Mustafizur didn’t even let Airee lay bat on ball during the five deliveries that also had a slow bouncer. He got Airee off the last delivery.

In fact, four among the last five Nepalese batters failed to open their accounts with the fifth remaining not out without troubling the scorers.

“Very happy the way we played this round. I hope we can continue with our bowling performance and hope that our batting performance will be fine in the next round,” Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto said at post-match presentation ceremony.

The skipper wasn’t happy that none of the Bangladeshi batters could even cross 20 but has confidence that his bowling unit can defend any totals.

“We have everything. All the fast bowlers have worked really hard in the last two or three years. In this format, the bowling unit is very important and I hope they continue their form. We have to plan for the next round and execute our plans,” he said.

As far as Nepal skipper Rohit Paudel is concerned, he conceded that inexperience became their undoing.

“As a batting unit, we could have done better, especially the top order batters. We could have batted tighter. Bangladesh bowled really well with the new ball and we were under pressure after that. They were asking us challenging questions,” a dejected Paudel said at post-match presentation ceremony.

“Top order batters could have done better and taken more responsibility. We need to step up, need to know where to score runs and how to assess conditions,” the skipper said as he promised the ardent fans of a better show in the coming tournaments.