"The wicket was very good. We saw New Zealand scoring huge runs against Australia in the first match here. So we knew it would happen here in this game also. We need to take one or two more wickets in the first powerplay to stem the run flow but simply we couldn't do that."

Rossouw struck a sublime 109 off 56, his second consecutive century and was ably aided by Quinton de Kock who smashed a 38 ball-63. Together they stitched a partnership of 163 runs, which is now the highest partnership in T20 World Cup history for any wicket. Though Bangladesh bounced back well in the last five overs, executing their plan properly, South Africa got the platform of big total through this partnership.

"Basically de Kock and Rossouw threw out of the game. If we could have taken one of them early one, things would have been different," Shakib added.

Shakib confessed their they have a lot to improve in batting especially in this condition.

"We have a lot to improve in batting. We have to cope with the pace and bounce when we'll play in this kind of wicket," he concluded.

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