India suffered a shock one-wicket defeat in the first match of the 3-match T20I series against Bangladesh at their home ground and lost the 2nd match by 5 runs. Batting first in the 2nd match in Dhaka, Bangladesh slumped to 69/6 at one stage but scored 271/7 in 50 overs thanks to Mohammadullah’s 77 and Mehdi Hasan’s century and 100*. Chasing India, captain Rohit Sharma was injured and seniors like Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli and Rahul were missing.
Shreyas Iyer scored 82 runs and Axar Patel scored 56 runs to save India by setting up a 107-run partnership, which was 65/4. So despite Rohit Sharma scoring 51* (28) with no other option, India lost miserably as the tail-enders like Deepak Sahar and Mohammed Siraj failed to lend a hand. proved that
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Earlier in the match, Mohammadullah-Hasan set a record partnership of 148 runs and gifted Bangladesh with defeat. But at that time, Rohit Sharma was injured and went to get first aid, so vice-captain KL Rahul acted as captain temporarily. However, he captained the Indian team for the first time on South African soil last January when he led the Indian team for the first time in a 0-3 (3) whitewash.
Former cricketer Wasim Jafar has said that the reason for the defeat was his modest performance in the absence of Rohit Sharma, who was teased by the fans that he would not be fit for captaincy. Here is what he talked about in a recent interview: “We had good bowlers like Siraj and Axar Patel. Umran Malik also did well. However, Bangladesh acted with answers to all questions. They changed the strike and batted brilliantly.”
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“Furthermore, it is very difficult to lead a wicket-keeper team without your captain. KL Rahul is not an experienced captain especially in international cricket. That is what influenced the success. However, you cannot say that as a reason. Instead you have to give credit to Bangladesh. Because they were 71/6 after 20 overs. But in the next 30 overs they scored 200 runs losing only one wicket.
“In that way we saw two sides of the same coin in Apoti. Similarly, in that partnership, Mehdi Hasan – batted tremendously without making any mistakes to take wickets. Mehdi Hasan, who won the man of the match award in the first match, scored a century and won the man of the match award. However, India was on top at some point in both those matches. But Bangladesh found a way and won.”
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