New Delhi: The Indian team had a terrible T20 World Cup in Australia and they also lost a series against Bangladesh on Wednesday. The Bangla Tigers ended up winning the match by five runs. They outplayed India to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Just after the loss, former India player Virender Sehwag came up with a tweet that said, "Cryptos se bhi tez gir rahi hai apni performance yaar(Our performance is falling faster than crypto currencies). Need to shake up - wake up”.
Talking about the match, after batting first, Bangladesh scored 271/7 with the help of Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s 100 not out. He also forged a 148-run partnership with Mahmudullah who also scored 77 runs. For India, Washington Sundar scalped three wickets while Mohammed Siraj and Umran Malik took two wickets each.
In reply to that, India had a terrible start but then Shreyas Iyer made 82 runs while Axar Patel scored a run-a-ball 56. India ended up posting 266 for nine in 50 overs.
Despite India losing the match, the highlight was Rohit Sharma’s brilliant cameo. He had a thumb injury while fielding and post that, the medical team of BCCI evaluated and took him for scans. But still, he came out to bat and remained unbeaten on 51 off 28 balls. He took the match to the last ball but unfortunately, the Men in Blue fell short by just five runs.
Squads:
India: Rohit Sharma (c), KL Rahul (VC), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Shreyas Iyer, Rahul Tripathi, Rishabh Pant (WK), Ishan Kishan (wk), Shahbaz Ahmed, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Deepak Chahar, Kuldeep Sen.
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal (c), Litton Das, Anamul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Yasir Ali, Mehidy Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Ebadot Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mahmudullah, Najmul Hossain Shanto and Nurul Hasan Sohan.