Bangladesh faced a heavy defeat against England in their second match of the ODI World Cup. Opener Tanzid Hasan Tamim failed in Bangladesh’s both matches.

Many were unhappy with the inclusion of Tanzid in place of Tamim Iqbal. Although he got runs in the warm-up matches, he did not get runs in the first two main matches. However, head coach Chandika Hathurusingha shows his full support to Tanzid.

In the press conference after the match, the head coach of Bangladesh said, “You're right, he (Tanzid) got out two times. But he was in the runs in the two practice games. He is just getting into international cricket. If you judge someone with two innings, then Malan would not be playing this game as well. So we have to be patient.”

Hathurusingha, however, admits that the failure of the top order was the reason why Bangladesh could not top the big total of England (364 runs), which started with the loss of Tamim's wicket.

He added, “If you don't get a start, if you lose more than three wickets early in the powerplay, you're not winning many matches. So definitely it's a concern. We need to, because when we play seven batters also, we want our top-order to fire.

"It is a concern, we've not been scoring (as an opening pair) but then Litton coming into form this game was a good positive for us and then Tanzim scored runs in the two practice games so he was in form. So, there are two failures. In the World Cup, it can happen for any team. So, I'm hoping those two, those guys will fight because most of the batters now got into form. And in the coming games, hopefully, we'll perform as a group in some cases.”