India 221 for 9 (Reddy 74, Rinku 53, Taskin 2-16) scored Bangladesh 135 for 9 (Mahmudullah 41, Varun 2-19, Reddy 2-23) for 86 runs
Bangladesh’s spinners have suffered in both comparisons. The fast bowlers bowled 12 overs for 102 runs, but the spinners conceded 116 for eight. Then the spinners of India scraped it for them in nine overs for 49 runs and five wickets.
India’s early struggle
After a seemingly useless toss – Bangladesh said they wanted to use late arrivals to their advantage and chase them, India said they wanted to bat first to test their early bowlers – Bangladesh opened the ball with Mehidy Hasan Miraz. , the arm balls were either too full or short and were split by Sanju Samson. On a soft surface, the fast bowlers were able to draw misbehavior. Samson and Suryakumar Yadav failed the test of the shot due to the slowness of the field, and Abhishek Sharma played with the motto of Tanzim Hasan.
Reddy enjoyed the good fortune
Rinku was the only one who could play smoothly from the beginning. Reddy was out twice in the first phase of his innings. When Litton Das dropped him down the leg side off Tanzim, Reddy moved to 6 for 4, and was 19 off 14 when he survived a very close lbw – the umpire’s call for a reverse sweep. These 19 included six without a free-hit due to Mahmudullah’s no-ball.
The floodgates are opening
Rishad Hossain is a legspinner full of promise, especially in T20 cricket. However, facing Rinku aiming for all kinds of sweeps, he bowled his fifth ball too full and was swept for a six. Mahmudullah then awarded a free-hit. In his second over, Rishad miscued a length on either side. Reddy took him down for two sixes before Rinku pulled him up with one. Those 24 runs took India past 100 in 10 overs.
After that, only Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman managed the over without a boundary. Mehidy received the worst punishment as he could not get Reddy out of the strike and continued to bowl in his wheelhouse for 26 runs in the 13th over. A hundred was expected in his second game but a slower ball from Mustafizur got the better of him to get him out for 74 off 34 runs.
This was the right time for Bangladesh to go into the spin over but Hardik Pandya did not give permission to Rishad’s errors at length. Rinku may have looked like a quiet partner in the carnage but he reached his fifty in almost two balls.
As India kept losing wickets in search of quick runs, Rishad managed to relax and bowled the last over for just eight runs. Bangladesh were still required to hit their highest T20I total to stay alive in the series.
A bridge too far
The rest was routine, which included Riyan Parag’s wicket, Pandya’s stunning catch, and the wicket of at least seven bowlers India tried.
Siddharth Monga is a senior writer at ESPNcricinfo
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