Bangladesh defeated India by 1 wicket in the first match of the ODI series. For the team, Mehdi Hasan delivered a thrilling victory as he batted brilliantly. India’s batting was poor. The India team went all out with a score of 186 runs. In response, Bangladesh won the match by holding a wicket. KL Rahul scored a half century for the India team. While Hasan played very brilliant innings for Bangladesh. He posted an unbeaten 38 with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes.
With this victory, Bangladesh has taken a 1-0 lead in the series.
Najmul Hussain and captain Liton Das arrived to open the Bangladesh team to chase the goal given by the India team. During this, Najmul became a victim of Deepak Chahar’s ball without opening the account. Liton was sacked after scoring 41 runs off 63 balls. He hit 3 fours and a six. Anamul Haque contributed 14 runs. He hit 2 fours while facing 29 balls.
Shakib Al Hasan scored 29 runs off 38 balls. He made 3 fours. Mushfiqur Rahim came out after scoring 18 runs off 45 balls. Mohammadullah returned to the arena after scoring 14 runs. Afif Hussain came out after scoring 6 runs. In the end, Mehdi Hasan hit smartly. When Bangladesh had lost 9 wickets, Hasan played an unbeaten innings of 38 runs while playing responsibility and won the team. He faced 39 balls and hit 4 fours and 2 sixes. Mustafizur Rahman remained unbeaten after scoring 10 runs off 11 balls. He made 2 fours. In this way, Bangladesh achieved the target in 46 overs at the loss of 9 wickets.
Indian bowlers including Mohammad Siraj performed well. But he could not stop the streak in the last moments of the game. Siraj took 3 wickets for 32 runs in 10 overs. He pulled a maiden over. Washington Sundar took 2 wickets for 17 runs in 5 overs. Kuldeep Sen took 2 wickets in the debut match. He gave up 37 runs in 5 overs. Deepak Chahar gave up 32 runs in 8 overs. He also took a maiden while taking a wicket. Shardul Thakur took a wicket for 21 runs in 9 overs. Shardul also took out a maiden.
Batting first, the Indian team did it all with a score of 186 runs. During this, KL Rahul scored half a century as he performed brilliantly. Aside from Rahul, no batsman could stay in the box for long. Rahul scored 73 runs off 70 balls. He hit 5 fours and 4 sixes. Opener Rohit Sharma came off after scoring 27 runs with the help of 4 fours and a six. Dhawan came out after scoring 7 runs. Virat Kohli returned to the arena after scoring 9 runs. Shreyas Iyer played a 24-run inning. Washington Sundar was sacked after scoring 19 runs.
