Sharma-led India beat Bangladesh again

India made one change to the playing eleven – Krunal Pandya made way for Manish Pandey.

Bangladesh (Moham)made (Mosadd)ek change to the eleven that last played the Indians – Hossain made way for Mithun.

On winning the toss, Mahmudullah, Bangladesh’s skipper, inserted the hosts.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was the first and the sixth over. They scored 41, for the loss of a couple of wickets.

Rohit, India’s skipper, faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just two. Nine balls into the (Shar)match, Shafiul Islam broke the three-run stand.

Shikhar Dhawan, whose 16-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 19. Twenty-three balls later, he was caught by Mahmudullah. Shafiul broke the 32-run stand.

India scored 50 off 7.1 overs (43 balls). Bangladesh had conceded an extra at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 33 balls. While Lokesh Rahul’s contribution to the partnership was 33, Shreyas Iyer’s contribution to it was 19. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

Rahul’s half-century – which included seven boundaries – came off 33 balls.

He eventually faced 35 balls, scoring 52. Forty-one balls after Dhawan’s dismissal, he was caught by Liton Das. Al-Amin Hossain broke the 59-run partnership.

India scored 100 off 13.2 overs (80 balls). Bangladesh had conceded an extra at that point.

Iyer’s half-century – which included a boundary and five sixes – came off 27 balls.

Pant, who faced nine balls, scored half-a-dozen. Twenty-four balls after Rahul’s dismissal, Soumya Sarkar broke the 45-run stand.

Iyer eventually scored 62 off 33 balls, which included three boundaries, in addition to the aforementioned number of sixes. Four balls later, he was caught by Das. Sarkar broke the five-run stand.

India scored 150 off 17.4 overs (106 balls). Bangladesh had conceded a couple of extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Pandey, whose 13-ball innings included three boundaries, scored 22. He was unbeaten, as was Shivam Dube, who faced eight balls, scoring nine.

India scored 174 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs.

Afif Hossain bowled a wicketless over, conceding 20. Aminul Islam bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 29. Mustafizur Rahman bowled four wicketless overs, conceding 42.

Al-Amin bowled four overs, conceding 22. He picked up a wicket. Shafiul and Sarkar bowled four overs each, picking up a couple of scalps apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 32, the latter conceded 29.

The first Powerplay of Bangladesh’s innings – which was the mandatory Powerplay – was the first and the sixth over. They scored 33, for the loss of a couple of wickets.

Das, whose eight-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored nine. Sixteen balls into the chase, he was caught by Washington Sundar. Deepak Chahar, the player of the match and the player of the series, broke the 12-run stand.

The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Sarkar, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was caught by Dube off the bowling of Chahar.

Bangladesh scored 50 off 7.3 overs (45 balls). India hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 37 balls. While Mohammad Naim’s contribution to the partnership was 39, Mithun’s contribution to it was 11. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

Naim’s half-century – which included seven boundaries and a six – came off 34 balls.

Bangladesh scored 100 off 11.5 overs (71 balls). India had conceded an extra at that point.

Mithun, whose 29-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, eventually scored 27. Sixty-one balls after Sarkar’s dismissal, he was caught by Rahul. Chahar broke the 98-run partnership.

The fourth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Mushfiqur Rahim, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was dismissed by Dube.

Eighty-eight balls into the chase, India sought a batting review. Naim was the batsman. It was struck down by umpire C K Nandan.

Naim, whose 48-ball innings included 10 boundaries and a couple of sixes, eventually scored 81. Fourteen balls later, Dube broke the 16-run stand.

The sixth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Afif, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. The next ball, he was dismissed by Dube.

Mahmudullah, who faced 10 balls, scored eight. Yuzvendra Chahal had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he broke the four-run stand.

Shafiul, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored four. Seven balls later, he was caught by Rahul. Chahar broke the five-run stand.

Aminul, whose run-a-ball innings included a boundary, scored nine. Chahar had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he broke the nine-run stand.

The last-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Rahman, who faced three balls, scored a run. The next ball, he was caught by Iyer off the bowling of Chahar, who became the first – and, so far, only Indian – to take a hat-trick.

Al-Amin, who didn’t face a ball, was unbeaten.

India eventually conceded five extras. Bangladesh, who were dismissed for 144 off 19.2 overs, lost by 30 runs.

Sundar and Khaleel Ahmed bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 34, the latter conceded 27.

Chahal bowled four overs, conceding 43. He picked up a wicket.

Dube bowled four overs, conceding 30. He picked up three wickets.

Chahar, who bowled 3.2 overs, had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he picked up half-a-dozen scalps.   

India won the three-match series 2-1.