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'This should shake us up'

BlSHWAJIT ROY from Colombo
The Ireland team celebrated their live-run success against Bangladesh all the way yesterday regardless of it being just a warm-up game at the Moors Sports Club ground in Colombo. After the match Kevin O'Brien, who actually initiated the middle-order collapse taking three wickets in quick succession, didn't hesitate to say that it was a sweet revenge for their 3-0 loss in the T20 series against the same opponents at home in August this year. He also opined that both teams are now evenly matched after this victory, especially since two of the matches the Irish lost in August were decided in the last over. But Bangladesh's champion allrounder Shakib Al Hasan was not ready to accept the notion. "The reality is that we won the three-match series at their own den recently and winning the match in the last over is very much part of this version,” said Shakib.
But it was hard for the ever-confident former Bangladesh skipper to hide his
frustration at the way his team signed off their build-up to the ICC World 1Wenty20, though he believed that they can take positives from the match.
“I honestly think this should actually shake us up a little. I believe we lacked intensity in the last ten overs because with the batting we have there is no reason why we should lose that game from the position we were in. It was really sad that we still had around ten overs but nobody really got in to make a partnership," said Shakib, who was in top form in the match making a quickfire half-century after taking two wickets.
He however also believes that there was also a bright side to the defeat.
“It can inspire us too to do well in the tournament proper. It would be a different ball game when we take on New Zealand and Pakistan in the group matches. You always learn more from defeats. Now we know where we need to improve and which areas we need to brush up. We have four days in our hand to do the correction in practice before our first game in the tournament," observed Shakib.
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“Practice games are important but they are not that important that you should start feeling demoralised over a loss in such games. These matches allow you to assess where you are at individually and as a team and you work on the findings,’’ he added.
Shakib was happy with the way he batted in the match as well as with his form but he felt that some fine tuning is required with some individual players before the group matches against New Zealand and Pakistan, and despite the defeat he was optimistic about their chances of qualifying for the second round of the tournament.
“I think there are certain individual fine tuning that is required. The atmosphere will be different and you have to be totally switched on from the first ball. I am sure we will get there. There is a good chance that we will qualify for the next round if we win one game. We are taking it one match at a time,” hoped Shakib, who will have to play a major role if his side want to make this campaign last beyond the first round.