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'An Excuse But' - Shan Masood Blames Rawalpindi Pitch For Loss Against Bangladesh

Shan Masood during PAK vs BAN 1st Test (X.com)Shan Masood during PAK vs BAN 1st Test (X.com)

Pakistan cricket is going into a deeper turmoil with each passing game and after the disappointment of T20 World Cup, they have now been beaten by Bangladesh in Test cricket for the first-ever time in the history. The fact that it has come in Pakistan's backyard and by a huge margin of 10 wickets, would hurt Pakistan and Shan Masood clearly was not a happy man in the post-match press conference.

The Pakistan skipper started with saying that he doesn't want to make an excuse but the pitch did not behave the way they thought it would. He also added that there was rain on the first day and before the game, and that created a perception in the Pakistan camp that fast bowlers will do most of the work. 

"Never to make it an excuse but it didn't play the way we thought. We lost half of the first day. You think it's going to be the faster bowlers doing the bulk of work. It rained for nine days and we didn't have any rain since the first day of Test. We need to work collectively."

The left-handed batter accepted that they got the call of not playing the spinner wrong and they have to work and find the solution.

"With 3 fast bowlers you will push them to the limit which means that the spinner will have to operate which we wanted to avoid. At the end of the day we got it wrong and we will have to work away around it."

 Shan Masood mentioned that the loss is a huge lesson for them and stated that they would have to look at the whole playing XI for the next Test match. 

"You have to look at your whole XI. We lost Aamer Jamal, an allrounder. Spinner can always come in. When we needed a spinner in Sydney, Sajid Khan played there. Playing 4 seamers didn't work here but it doesn't mean it won't work again. You have to respect the conditions. When we play domestic cricket here it is different. Its a huge lesson for us what to expect in our own conditions."

The second Test will start on 30th of August and will be played on the same ground, so it would be interesting to see how Pakistan's combination shape up for that all-important match.