Despite scoring a fighting hundred, Towhid Hridoy shouldered the blame for Bangladesh's failure to post a more challenging target for India in their ICC Champions Trophy Group A match in Dubai yesterday, as the batter said that getting cramped up during the last stretch of his innings shaved a few runs off the total.

"Alhamdulillah, I'm fine now. I think my cramping was the bigger issue [than Jaker Ali's dismissal]. If I had been fine, I feel I could have scored 20-30 runs more for the team," Hridoy told reporters after the match in Dubai yesterday.

After being reduced to 35-5 only in the ninth over, Hridoy along with Jaker put up a record 154-run stand off 206 balls for the sixth wicket to trigger a comeback.

The partnership was finally broken when Mohammed Shami, who claimed a five-for, removed Jaker after the batter made a dogged 68 off 114 balls.

Soon after, Hridoy started struggling from cramps when he reached 86 but endured the discomfort and carried on batting with the tail.

Hridoy completed his maiden ODI ton but couldn't give the innings that final push as Bangladesh folded for a below-par total.

"Jaker and I just wanted to build a partnership, nothing else," he said, adding that the team had always planned to bat first in the contest.

"We had a clear idea on what we want to do if we win the toss. The team's plan was to bat first. We just lost a few early wickets. But even after that, that way me and Jaker batted, if either one of us could have finished better, maybe we could have scored around 260-70."

Even with the paltry total, Towhid claimed he believed they could have won, saying, "Of course, I did [think we could win]. I thought we could give a fight with this score and we did. We bowled well. We leaked a few boundaries at the start. But had we taken a few more wickets in the beginning, the scenario could've been different."