinners for executing their plans effectively, with the visiting spinners claiming nine of the 10 wickets to fall.

"The way they trapped us, we fell into their trap," he said. "They wanted us to play big shots and make mistakes. We went for extra boundaries and paid the price."

Despite the dominance of Australia's spin attack, Talha insisted the pitch was not difficult to bat on.

"The wicket was good. There was nothing uneven. Since it was a day game, the ball was perhaps a little slower on the surface than under lights, but it was not a bad wicket at all," he said.

The former pacer also expressed disappointment at Bangladesh's repeated struggles against Australian allrounder Matt Renshaw, who again picked up key wickets.

"I don't think Renshaw is the kind of bowler who should be taking our wickets continuously. Hopefully our batters will overcome that in the next match," he said.

Talha confirmed Bangladesh missed injured captain Liton Das, whose availability for the second match remains uncertain.    �"BSS