KL Rahul dropped Mehidy hasan’s catch within the first ODI in opposition to Bangladesh.© Twitter
India suffered a slender one wicket loss to Bangladesh within the first ODI of a three-match sequence on Sunday. Bangladesh’s final wicket pair of Mehidy Hasan Miraj and Mustafizur Rahaman pulled off an absolute heist with an exhilarating 51-run stand as India choked throughout last half an hour to lose a low-scoring opening ODI by one wicket in Mirpur on Sunday. While India produced one more poor batting present which noticed them get all-out for 186 in 41.2 overs, the bowlers did a splendid job to scale back Bangladesh to 136 for 9 within the fortieth over.
However, KL Rahul, who was entrusted with maintaining duties to suit him and one other veteran Shikhar Dhawan in the identical XI, dropped an aerial sitter from Miraj when Bangladesh nonetheless wanted 32 runs. Washington Sundar additionally did not go for a simple catch at third man incomes the wrath of skipper Rohit Sharma as Miraj (38 not out off 39 balls) together with Mustafizur (10 not out) bought the workforce previous the ending line in precisely 46 overs.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has defended KL Rahul. “You can’t really say that was it. Because yes, I think that was the last wicket. That should have made the match over. But the fact that India scored 186, I think you are going to look at that as well,” Gavaskar informed the Sony Sports Network.
“The bowlers did wonderfully well, to get themselves in a position where they were 136-9. And then Hasan Miraj came, they had a bit of luck with that drop catch, but he played really well. He played sensibly. They took the attack to the opposition and played some bold shots.
“When you’re requested to chase lower than 4 runs an over. Like Bangladesh had been requested to chase, robotically, the strain comes down. Bangladesh made it tough for themselves by taking part in ultra-cautiously. That’s what bought them into hassle. I feel India did not rating 70-80 extra runs is the rationale why they misplaced,” added Gavaskar.
With PTI inputs
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