"Our total fielding effort hurt us [in the first ODI]. We have given away too many easy runs," Tamim said. "We could have created a little more pressure through dot balls, instead we conceded easy singles. You can point out a lot of things when we lose. But when we win, I always give the reminder what mistakes we have made. We got away with dropping catches and not fielding well, but today it got back to hurt us."

"I have been saying that we have been dropping a lot of catches so it had to cost us at some point," Tamim said. "This was probably the day. Previously, we have got away with it. We won despite dropping a couple of catches. On these types of wickets [which are good for batting], when you drop four catches, you are not going to win the game.

"We have to take the chances. When there's help in the wicket [for bowlers], there are always chances coming even when you have dropped a catch. But on such a good wicket, it becomes very difficult. We couldn't hold on to any of the four chances. It is the biggest difference [between winning and losing]."

"I won't call it [not playing a left-arm spinner] a wrong decision," Tamim said. "The story would have been different had we bowled first. But we have to think about the combination for the next game.

"At the same time, though, we have had our opportunities, which we didn't grab. I am not someone who blames a defeat on other things. We must have made mistakes. We take full responsibility."

"We should have scored 15-20 runs more when you consider the circumstances," Tamim said. "We were 250 for 1, so in that kind of situation you can push a little harder to get those 15-20 runs. We had to tackle the first 10-15 overs, which I thought we handled very well with a good partnership [between Tamim and Litton Das]. We didn't finish well.

"It will be very unfair to point out one or two individuals. As a group, we should have got those 15-20 runs. Those in the middle really tried hard. They have done it a lot of times, so I am not one to point fingers at my players."