Bangladesh second-string side began their tour of India on the wrong foot as they went down to a thumping 96-run defeat against their counterparts in Bangalore yesterday.
After being asked to bat, India finished on a mammoth 322 for 7. In reply, the visitors were bundled out for 226 in 42.3 overs.
At the halfway mark, Bangladesh's plan to bowl first seemed to be working as they had reduced India to 125 for 5. The hosts though, fought back through their tail. Sanju Samson, Gurkeerat Singh and Rishi Dhawan -- batsmen number six, seven and eight -- scored fierce half-centuries to take the game away from Mominul Haque and co.
Not only did the visitors struggle to take wickets in the latter stages of the game, they also gave away more than 100 runs in the last eleven overs.
Bangladesh A head coach Heath Streak was disappointed with the bowling at the death.
"We started the first five overs badly. We gave away too many extras. Shafiul [Islam] bowled well but Taskin [Ahmed] struggled. He got injured eventually, which put us under more pressure.
"We had to use our part-time bowlers to complete the overs and that wasn't too helpful," said Streak.
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"The execution wasn't as great in the death overs. That's something we will have to talk about before the next match," he added.
A similar scenario unfolded during Bangladesh's chase. India's left-arm pacer Sreenath Aravind ran through the top order. He removed Soumya Sarkar and Rony Talukdar in consecutive deliveries and was on a hat-trick. After 17 overs, the visitors were struggling at 87 for 5. However, just like the Indians, Bangladesh staged a comeback after the fall of the fifth wicket courtesy of a 120-run stand between Nasir Hossain and Liton Das.
The players were cautious at the start. But once they scored 50 runs, they began to unleash and raced towards their half-centuries. Liton scored a run-a-ball 75, while Nasir scored 52. However, once that stand was broken, the visitors crumbled.
"It was a mixed performance on the whole. At one stage we were 209 for 5 and the target was very much gettable. But [Suresh] Raina took a good catch to dismiss Nasir and that's when we lost the plot," said chief selector Faruque Ahmed, who is travelling with the team.
"After over number ten, the wicket becomes good for batting. The players know that now and I am sure they will improve a lot more in the next two matches. It's just a matter of time," added Faruque.
The next match is on Friday.
From The Daily Star
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