Bangladesh is a better team than what they , performed in the T20 World Cup, according to former South African pacer Dale Steyn. He recently answered some questions of his followers on social media. One follower asked him which team and  player disappointed him the most in this edition of the T20 World Cup. And his curt response was "Bangladesh". Read: Pakistan Announce Squad for the Upcoming Bilateral BAN vs. PAK 2021 T20I Series “Bangladesh. They (are) better than what they showed, no fault of management, players need to be held responsible, you either want to play or you don’t, they all didn’t,” Dale replied to his fan. Bangladesh played a total of eight matches in this year’s T20 World Cup and won only two, and those wins came against weaker teams like Oman and Papua New Guinea. They had started the World Cup with a shocking defeat in a match with Scotland. However, wins against Oman and Papua New Guinea helped them qualify for the Super 12 stage. But in the Super 12s, they lost all of their matches. They got close against Sri Lanka and the West Indies but were unable to finish the matches well. Bangladesh missed the services of Shakib Al Hasan in the last two matches against South Africa and Australia. The all-rounder had been out of the competition because of a hamstring injury. Read: T20 World Cup Upset: BCB may take big decisions for the Pakistan series Bangladesh will start gearing up on November 12 ahead of their home series against Pakistan. The two teams will lock horns in three T20Is and two Tests, with the first T20I being slated for November 19 in Dhaka.

Former Tigers skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has said the Bangladesh team management at present resembles a rehabilitation centre for South African coaches out of a job. Mashrafe made the statement on social media after Bangladesh lost their first Super 12s encounter of the ongoing T20 World Cup against Sri Lanka by five wickets, from a good position. It was one of the matches that Bangladesh had aimed at to pave their way to the semi-finals. “The current team management looks like a rehab centre for all the South African coaches out of a job to rehabilitate themselves by working,” Mashrafe wrote on his social media handle. “Sacking them is another problem because then you have to pay off the remaining amount in their contract. So as things stand, they can do as they wish as long as they are here.” Mashrafe backed Mahmudullah Riyad, the current captain of the Bangladesh T20 team who has faced criticism for his decisions in the match that Bangladesh lost to Sri Lanka. According to Mashrafe, despite the fact that the captain is the ultimate decisionmaker of a cricket team, the coaches also have something to say when a captain struggles to make a crucial decision. “I agree that the captain makes the final call in the field,” he wrote. “But doesn’t the coach discuss with the captain the crunch moments of a match? A captain can be under different types of pressure in a nervy moment of a match. Did our coach ask the captain what is his plan?” Read: ‘Heart destroyed seeing two defeats yesterday’: Mashrafe Mashrafe also stood by Liton Das, who faced a tremendous backlash as well for his sloppy fielding dropping two easy catches in the match against Sri Lanka. The batters, who got a life after Liton missed the two catches, sealed the game for the Lankans. “There should be no excuse for Liton’s bad fielding. I think Liton will also not give an excuse for his misses. It’s part of the game. But did we ask the fielding coach (Ryan Cook) why we miss catches? After the World Cup 2019, every member of the Bangladesh coaching set-up lost their job except this fielding coach. Did we become the best fielding side in the world?” Mashrafe added. Mashrafe also questioned why the head coach Russell Domingo doesn't step up to defend the team like he does for the coaching staff. "Why don't Tamim, Mushfiq, Riyad stay well? Isn't it his (Domingo) job to address this?" The Bangladesh team's coaching staff at present consists of three South Africans: Russell Domingo (head coach), Ashwell Prince (batting coach) and Ryan Cook (fielding coach). Bowling coach Ottis Gibson is a West Indian from Barbados, but his last job was also as coach of South Africa. Gibson on Tuesday refused to be drawn into a direct response to Mashrafe. Read: Mashrafe Mortaza drops a bombshell over his alleged T20 retirement in 2017 “That doesn’t interest or concern me, whatever anyone outside of our circle is saying. We can’t control what people are saying on social media,” Gibson told reporters on Tuesday when he was asked about Mashrafe’s comments. “We can only control what is being said in and around the group. We know what we do as a coaching group here,” he added. Bangladesh will take on England on Wednesday in their second Super 12s match. The Tigers have to win at least three matches in order to book a place in the Semi-finals stage of the World Cup for the first time.