Tamim clarifies causes of defeat in the first ODI

In the ODI rankings, Bangladesh is ranked 7th and Zimbabwe is ranked 15th. Bangladesh has won the last 19 matches between the two teams. And the Bangladesh team led by Tamim Iqbal lost to that team by a big margin of 5 wickets.

Taskin-Mustafizs was fooled by Innocent Kaia, who came down to play the fifth match of his career. He made a partnership of 192 runs with Sikandar Raja for the fourth wicket to lead the team to victory. Kaia and Raja, both of them scored centuries to win Zimbabwe. But how does the captain of Bangladesh see this loss?

Tamim Iqbal blamed bad fielding and catch misses for the loss. After the match, he said, ''I think the first 10 overs will have to be batted like a Test match. Where the batsmen will save their wickets. Because the wicket behaves well after 10 overs. Then a good partnership can be made. We did that in batting.''

Tamim also said, ''We dropped several catches, which we had to pay for. This is the reason for the defeat. We have been doing this mistake for a long time. Liton Das' injury is a concern. I think he has been dropped from the series. That's what I've heard so far. Liton and others should be checked up.''