Team India had to face a one-wicket defeat in the first match of the ODI series against Bangladesh. After this defeat, the Indian team has gone 0-1 in the 3-match series.
There were many ups and downs in this breathtaking match played on Sunday. Sometimes India was in the driving seat, sometimes Bangladesh.
Bangladesh won the toss and decided to ball first
In this low-scoring match, Bangladesh won the toss and decided to field first. India’s innings were reduced to a score of 186 runs in 41.2 overs. KL Rahul scored the highest 73 runs. In response, the Bangladesh team scored the required runs in the 46th over to win by nine wickets.
Mehdi Hasan Miraj and Mushtafizur Rahman were the heroes of Bangladesh’s victory. Who shared a 54-run partnership for the last wicket. Mehdi Hasan gets the win with fours. The team had lost the 9th wicket at a score of 136. His captain Liton Das scored the highest 41 runs.
Mohammad Siraj took the maximum of three wickets for India.
Two big catches were dropped by the Indian team
Mehdi Hasan Miraj gave two catches in the 43rd over but missed both.
- First: KL Rahul could not catch the high ball. This catch was taken on the ball of Shardul Thakur in the 43rd over.
- Second: In the same over of Shardul, Washington Sundar, standing at the third-man boundary, did not even try for the catch.
Big-3 flopped
Team India’s top-3 batsmen failed against Bangladesh. Shikhar Dhawan 7, Virat Kohli 15 and captain Rohit Sharma could only score 27 runs.
Brilliant bowling performance by Shakib
Shakib Al Hasan bowled accurately from Bangladesh. He took 5 wickets for 36 runs. This is one of his best bowling.
How did India’s wickets fall?
- Shikhar Dhawan: Mehdi Hasan Miraj bowled the second ball of the sixth over.
- Rohit Sharma: Clean bowled by Shakib Al Hasan in the 11th over.
- Virat Kohli: After Rohit, Shakib also bowled Kohli.
- Shreyas Iyer: Couldn’t pull Ibadat Hossain’s short ball in the 20th over and got top edge. Caught by Mushfiqur Rahim behind the wicket.
- Shahbaz Ahmed: Wanted to play a back off length ball near the off stump. Missed and caught by Shakib standing in the cover.
- Shardul Thakur: Clean bowled by Shakib.
- Deepak Chahar: Wanted to play the straight ball, but the ball hit the first pad and became LBW. Shakib got the 5th wicket.
- KL Rahul: Got out in the 40th over. Ibadat’s short ball was caught by Anamul Haque at fine leg.
playing 11 of both the teams
India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Mohammad Siraj, Kuldeep Sen.
Bangladesh: Najmul Hossain Shanto, Liton Das (Captain), Anamul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah, Afif Hossain, Mehdi Hasan Miraj, Hasan Mahmood, Mustafizur Rahman and Ibadat Hossain.