Bangladesh [154/3] defeat India [148/6] by 7 wickets to win 1st T20I, lead series 1-0

[King_Kohli]

Bangladesh record their first ever T20I win against India!

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Congrats to all the Bangladeshi posters.

You deserved this after enduring all the heartbreaks against us over the years.

i think dhoni presence makes huge difference.
in every aspect of the game

 

[RainStopsPlay]

Athar says "opens up a new chapter in history of BD"! Man! It's your first T20 win against India after 8 failures and be ready to get pounded in the next 2 matches. India is winning the series no matter what. Credit to BD today for playing well under pressure, you deserve it! And thanks for ending Khaleel's career.

 

[Abhilash93]

India without Kohli, Bumrah, Pandya < Bangladesh B team

Add Jadeja and Bhuvi to that. Krunal clearly inferior to Jaddu.

 

[szundercover]

Mamoons number 1 T20 team losing to Bangladesh. WOW

They are playing without kohli,hardik pandya,shami and bumrah but bangladesh are also playing their b team so that makes it even.

 

[Mean&Green]

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] India would beat the Pakistani team to pulp in t20s omg what happened here Bangladesh d team just beated India b. Now excuses will come inexperience indian side law of averages. To all my indian peeps you guys even know india is a very average t20 side at best even with their elite players. #mamoondeservesthishumiliation

 

[MenInG]

 

[Green Patriot]

Oh woww.
Quite unexpected honestly.

Well done BD

 

[MenInG]

Well done to Bangladesh!

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Match ka mujrim is Rishabh Pant. He wasted too many balls.

 

[Hyperion66]

Sad day for me. Anyways congrats to [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] and [MENTION=141306]sweep_shot[/MENTION].

 

[Nov15]

That Sehwad ad for this series didn't age well.

 

[Mean&Green]

That Sehwad ad for this series didn't age well.

India should never get Sehwag to do their cheer leading it’s always ended up turning bad for them

 

[Titan24]

Well played BD.

 

[Hyperion66]

Match ka mujrim is Rishabh Pant. He wasted too many balls.

Are we not going to talk about his clown show behind the stumps?

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

This was not even Bangladesh's best side.

 

[jnaveen1980]

They are playing without kohli,hardik pandya,shami and bumrah but bangladesh are also playing their b team so that makes it even.

Not even. But any win by BD against any Indian side is creditable. As expected Rahim was the main contributor. India had to blame their DRS failure and catching. They could have won this game.

 

[RainStopsPlay]

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] India would beat the Pakistani team to pulp in t20s omg what happened here Bangladesh d team just beated India b. Now excuses will come inexperience indian side law of averages. To all my indian peeps you guys even know india is a very average t20 side at best even with their elite players. #mamoondeservesthishumiliation

Hahaha! Why talk about Bangla when you can talk about India-Pak head to head record in T20s? That will clarify your doubts about who's the best team in T20s!

 

[Asif321]

Why is krunal pandey in team
I bet India has much better players

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Are we not going to talk about his clown show behind the stumps?

Don't want his fans to bang their heads on the floor.

 

[Nov15]

Are we not going to talk about his clown show behind the stumps?

Hope they play Sanju Samson in the next one. He's can't be any worse than Pant.

 

[RainStopsPlay]

These Pants, Krunals, Dubes, Khaleels and Chahars are simply not cut for LOIs. The more opportunities you give them, the more these lads will embarass India on big stage.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Why is krunal pandey in team
I bet India has much better players

India rewards these darters more than the proper spinners.

 

[Hyperion66]

Taking nothing away from BD butt umpires has been the real match winners for them, anyways they bowled much better and batted with a plan.

 

[jnaveen1980]

These Pants, Krunals, Dubes, Khaleels and Chahars are simply not cut for LOIs. The more opportunities you give them, the more these lads will embarass India on big stage.

Main villain with bat was Dhawan lol he created pressure around everyone. Iyer's wicket was solely due to him. Dot ball after dot ball against noob offies

 

[sweep_shot]

Sad day for me. Anyways congrats to [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] and [MENTION=141306]sweep_shot[/MENTION].

Thanks.

I was expecting BD to get thrashed after our recent performances. This win came out of nowhere. It shows how unpredictable T20 format is.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Why is krunal pandey in team
I bet India has much better players

Some fans rated him higher than Jadeja lol. He is a joke of a cricketer just like his overhyped 'aaj main karke aaya' brother.

 

[RainStopsPlay]

Taking nothing away from BD butt umpires has been the real match winners for them, anyways they bowled much better and batted with a plan.

Umpiring errors are common! What about that Krunal's catch drop? Why didn't Chahal insist Rohit on taking DRS? Does it mean these idiotic spinners always relied on Dhoni to make a decision on DRS? And why is Pant still paying in T20s after that horror game against Aus which cost us the series?

 

[Mesozoic]

Taking nothing away from BD butt umpires has been the real match winners for them, anyways they bowled much better and batted with a plan.

Our DRS handling was pathetic.

Credit where due, Mushfiq played a brilliant knock. Almost akin to kohli's Wt20 knock against Australia in Mohali.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Very bad day as a captain for Rohit. He didn't use the bowlers as well as he should have done. Neverthless it is all part and paarcel of the game. Garbage players will lead to garbage results. Khalee, Krunal, Dhawan are utter garbage

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

Some fans rated him higher than Jadeja lol. He is a joke of a cricketer just like his overhyped 'aaj main karke aaya' brother.

umpiring & rishabt pant judgement has been pathetic almost like playing against some galli cricket team.
deserve this humilation

 

[ChennaiFan]

Congratluations! to Bangladesh. They played better cricket today.
India made a few mistakes in the field and also during their batting innings. But, that is part of the game.
Mahmudullah's captaincy was good.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Main villain with bat was Dhawan lol he created pressure around everyone. Iyer's wicket was solely due to him. Dot ball after dot ball against noob offies

Yeah main villain was Dhawan lol. Guy actually made runs when wickets were falling but Pant is not a culprit for tuk tuking during the last 5 overs. Hypocrites like you used to blame Dhoni in similar scenarios. Why were there no talks of wickets falling and openers playing slow then?

 

[jnaveen1980]

Yeah main villain was Dhawan lol. Guy actually made runs when wickets were falling but Pant is not a culprit for tuk tuking during the last 5 overs. Hypocrites like you used to blame Dhoni in similar scenarios. Why were there no talks of wickets falling and openers playing slow then?

You are seriously out of your mind to defend that pathetic innings. Best time to score runs when the ball was new. He was just jumping down every ball regardless of the length and playing dot balls.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Well deserved humiliation. Bangladesh also without their best player Shakib and Tamim so he can't blame inexperience T20 side.
Indian side with Kohli aswell is a average T20 team.

You seriously think Bumrah and shami could not have defended 23 runs in the last 2 overs?

 

[Mesozoic]

This is the first win for Bangladesh against us in more than 4 years (all formats considered).

I guess they'll start winning more now, that the mental baggage is gone.

 

[JaDed]

Congratulations BD supporters and team wd

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

If India played a B team so did Bangladesh. So no point whinging. They won fair and square. Well done to BD fans!

 

[jnaveen1980]

We will know whether it was an aberration or luck in the next 2 matches.

 

[MenInG]

Late blitz from Mushfiqur Rahim saw Bangladesh take victory over India by seven wickets and go 1-0 up in the three-match series.

His unbeaten 60 came from 43 balls and included four consecutive fours in the penultimate over as he guided Bangladesh to their first win over India in nine attempts.

Having been put in to bat first, India lost their first wicket inside an over. Rohit Sharma (9) struck a pair of boundaries, and in so doing became the all-time leading T20I run-scorer, overtaking compatriot Virat Kohli, before Shafiul Islam (2/36) trapped him in front. A sedate period followed as India sought to build a foundation against disciplined bowling from Bangladesh.

By the time the second wicket fell India had plodded their way to 36 runs in six and half overs. More steady batting, led by Shikhar Dhawan who top-scored with 41, left them 102/5 when deubtant Shivam Dube (1) was brilliantly caught by Afif Hossain (1/11) from his own bowling, with only four overs left in which to accelerate. But accelerate they did, as Krunal Pandya (15* from 8 balls) and then, after the dismissal of Rishabh Pant for 27, Washington Sundar (14* from 5) crunched 46 runs from the final 24 balls of the innings. The pair each hit a six in the final over as India finished on 148/6.

The Bangladesh innings initially followed a similar pattern, with Liton Das departing in the first over for 8, Deepak Chahar the bowler. As in the first innings a period of consolidation followed, but knowing their target Soumya Sarkar and Bangladesh's own debutant, Mohammad Naim, kept in touch with the required rate. The latter felt the pressure however, and slogged a ball from Yuzvendra Chahal to long-on, leaving his side on 54/2 in the eighth over.

Sarkar and Mushfiqur Rahim then struggled to keep up with the rate, and when the former was dismissed by a Khaleel Ahmed (1/37) slower ball, the visitors needed 35 runs from the last three overs. But the 18th over saw Mushfiqur dropped in the deep, the ball bursting through Pandya's hands for four, before new batsman Mahmudullah crunched a boundary of his own over extra cover.

The following over confirmed the importance of the drop, as Ahmed was sent to the rope four times in four balls by Mushfiqur. That left just four runs to get in the final over, and Shivam Dube was unable to produce the required miracle in his first and only over of the match, Mahmudullah sending him over the rope at deep mid-wicket to confirm victory for the visitors with three balls to spare.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1481752

 

[jnaveen1980]

India is under prepared for world T20. Kohli, Bumrah hardly play T20 Internationals. Don't think this team is capable of winning world T20. They can reach semis at best.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

You are seriously out of your mind to defend that pathetic innings. Best time to score runs when the ball was new. He was just jumping down every ball regardless of the length and playing dot balls.

Get out of your high horse and look around for once. It seems you can never see a fault in Pant. I am using the same logic you hypocrites were using for the past couple of years. Pant is responsible for this loss just like Dhoni was in the last couple of years. Some people even blamed Dhoni who came at 7 for the semi final loss lol. You didn't talk about Pant's and Pandya's pathetic inning that day?

 

[ZaudStorm]

India is under prepared for world T20. Kohli, Bumrah hardly play T20 Internationals. Don't think this team is capable of winning world T20. They can reach semis at best.

Still a year away...a lot can change.

 

[MMHS]

Thanks to everyone for the wishes.

One of the worst chases I have seen in cricket - they had 8 wickets at hand and chasing below 150 at Kotla, still it needed a 18 runs penultimate over!!! I normally don’t post in FB or BD sites, but if we had lost today, I would have taken underwear out of the midget. Afif, Mosaddek & Amin can slog - they should have never allowed to reach the asking in double digit. Good fortune that Khaleel bhai made it through some quota .......

This game actually tells another truth - Indian back-up squad isn’t that good. We were also without Shakib, Tamim & Saifuddin and boys were nervous, but still won with relative ease - without those last 7 balls in Indian innings, it was no contest. IND will need to improve lot and fast to have any realistic chance in 2020 WC - can’t even imagine Khaleel & Chahar bowling to Finch, Warner, Johnny, Buttler, Kok, Guptil, Ross .... on Australian tracks.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Get out of your high horse and look around for once. It seems you can never see a fault in Pant. I am using the same logic you hypocrites were using for the past couple of years. Pant is responsible for this loss just like Dhoni was in the last couple of years. Some people even blamed Dhoni who came at 7 for the semi final loss lol. You didn't talk about Pant's and Pandya's pathetic inning that day?

Krunal Pandya , i don't even want him in the side lol why are you suggesting like i am supporting him. How is Pant responsible? lol Main villains are Krunal, Dhawan. You have to stop being delusional.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Thanks to everyone for the wishes.

One of the worst chases I have seen in cricket - they had 8 wickets at hand and chasing below 150 at Kotla, still it needed a 18 runs penultimate over!!! I normally don’t post in FB or BD sites, but if we had lost today, I would have taken underwear out of the midget. Afif, Mosaddek & Amin can slog - they should have never allowed to reach the asking in double digit. Good fortune that Khaleel bhai made it through some quota .......

This game actually tells another truth - Indian back-up squad isn’t that good. We were also without Shakib, Tamim & Saifuddin and boys were nervous, but still won with relative ease - without those last 7 balls in Indian innings, it was no contest. IND will need to improve lot and fast to have any realistic chance in 2020 WC - can’t even imagine Khaleel & Chahar bowling to Finch, Warner, Johnny, Buttler, Kok, Guptil, Ross .... on Australian tracks.

Khaleel is not even fit to be 2nd back up squad. Not sure why keeps coming in. It is supposed to be guys like Saini. India rarely plays the full strength side in bilaterals. They will directly play in world T20 and it could hurt them.

 

[DRsohail]

[MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] congrats.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Krunal Pandya , i don't even want him in the side lol why are you suggesting like i am supporting him. How is Pant responsible? lol Main villains are Krunal, Dhawan. You have to stop being delusional.

It's pretty clear who is delusional here. And I was talking about Pant and Hardik Pandya's inning in the World Cup semi final where fans like you were blaming a number 7 batsman for the loss. Hypocrisy at its best.

 

[jnaveen1980]

It's pretty clear who is delusional here. And I was talking about Pant and Hardik Pandya's inning in the World Cup semi final where fans like you were blaming a number 7 batsman for the loss. Hypocrisy at its best.

Yes Dhoni was responsible for that. How do you deny that lol Having played in the IPL for so many years tuktuking like that

 

[jnaveen1980]

Bumrah, Bhuvi, Shami, Umesh, Pandya one of the 2 have to play in T20 bilaterals. As a unit they won't gel well if they don't play them once in a while.

 

[Hyperion66]

Umpiring errors are common! What about that Krunal's catch drop? Why didn't Chahal insist Rohit on taking DRS? Does it mean these idiotic spinners always relied on Dhoni to make a decision on DRS? And why is Pant still paying in T20s after that horror game against Aus which cost us the series?

If anything this game has proved what an asset Dhoni still is behind the stumps, still unmatched in terms of skill and match awareness.

 

[Hyperion66]

You seriously think Bumrah and shami could not have defended 23 runs in the last 2 overs?

Don't engage, let them rejoice today, they have customary phaintas coming up.

 

[The cricket enthusiast]

This is the first win for Bangladesh against us in more than 4 years (all formats considered).

I guess they'll start winning more now, that the mental baggage is gone.

dhoni make all the difference
same thing they had with shahid afridi
they start trembling once they see afridi with bat or bowl... the moment he was gone bangla start winning against pak

 

[MenInG]

Mushfiqur Rahim scored an unbeaten half-century as Bangladesh beat India by seven wickets in the first T20 International to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Sunday. Mushfiqur Rahim scored 60 runs off 43 balls, including eight boundaries and a six, while captain Mahmudullah was not out on 15 after he hit the winning six for Bangladesh. This is Bangladesh's first-ever victory over India in the shortest format of the game. Bangladesh's maiden T20I win against India came after nine matches.

Zimbabwe is the only other team that took as many matches to beat an opponent (Afghanistan) in the T20I cricket.

"We are all happy as it our first T20I win against India. 140 was a good total and they bowled well, but we managed to get over the line," Soumya Sarkar, who contributed with 39 runs, said after the match.

"We were not nervous. We were cool, calm and positive of chasing the target down. We miss Tamim and Shakib but the rest of the XI had a positive mindset," he added.

Bangladesh came on their month-long tour of India without opener Tamim Iqbal and star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan. While Tamim pulled out of the series as his wife is expecting their second child, Shakib was handed a two-year ban (one year suspended) by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for failing to report corrupt approaches on three occasions.

Amid concerns over air pollution in Delhi, Bangladesh opted to bowl and restricted India to 148 for six in 20 overs.

Shikhar Dhawan top-scored for India with 41 runs, with the help of three boundaries and a six.

Young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant contributed with 27 runs, while Shreyas Iyer managed to score 22 for India.

It was late blitz by Krunal Pandya and Washington Sundar, including a boundary and three sixes, that led the home team to a confident total.

Aminul Islam and Shafiul Islam took two wickets each, while Afif Hossain impressed with a caught and bowled dismissal of debutant Shivam Dube (1).

Deepak Chahar struck in the first over to derail Bangladesh's chase and got Liton Das for seven. Spinner Yuzvendra Chahal joined the party in the eighth over after dismissing Mohammad Naim for 26.

Khaleel Ahmed castled Soumya Sarkar (39) in the 17th over to keep India's hope alive. However, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah didn't give any other chance to the Indian bowlers after that and Bangladesh chased down the target with three balls to spare.

https://sports.ndtv.com/india-vs-ba...i-win-against-india-2126728?pfrom=home-livetv

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Congrats to [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] You guys were the deserved winners. We, on the other hand, really need to sort out our white ball cricket which has stagnated since CT '13.

 

[MenInG]

 

[Hasan123]

Don't like some of the Indian selections. It's good to experiment but they should follow Australia and try to play as close to their best 11 as possible. Maybe you can rotate the fast bowlers and develop a back up keeper , but I don't see Chahar and Krunal being selected .

 

[Jeetlodil]

Thanks to everyone for the wishes.

One of the worst chases I have seen in cricket - they had 8 wickets at hand and chasing below 150 at Kotla, still it needed a 18 runs penultimate over!!! I normally don’t post in FB or BD sites, but if we had lost today, I would have taken underwear out of the midget. Afif, Mosaddek & Amin can slog - they should have never allowed to reach the asking in double digit. Good fortune that Khaleel bhai made it through some quota .......

This game actually tells another truth - Indian back-up squad isn’t that good. We were also without Shakib, Tamim & Saifuddin and boys were nervous, but still won with relative ease - without those last 7 balls in Indian innings, it was no contest. IND will need to improve lot and fast to have any realistic chance in 2020 WC - can’t even imagine Khaleel & Chahar bowling to Finch, Warner, Johnny, Buttler, Kok, Guptil, Ross .... on Australian tracks.

True that. poor chase. Liton has to start firing a lot more

 

[Slim]

India deserves this humiliation. Fake t20I team.

 

[Slim]

[MENTION=76058]cricketjoshila[/MENTION] in shambles

 

[Jeetlodil]

I am not clear why Pant is so rated. He may be good but is still a long way away in establishing himself. Ill take Saha in T20 also

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

I am not clear why Pant is so rated. He may be good but is still a long way away in establishing himself. Ill take Saha in T20 also

He is overrated. He was supposed to be the next finisher for India. He needs a kick on his backside otherwise it will be too late because at this rate he will finish his career like Umar Akmal. Just look at KL Rahul. He was supposed to be our next Kohli but he plays like Chris Martin these days.

 

[Saj]

A te blitz from Mushfiqur Rahim saw Bangladesh take victory over India by seven wickets and go 1-0 up in the three-match series.

His unbeaten 60 came from 43 balls and included four consecutive fours in the penultimate over as he guided Bangladesh to their first win over India in nine attempts.

Having been put in to bat first, India lost their first wicket inside an over. Rohit Sharma (9) struck a pair of boundaries, and in so doing became the all-time leading T20I run-scorer, overtaking compatriot Virat Kohli, before Shafiul Islam (2/36) trapped him in front. A sedate period followed as India sought to build a foundation against disciplined bowling from Bangladesh.

By the time the second wicket fell India had plodded their way to 36 runs in six and half overs. More steady batting, led by Shikhar Dhawan who top-scored with 41, left them 102/5 when deubtant Shivam Dube (1) was brilliantly caught by Afif Hossain (1/11) from his own bowling, with only four overs left in which to accelerate. But accelerate they did, as Krunal Pandya (15* from 8 balls) and then, after the dismissal of Rishabh Pant for 27, Washington Sundar (14* from 5) crunched 46 runs from the final 24 balls of the innings. The pair each hit a six in the final over as India finished on 148/6.

The Bangladesh innings initially followed a similar pattern, with Liton Das departing in the first over for 8, Deepak Chahar the bowler. As in the first innings a period of consolidation followed, but knowing their target Soumya Sarkar and Bangladesh's own debutant, Mohammad Naim, kept in touch with the required rate. The latter felt the pressure however, and slogged a ball from Yuzvendra Chahal to long-on, leaving his side on 54/2 in the eighth over.

Sarkar and Mushfiqur Rahim then struggled to keep up with the rate, and when the former was dismissed by a Khaleel Ahmed (1/37) slower ball, the visitors needed 35 runs from the last three overs. But the 18th over saw Mushfiqur dropped in the deep, the ball bursting through Pandya's hands for four, before new batsman Mahmudullah crunched a boundary of his own over extra cover.

The following over confirmed the importance of the drop, as Ahmed was sent to the rope four times in four balls by Mushfiqur. That left just four runs to get in the final over, and Shivam Dube was unable to produce the required miracle in his first and only over of the match, Mahmudullah sending him over the rope at deep mid-wicket to confirm victory for the visitors with three balls to spare.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

India deserves this humiliation. Fake t20I team.

What do you expect from an average T20 side like India when even the no 1 T20I side needs rain and luck to avoid being beaten senseless.

 

[DRsohail]

Don't engage, let them rejoice today, they have customary phaintas coming up.

You are thinking in the same line so... anyways I am happy for Bangladesh , We did not ask India to rest their players. Bangladesh won it and that is reality.

 

[DRsohail]

What do you expect from an average T20 side like India when even the no 1 T20I side needs rain and luck to avoid being beaten senseless.

India feels they are the best of the contenders for WC but I think you should not be losing games for the sake of experiement.They have to bring experience in their bowling line up. Who are they trying for Aus T20 WC? I think they have enough back up.

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

You are thinking in the same line so... anyways I am happy for Bangladesh , We did not ask India to rest their players. Bangladesh won it and that is reality.

Bangladesh were also missing Shakib and Tamim. They deserved to win today. Also its funny some of my fellow indian fans always make fun of T20 bilaterals and rate it lower than IPL but these same fans lose their sleep when we lose one of these T20's.

 

[DRsohail]

Bangladesh were also missing Shakib and Tamim. They deserved to win today. Also its funny some of my fellow indian fans always make fun of T20 bilaterals and rate it lower than IPL but these same fans lose their sleep when we lose one of these T20's.

I know

 

[jnaveen1980]

You are thinking in the same line so... anyways I am happy for Bangladesh , We did not ask India to rest their players. Bangladesh won it and that is reality.

That was response to the post that said "Even with main players India would have lost". I don't mind losing bilateral T20. I just need the right guys to play. GUys like Gill should have been in place of Dhawan. Dhawan is not really that good an impact player in T20.

 

[Hasan123]

That was response to the post that said "Even with main players India would have lost". I don't mind losing bilateral T20. I just need the right guys to play. GUys like Gill should have been in place of Dhawan. Dhawan is not really that good an impact player in T20.

Don’t understand why India don’t experiment with a back up opener in LO bilateral games. We know what Rohit and Dhwaan can do. If one of them get injured like Dhwaan did at the WC in another ICC event, it affects all of India’s batting plans.

 

[Professor]

Congrats to BD, hopefully they can wrap up series in the next game. That way they can use the 3rd T20 to try out bench players.

 

[BalluBalleBaaz]

Well done to Bangladesh players and congrats to all Bangladesh fans.

 

[Hyperion66]

You are thinking in the same line so... anyways I am happy for Bangladesh , We did not ask India to rest their players. Bangladesh won it and that is reality.

You sure you quoted the right person? Because I don't think I ever denied BD their due credit.

 

[tyron_woodley]

Thanks to everyone for the wishes.

One of the worst chases I have seen in cricket - they had 8 wickets at hand and chasing below 150 at Kotla, still it needed a 18 runs penultimate over!!! I normally don’t post in FB or BD sites, but if we had lost today, I would have taken underwear out of the midget. Afif, Mosaddek & Amin can slog - they should have never allowed to reach the asking in double digit. Good fortune that Khaleel bhai made it through some quota .......

This game actually tells another truth - Indian back-up squad isn’t that good. We were also without Shakib, Tamim & Saifuddin and boys were nervous, but still won with relative ease - without those last 7 balls in Indian innings, it was no contest. IND will need to improve lot and fast to have any realistic chance in 2020 WC - can’t even imagine Khaleel & Chahar bowling to Finch, Warner, Johnny, Buttler, Kok, Guptil, Ross .... on Australian tracks.

khaleel and chahar are not even supposed to be backups. saini and Prasad krishna should be playing as they have pace, bounce and variation. For some reason these 2 clowns always get picked over the latter 2.

Either way good win for BD and thanks for ending khaleel and chahar's careers. Please end krunal's career too.

 

[Mainul]

The win I think will be a magic boost up for us after we lost our best player. Bangladesh played with calm and assurance, very rarely seen in match against India. We did loose many a close matches which we were cruising to win . At last we came out of that annoying serials. It will be a totally different ball game in next two matches. Indian will come hard at us. So BD players will have to play out of their skin to win.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

India feels they are the best of the contenders for WC but I think you should not be losing games for the sake of experiement.They have to bring experience in their bowling line up. Who are they trying for Aus T20 WC? I think they have enough back up.

I just don't think we are good enough - experimenting or not. The likes of pant and Rahul haven't impressed . Not sure what to make of our team right now.

 

[Mean&Green]

I just don't think we are good enough - experimenting or not. The likes of pant and Rahul haven't impressed . Not sure what to make of our team right now.

India is playing around way too much like seriously way too much like even Australia is playing their ace t20 side 4 overs won’t injure a player and what are you even saving him for why are the likes of shami not playing and bhuvi even kuldeep and heck umesh is a better pacer than these trundlers

 

[big_gamer007]

Credit to BD, well deserved victory. Our bowling looks pretty meek without the three main bowlers. Khaleel and chahar are just not cut for international matches. What happened to the U-19 kids? They all turned into trundlers ?

 

[DRsohail]

You sure you quoted the right person? Because I don't think I ever denied BD their due credit.

I think I did quote wrong person

 

[Nikhil_cric]

India is playing around way too much like seriously way too much like even Australia is playing their ace t20 side 4 overs won’t injure a player and what are you even saving him for why are the likes of shami not playing and bhuvi even kuldeep and heck umesh is a better pacer than these trundlers

Managing workloads I suppose is the excuse. They have to be fit and at their best of tests, ODIs and IPL. Although to be very honest I don't think even our best XI is that good. We are a very one dimensional team in white ball cricket and were exposed at the World Cup in crunch games against England and NZ . You can't afford to play with an unchanging, conservative approach in LOI cricket anymore but our TM is as conservative as it gets.