Bangladesh vs India Asia Cup T20 Live Streaming Rohit Sharma, Ashish Nehra Help India Beat Hosts by 45 Runs, Bangladesh vs India Asia Cup T20 Live Streaming Rohit Sharma, Ashish Nehra Help India Beat Hosts by 45 Runs.Yuvraj was once again unconvincing. Since his comeback, this was the first instance he had walked out with overs remaining.
A straight drive for four remained his only highlight before a well-connected slog sweep off Shakib found the fielder at deep-midwicket. However, at the other end was Rohit. Riding on that slice of luck, Rohit banished the nightmares of his last trip to Bangladesh, where Mustafizur took his wicket thrice. This time, he took the left-armer for 21 runs in an over.
Rohit's fireworks had set the platform for Hardik Pandya to play the sort of innings he is known for. His 27 off 12 balls against Sri Lanka gave a glimpse of his big-hitting prowess, and here he provided a proper exhibition. Promoted ahead of MS Dhoni, Pandya marked his arrival with a four and six off Mustafizur and dished out the same treatment to Al-Amin. His bullet-like cuts and rocketing flicks took India past the 150-run mark. Mustafizur did try and pull it back in the final over with the wickets of Rohit and Pandya, but Dhoni's six off the final ball gave India a total to be happy about.
The only concern that India will have will be regarding captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni who skipped practice on Monday due to a muscle spasm. Wicketkeeper-batsman Parthiv Patel has been flown in as his backup.For the first time, the Asia Cup will not be played as a 50-over competition, but will instead be a 20-over affair.
India and Sri Lanka are the two most successful teams in the tournament, having won the title five times each and Dhoni and his men would look to extend that trophy haul.What would boost India’s confidence is that they beat Australia 3-0 and then Sri Lanka 2-1 in the previous two T20 competitions.
They would look to continue the momentum when they meet Bangladesh, but the hosts have taken giant strides in international cricket in the last year and a half and would not give up easily.
In fact, the last time India visited Bangladesh, they suffered an unexpected defeat to the hosts in a One-Day International series.
Team director Ravi Shastri does not want to dwell on that series loss and instead wants the Indian players to focus on the current tournament.“That happened long back. I don’t remember it. I only remember things of the recent past,” the former India captain told reporters here on Monday.
The tournament will also be a dress rehearsal before the World T20 in India next month and Dhoni had earlier said he would try and give all 15 members in the squad some valuable match practice.
“I will try to give everybody a game because it is something as important as playing with a settled team,” Dhoni had said on Sunday in his pre-departure media conference in Kolkata.What was assumed to be a tinge of green looked more like a green carpet tricked to welcome the Indian batsmen against a four-paced Bangladesh attack. Even though the ball moved, Mashrafe Mortaza pulled off an ace, bringing Mahmudullah inside ten overs. Result: Suresh Raina, despite having scored a couple of boundaries, jumped out and was done in by a loopy delivery from the offspinner.
India looks a settled unit in every department. Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma have been amongst the runs while Virat Kohli has been in great form. The finishers too including Suresh Raina and Dhoni have batted well in the last few games.The bowling line-up, with Ravichandran Ashwin, Ashish Nehra and Jasprit Bumrah have combined well too so far and are sure to give the Bangladesh batsmen a tough time when they clash here.
The hosts have built a formidable side in the last few months and have been ably led by skipper Mashrafe Mortaza. They have impressed with both bat and ball and have been able to nurture talents like pacer Mustafizur Rahman who have already started creating ripples in world cricket.
Bangladesh have a mix of experience and youth with veterans Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim still going strong.
