Despite a resurgent Rohit Sharma who scored a quickfire 51 off 28 balls, India The 2nd ODI against Bangladesh was lost by 5 runs. India have now lost two of their three ODIs against Bangladesh in the ongoing series.
It appears to be a disappointing result but the Indian team will have to re-evaluate from here and look ahead. Mumbai Indians took advantage of this opportunity to support their skipper Rohit Sharma.
It shared a picture of Rohit Sharma along with one of his old tweets which read, ‘I don’t just play for my team. I leave for my country.
Rohit bravely tried to save the match, but his efforts fell short on the day. After injuring his thumb, the Mumbai Indians player was forced to come to the crease at number nine.
India needed 20 runs in Mustafizur’s final over and it always seemed like a task that was inconceivable. An injured Rohit managed to hit the second last ball for a six and took the game to the last ball.
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Mustafizur bowled a precise delivery and Sharma could not do much as India had to settle for the loss. Shreyas Iyer took a brave stand, helped for a while by Axar Patel, but none of the other players contributed significantly with the bat.
Washington Sundar, Umran Malik and Mohammad Siraj picked up important wickets but a brilliant century from Mehidy Hasan and a fine innings from Mahmudullah meant that the Bangladeshi team were able to post a competitive total of 271.
Ebadot Hossain led the bowling department for Bangladesh, taking three wickets in his spell. The Indians raised hue and cry but to no avail. The third and final ODI of the series will take place on December 10 at 11:30 am IST at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium.
With Bangladesh having already won the series, the Indians will be looking to restore some of their glory and register at least one win during the series. with 50 overs World With the cup set to take place in 2023, this Indian team will need to pull up its socks and gather some momentum should it dream of lifting the coveted trophy once again since 2011.
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