Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza said in the post match conference that they should have batted differently when they had the game in hand.

But in the throes of a boundary spree, it was hard to ask Shakib to slow down. And he did have cramps in his hand, which could have prompted him to take a respite from the strike, which could have automatically slowed down the chase.

“We should have won this game,” Mashrafe said. “We needed 39 runs from 52 balls with six wickets in hand at one stage, so the loss is disappointing. I think we could have tried to approach it differently. Maybe we could have batted slowly and go after the bowling with 15 to 16 needed in the last two overs.

“We cannot blame them but this is happening repeatedly. If we can come back from this, it will be become difficult for us. The dismissals told you there was a bit of panic. We could have played out 10 or 12 dot balls, but we got out trying to get the runs.”

Mashrafe also said that batting in the last ten overs should have been easier in this chase because of how Bangladesh had brought the asking run rate down to under a run a ball when England were allowed only four fielders outside the circle. He said that managing to chase down 310 in this game would have boosted them for the rest of the ODI series.

“We should have batted more smoothly with five runs per over the asking rate. It is hard to explain what’s happening [after the 40th over]. If the asking rate is 5 or 6 per over, it is easier in the last ten overs under the new Powerplay rules. But if it was 8 an over, then they have an extra fielder outside. They needed to keep an extra fielder inside the circle to stop the singles but we played some rash shots.”

The chase could have been smaller by at least 20 runs, Mashrafe bemoaned, had they latched on to the catches offered after the 30th over. Instead, Ben Stokes and Ben Duckett ended up adding 153 runs for the fourth wicket, setting England up for their 300-plus total after they had slipped to 63 for 3.

“The fielding cost us. If we could have taken those catches, we could have stopped them from around 280-290 runs. The mindset would have been different. We don’t bat on these wickets or chase 300 every day,” he said.