Highlights from the first global meeting between India and Bangladesh: Mehidy Hasan’s 38-ball, unbeaten innings contributed to Bangladesh’s thrilling one-wicket victory. So the result of the first game of India vs Bangladesh: Bangladesh beat India by 1 wicket.
India vs Bangladesh: Bangladesh beat India
In the first ODI in Dhaka, Bangladesh defeated India by one wicket to kick off the three-match ODI series. Mehidy Hasan turned into the star of the night when he assisted Bangladesh in chasing 187 runs with four overs avoided subsequent to pulling them with regards to a tough spot.
India innings vs Bangladesh
Bangladesh captain Litton Das won the toss and decided to field first. India’s innings started at a steady pace as Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan tossed the ball. Dhawan was the first one out of the pavilion after scoring just 7 runs off 17 deliveries and looking uneasy at the crease. Shakib Al Hasan is in a fiery form throughout Bangladesh bowling. He took a fantastic five-wicket haul. He took the main two wickets of Indian batting Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli. Shreyas Iyer appeared to be good for a while, but he could not turn his start into a big score, scoring 24 runs off 39 balls. A partnership of 52 runs between KL Rahul and Washington Sundar, stabilized India’s innings.
KL Rahul was the only batsman in the line-up, who was looking good. He scored 73 runs off 70 deliveries, including five boundaries and four sixes, before Ebadot Hossain ran him out. India set a target for Bangladesh, scoring only 186 runs.
Bangladesh run chase against India
Deepak Chahar sent Najmul Shanto back with the very first ball of the subsequent innings. Siraj took the second wicket as Anamul Haque. After that, Bangladesh’s innings were settled by Litton Das and Shakib, who were then both dismissed by Washington Sundar. Shakib scored 29 runs off 38 deliveries, while Das scored 41 runs off 63 balls. Mahudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim tried to settle the innings but failed. When Siraj took the wicket of Rahim on the next ball after Shardul Thakur had bowled out Mahmudullah on 18, India regained control of the match. Bangladesh fell apart as debutant Kuldeep Sen took two wickets in the final few overs to dismiss Afif Hossain and Edadot Hossain.
Bangladesh winning moment
In the 40th over, the hosts were down 136/9 and did not appear to be on their way to victory. But Mehidy Hasan took charge and hit some big shots. Bangladesh got closer to the target. Bangladesh made an extraordinary last-wicket partnership.
Mehidy Hasan‘s superb knock changed the game’s direction. Bangladesh won the match by one wicket and took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series with Hasan’s game-changing 38 runs off 39 balls. Here is the video of last wicket partnership –
