Nagpur: Bangladesh skipper Mahmudullah on Sunday stated that losing wickets in a cluster costed his team dearly.
While chasing a target of 175, Bangladesh were bundled out for 144 despite being 110/2 in the 13th over.
"We had a chance. When we needed 49 runs off 30 balls, we had a chance but in the end, we lost wickets rapidly and that is what cost us the match. I am just disappointed that Naim played such a good inning, but we failed to win the match. If we would have won, it would have given Naim a lot of credit," Mahmudullah told reporters.
Mohammad Naim played an 81-run knock to give Bangladesh a glimmer of hope in the match, but his dismissal at the hands of Shivam Dube ended the Bangla Tigers' hopes of going away with a victory.
Bangladesh had lost two early wickets in the match, but Naim and Mohammad Mithun put up a 98-run stand to allow the side to keep Indian bowlers at bay.
However, their dismissals in quick succession gave India the upper hand in the match.
"We lost two wickets quickly, the partnership between Mithun and Naim was incredible, it was good to see and especially the young Naim batted superbly, but in the end, it came down to how we lost the wickets in a cluster," Mahmudullah said.
"If you see we did similar mistakes in our past matches, and the big teams are quite good in this department. Having said that, the wicket was good to chase down the target, our bowlers did a good job in restricting them to 174. In the end, I think it was our mistakes that cost us the match," he added.
India and Bangladesh will now face each other in the two-match Test series and the first game will be played from November 14-18.
