Mashrafe disappointed with Super Four schedule
Thursday, 20 September 2018
Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza took a swipe at the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) for their recently-released fixtures for the Super Four leg of the Asia Cup, which has Bangladesh playing back-to-back matches, reports Cricbuzz.
The ACC released the schedule for the Super Four stage, starting tomorrow (Friday), despite two group matches remaining, and the teams finishing at the top of Group A and Group B yet to be decided. As per the schedule, it was A1 vs B2 and A2 vs B1 in Dubai and Abu Dhabi respectively.
The Super Four's revised schedule, that was announced after Hong Kong's marginal loss to India, will have the latter will now play all their matches in Dubai, regardless of the other teams' positions in their respective groups.
The ACC assumed Afghanistan and Bangladesh finishing at B1 and B2 respectively, who are yet to play each other in their group match after both beat Sri Lanka.
"It is very disappointing," Mashrafe said on Wednesday. "Basically what has happened is that we were made the second team in Group B even before we played the last game.