Bangladesh all-rounder Mahmdullah Riyad expressed the World Twenty20 loss against India in 2016, has worked as a life-teaching lesson, in a bid to excel in the foreseeable future while featuring for the national side at the elite level of cricket. (Read Here: Mashrafe Bin Mortaza Tips Bangladesh To Do Well In South Africa).
“It was unfortunate as we lost in a silly manner but then again there was a lot for me to learn that’ll help me in future,” Mahmudullah told Cricbuzz.
The 31-year-old Mymensingh Mahmudullah while throwing light on the 25th match of the Super 10 Group game in Bengaluru where visitors lost the match by a run after committing hara-kiri in the middle.
“It was extremely draining mentally, though I was not on the strike for the last two balls still it was quite painful to lose in that manner. I feel I could not utilise the two balls that I faced,” Mahmdullah added.
In the same match, Mahmudullah scored 18 off 22 balls, as he was caught by Ravindra Jadeja on the bowling of Pandya, on the penultimate delivery of the 20th over.
The right-handed batsman Mahmudullah revealed the side was under pressure after the loss on the final ball of the allotted 20 overs when Mustafizur Rahman was found short of his crease by the then wicketkeeper-batsman Mahindra Singh Dhoni.
“I think that match will always have a special place in my heart. I think the Asia Cup match against Pakistan is also quite close in that perspective,” Mahmudullah further added.
Mahmudullah, who has been a vital cog for the Tigers since past one day decade particularly with the bat, revealed he had learned a lesson, adding one is unsure about the result of a match until the last ball is not being bowled.
“I think unless you lose you won’t learn much and probably I had a lesson from that defeat too. Unless the game is over it is not over,” Mahmudullah maintained.
Mahmudullah went on to explain as a professional unit a team is bound to play according to its merit, as he believes the overconfidence plays a spoilsport even after putting up a good show owing to the sheer hard work.
“You just cannot get complacent despite being a few meters away from victory because someone just can come from behind and take away the win from you,” Mahmudullah asserted.
After making his debut in 2007, Mahmudullah has been the part of 145 One-day Internationals, 58 Twenty20 Internationals and 33 Tests for Bangladesh.
The right-handed batsman has amassed 3,155 runs in ODIs, 1,809 in five-day games and 810 in T2OIs.
Being an off-spinner, Mahmudullah has claimed 70 wickets in the 50-over format followed by 39 in Tests and 22 in T2OIs respectively.