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Fletcher rates Sylhet’s BBPL performance as disgracing
DHAKA, Jan 7, 2020 (BSS)- Sylhet Thunder captain Andre Fletcher termed his
side’s performance in the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) as
‘disgracing’ while he believes that they didn’t do the things in proper way.
Sylhet bowed out from the tournament with 11 defeats from 12 games and
their lone victory came against Khulna Tigers in the fifth match.
The West Indies recruit, however, cut a forlorn figure, saying that the
performance was such disastrous that they were simple unable to resist the
rot.
“Any captain will be upset, but what can I do? It’s just our disgracing
performance by the team,” Fletcher said here today after his side ended the
campaign with a five-wicket defeat to Cumilla Warriors.
“As I said in the previous interview that it’s just for us to know look at
the things done, we could bounce back in bowling and batting. We can judge
ourselves and know what’s next to be done. I will go back home and work on
it,” he added.
When it was expected that they would break the defeat jinx in their home
venue Sylhet, they lost three matches in consecutive three days to make the
thing worse. Fletcher refused to blame the fixture of the tournament as they
played three days in a row in Sylhet.
“It’s professional cricket, whether we have three back to back games or we
have two, that doesn’t matter. We came here to play cricket, not make a
party, so as I said it doesn’t matter, the schedule is perfect,” he remarked.
He also refused to blame the Sylhet wicket which looked not up to the
mark, at least like in Dhaka and Chattogram.
“To be honest for the last three games, We have always been saying that
Sylhet has the best wicket in Bangladesh. This time it was a bit opposite.
Apart from Chittagong, Dhaka has proven to be better than Sylhet this year,
but Sylhet has been the perfect wicket in the last three years as I said. But
the bowlers, not only the spinners used to bowl lot in Dhaka. Right now, the
spinners are putting extra effort which is good for cricket. The wicket has
improved. Hats down to the ground staff. I think, they did a tremendous job,
hope that they can continue this,” he concluded.
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