India’s mere one-run defeat to Bangladesh has left some former cricketers fuming as it was perhaps heartbreaking to say the least. Rohit Sharma and his men had Bangladesh through as the hosts needed more than 50 runs to avert an imminent defeat against big brother neighbors in the first ODI at Mirpur. But Mehidy Hasan Miraj became the keeper and saw his team progress even as the Indian fielders continued to give him one chance after another to hand them a one-wicket win.
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The 51-run partnership between Miraj and Mustafizur was Bangladesh’s highest 10th wicket partnership and the fourth highest 10th wicket partnership in a successful ODI match.
On a track that helped both pacers and spinners, the Indian top-order, barring KL Rahul (73 off 70 balls), flopped miserably for scores below 200.
In addition, prior India Cricketer Dodda Ganesha said he could not believe what he saw on television.
“Humble goodness. Incredible that India found a way to lose this game. Still shaking my head. Well played Bangladesh,” he tweeted.
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India’s fielding errors grabbed all the headlines as first it was Washington Sundar who hit a sub-par dive on the outfield in the early stages of the game for a boundary. Then the Tamil Nadu cricketer was again in Rohit Sharma’s firing line as he made no effort to take a simple catch from Mehidy Hasan, with India needing just one wicket to wrap things up. Then on the next ball, Mehdi got another reprieve when wicketkeeper KL Rahul went to his sitter to drop him.
Coming back to the match, Bangladesh’s last-wicket pair of Mehidy Hasan Miraj and Mustafizur Rahman pulled off a complete steal with a thrilling 51-run stand as India lost a low-scoring first ODI by one wicket on Sunday. Gave. ,
While India put in another poor batting display that saw them all out for 186 in 41.2 overs, the bowlers did a fine job of reducing Bangladesh to 136 for 9 in the 40th over.
However, KL Rahul, who was assigned the duty to fit him and another experienced Shikhar Dhawan in the same XI, dropped an aerial sitter when Bangladesh still needed 32 runs.
Washington Sundar too did not take an easy catch at third man, who was the target of skipper Rohit Sharma’s fury as Miraj (38 not out off 39 balls) and Mustafizur (10 not out) took the team past the finishing line in exactly 46 overs. ,
On a track that helped both pacers and spinners, the Indian top-order, barring KL Rahul (73 off 70 balls), flopped miserably for scores below 200.
But the total which looked remarkable at the break turned into a mammoth one thanks to lion-hearted efforts from Mohammed Siraj (3/32), Shardul Thakur (1/21) and Washington Sundar (2/17).
Debutant Kuldeep Sen’s (2/37) pace was used to smash him for three sixes – two of them during slog overs while Deepak Chahar (1/32) struck the end despite providing a first-ball breakthrough. Looked when there was no nip. In the air.
In the end, Miraj ensured that the hosts did not suffer a setback in a game that should have been won by his bowling effort alone.
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