Somehow, I doubt that. We would have then rued their inability to bat through an innings, their rash strokes, their inability to turn over the strike, their general incompetence....just as many people did complain after the debacle in the last match against South Africa.
As it's Bangladesh, if the team went for glory and were shot out for a 100 or so, people would be breathing down our backs for putting together another sub-par score. Now they can only berate a 'half-hearted chase' and criticize the team for not providing 'entertainment' for the audience.
Still, I do think the running between the wickets and the general lack of stamina of Tamim and Shakib is very worrying. The difference in fitness between Clarke, who scored most of his century through singles and doubles and these two was palpable.
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