At one time, India’s victory against Bangladesh was visible, but due to 3 mistakes, India lost the match.
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Bangladesh defeated India in the first ODI to take a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series. Bangladesh won by 1 wicket. The decorated Indian team of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul could not make a winning start to their campaign. In fact, after the T20 World Cup, all three stars were rested from the tour of New Zealand. All three made a comeback on the Bangladesh tour. But apart from Rahul, none of the batsmen could run and India had to face a humiliating defeat in the very first match. Although at one time India had made a comeback in the match, but due to its 3 mistakes, it lost the match.
Batting first, India could not even play the full 50 overs in front of the Bangladeshi attack and the entire team was bundled out for 186 runs in 41.2 overs. Shakib Al Hasan took 5 wickets. In response, the Bangladeshi team achieved the target of 24 balls.
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— Bangladesh Cricket (@BCBtigers) December 4, 2022
- The biggest reason for India’s defeat was India’s poor batting, due to which India could not set a big target in front of the host. Apart from Rahul, no batsman could walk. Shikhar Dhawan 7, Rohit Sharma 27 and Kohli were able to score only 9 runs. Due to poor batting, India could not even play the entire over.
- The reason for India’s defeat was Mehdi Hasan Miraj, who snatched victory from India’s face. Miraj remained unbeaten on 38 runs. India needed just one wicket to win at one time, but Miraj stood till the end and gave victory to Bangladesh. Indian bowlers could not break the pair of Miraj and Rahman. There was an unbroken partnership of 51 runs between the two.
- Deepak Chahar’s one over was also made because of India’s defeat. After 42 overs, Bangladesh needed 32 runs in 48 balls to win. India’s victory was visible, but Chahar’s 44th over took the match out of India’s hands. Chahar gave away 15 runs in his over. After this over, Bangladesh needed just 14 runs in 36 balls, which they achieved easily.
Source: www.tv9hindi.com