4/19/2015 Hosts expose Pakistan's inexperience | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-pakistan-2015/content/story/862567.html?wrappertype=print 1/2 Bangladesh v Pakistan, 1st ODI, Mirpur April 17, 2015 Hosts expose Pakistan's inexperience Mohammad Isam in Mirpur 32 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment shares 32 Play 02:15 Isam: Pakistan's inexperience showed This was not a usual Bangladesh-Pakistan contest. There were moments when the encounter looked to be following the usual routine of the last 29 years, but those moments were fleeting. The margin of victory followed the type, but the usual dominator looked weaker than the usual harried, for the first time. Even last year when Pakistan chased 327 at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, they believed a win was still possible. Bangladesh remained wary until Shahid Afridi's blows settled the matter. There were moments in 2012, when Bangladesh lost to Pakistan by two runs in the Asia Cup final. Nine needed off the last over and Aizaz Cheema kept it down to six. A reversal of fortune after 16 years can't be explained by this one performance. It would be unfair on both sides, especially Bangladesh who have improved vastly in the last several years and especially grown through the 2015 World Cup. Pakistan are going through a major transition, and is less experienced of them as a unit. Such has been their transition that they had to name Azhar Ali , who hadn't played an ODI since January 2013, as captain. One can hardly blame him for the 79-run defeat, especially after his 73-ball 72. He does not possess a batting line-up as experienced as the one Misbah-ul-Haq had in Mirpur last year. Azhar noted that as the key difference. "The Bangladesh team has been playing the same unit for the last four or five years," Azhar said. "In the years gone by, we always have the experience to go through difficult periods. But today we have some new guys. They are trying to make inroads. We lack a bit of experience in the team. "Whenever you make runs and you don't win its not pleasing. We wanted to make runs, we also want that team to win. I think the score was a bit more, especially because we have a new batting line-up. So 230 to 240 runs was too many. It is difficult to chase 300 everyday. I think the guys tried their best but we fell a little bit short."