Bangladesh were all set to maintain their dominance in 50-over games over Afghanistan at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Thursday. By bowling Afghanistan out for what seemed like an under-par score of 235, they seemed well in control of the run-chase until well beyond the halfway stage. However, that was when a total breakdown ensued, leaving the visitors embarrassed at the end of it all. Bangladesh ace all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz blamed the raw nature of the pitch in the second half of his side's innings for the crushing 92-run defeat. But at the same time, he also accepted an equal part of the blame. Here is what Mehidy told to The Daily Star "When Shanto and I were batting, the wicket seemed easy to bat on but after the 20th over when the ball became soft, it started to turn a lot all of a sudden. You could see that the two of us were struggling in the middle despite being set. But yes, one of us should have finished it considering the fact that we were set. I kept telling Shanto that since we were struggling on this wicket, the batters after us would find it way more difficult." Also Read | Sanju Samson Reaches 7000 T20 Runs as Joint 7th Fastest Indian Batter Mehidy went on to describe a long list of challenging behaviour from the surface as if this was the sole culprit for Bangladesh's ruin, but at the same time, skipper and top scorer Najmul Hossain Shanto made those individual errors that resulted in their dismissal. "All of a sudden, there was so much slow turn off the wicket and kept coming on straight. You could not predict which ball will turn and which will come on straight. It just happened all of a sudden. At that time, I made a mistake, and Shanto did too. We have discussed it. The set batters should have finished things on a wicket like this," added Mehidy. Mehidy did ultimately end up as the second-most economical bowler in the match for both teams. However, the star of the show was AM Ghazanfar, who accounted for six dismissals in total, in only his sixth ODI for the Afghan Wolves.