Batting has been and will be the biggest concern for Bangladesh when they look to avoid a clean sweep against the West Indies as the two sides face off in the third and final T20I of the series at the Bir Sreshtho Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium in Chattogram on Friday.
The match is scheduled to begin at 6:00pm Bangladesh Standard Time.
Bangladesh failed to chase down 165 and 149, respectively, in the first two games as the Caribbean side clinched the series with one match in hand.
After winning four consecutive bilateral series, this has been a real wake-up call for the Tigers, as the batting has been exposed consistently.
This was the second time in the last three matches that Bangladesh failed to chase down a target of 150 or below. The bowlers have been doing their job consistently, but the batters often fail to raise their hands.
Tanzid Hasan, who scored 61 off 48 in the second T20I against the West Indies, admitted that they would need to take more responsibilities.
鈥楲ook, whatever the wicket is, 150 was actually chaseable. This is actually the failure of us batsmen,鈥� the left-hander said.
鈥榃e all couldn鈥檛 take responsibility, so actually... I don鈥檛 want to say anything about this. Maybe it was a bad day for us batsmen. But we need to figure out how to overcome this,鈥� he added.
However, it鈥檚 evident that the 鈥榖ad day鈥� has been coming for the batters more than often.
In 2025, the collective batting average of the top seven batters for Bangladesh was 23.73; only three teams are behind them in the list among the ICC full member nations.
In terms of batting averages during matches won, Bangladesh鈥檚 top seven batters fall even further, ranking 10th.
The tails, ie, numbers eight to 11 batters, have to come more often for Bangladesh. In 2025, the tail-enders have batted in 43 innings, the second most among the ICC full member nations.
Tanzid reiterated that the batters who鈥檝e once gotten into it should finish the job.
He said, 鈥楢ctually, a match can鈥檛 be won alone. Cricket was such that one needed to finish as a set batsman on this wicket, because the wicket was a bit sticky, and the ball wasn鈥檛 coming on to the bat. It鈥檚 a bit tough for new batsmen to do aggressive hitting.鈥�
Tanzid also admitted that as a whole, the batters had been going through a tough time.
鈥楳aybe we are going through a bad phase. We haven鈥檛 been consistent,鈥� he said.
鈥榃e need to figure out how to be more consistent and how to reduce the number of dot balls in the middle overs and how to increase the strike rate to make the total bigger. We all need to find that answer together,鈥� he added.
