Bangladesh’s performance in the ongoing World Cup is very bad. Meanwhile, Mahmudullah Riyad's century has put Bangladesh's team management under more fire. Only Mahmudullah in the World Cup has been doing well regularly, scoring a century again against South Africa. However, for the sake of experimenting with the batting order, he is being played in the lower middle order.

While discussing the match between Bangladesh and South Africa in A Sports, Former Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haque criticized the team management for not using him in a good place in the batting order. He said, "He played brilliantly. He scored two tons in the 2015 World Cup which included a ton against England. He looked comfortable against pace [yesterday] and the kinds of shots he played was very dominating. It's his third ton and they have come against strong sides.”

Expressing dissatisfaction with Riyad's batting position, Misbah added, "Bangladesh is wasting him at seven. When the match was over, he came to bat. When someone in such good form and the team are struggling, then you need to be utilising it. Yes they had given him a finisher role but when your team requires it, why not change that.”