Bangladesh won the first of the 4 matches in the ongoing World Cup but lost the next three matches consecutively. Despite losing the matches, there is a lot of discussion about one thing. The batting order has been changed a lot in 4 matches.

Mehidy Hasan Miraz is sometimes played at No. 3, sometimes at No. 5, sometimes again at No. 4. No one could explain this strange decision. Captain Shakib Al Hasan talked about it before the match against South Africa on October 24 (Tuesday).

In the press conference before the South Africa match, Shakib said, "When Miraz scored that hundred as an opener against Afghanistan [in the Asia Cup], we thought he should do it again in the World Cup. He made runs against England and Sri Lanka in the practice matches [at of the World Cup]. He again scored runs against Afghanistan. So you have to give a batter who is doing well more chance. This is why he is batting higher up the order.

In response to the question whether the specialist batters are playing too low to give space to Miraz, Shakib said, "I also agree that some of our established batters are going a bit low the order, but is there a guarantee that they will score higher up the order? These are difficult and tricky decisions that we have to take. It has mixed results. I think we still had chances to score 280-290 runs in all three matches. Only [Mahmudullah] Riyad bhai batted well till the end [against New Zealand and India].

"I don't think you can criticise this. Riyad bhai is doing well but if we bring him up and he can't perform out of his usual position, then we will all feel bad about it."