In the ODI match on Abhishek One Day, Tanjim Hasan Sakib took two wickets in his first two overs. He made India’s captain Rohit Sharma his prey on the second ball itself, coming to open the bowling for Bangladesh.
With the target set at 266 runs, Tiger captain Sakib took the ball into his hands against India. He started the captain’s trust with a wide delivery. After starting the over with a wide, he delivered a fantastic ball that dismissed Rohit Sharma, India’s top-order batter, with a peach of a delivery.
Then, there was another wide, but in the second legal delivery, he struck again. Trying to drive a ball outside the off-stump, Anamul Haque Bijoy caught Rohit Sharma at the cover point. India’s captain failed to open his account before bidding farewell. Tanjim took another wicket in his second over, this time bowling Tilak Varma (5) of India.
Until this report was written, at the end of the 4th over, India had lost 2 wickets, scoring 22 runs.
In the Super Four match of the Asia Cup played at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday, Bangladesh set a target of 266 runs in front of India. Initially, they lost 8 wickets while batting.
Losing the toss and opting to bat, Bangladesh’s top-order batsmen failed as usual. This time, Bangladesh came up with a new opening pair. Tanjid Hasan Tamim and Liton Das opened the innings in the first match of the tournament against Sri Lanka. Tamim got a chance in this match, and his partner was Liton Das.
Tamim made a good start. In the first over, he hit a boundary off Mohammed Shami, then two more off Shardul Thakur. However, in the third over itself, India took the first wicket. Tamim couldn’t understand the inswing from Shami and got bowled. After playing two balls, Liton returned with a duck. He couldn’t fulfill the expectations in the beginning.
After scoring 13 runs in 12 balls, Shardul’s slower bouncer deceived Tamim, who got bowled. After playing two balls, Liton returned with a duck. Even after six months of various dramatics, Anamul Haque Bijoy couldn’t prove himself. He faced eight balls and couldn’t score a run. In his first 8 balls, he had a dot. Then, he hit a boundary but couldn’t handle the next ball, which was high-bouncing. Lokesh Rahul, the wicketkeeper, caught the ball on the leg side.
After losing three wickets quickly, Mehedi Hasan Miraz was sent to bat at number five. But he never seemed comfortable. In the middle, he gave away the wicket of Tilak Varma as well. He scored 13 runs off 28 balls and was caught at slip by Akshar Patel. With 59 runs on the board and four wickets down, the team’s condition seemed bleak.
Sakib was fighting alone for a while, then joined by Hridoy as his partner. At first, he played a bit conservatively, but later, he opened up. Sakib was leaving no room for singles and boundaries. Even after not seeing three digits for a long time, this batter was consistently hitting fours and sixes.
However, after taking a break for drinks, Sakib lost his focus. He went for an aggressive shot against Shardul Thakur but got caught by Tilak Varma. With 81 runs off 54 balls, Sakib was out. The partnership that brought 101 runs in this match came to an end. Then, Hridoy took charge, hitting a half-century.
This batter played brilliantly. Scoring 44 runs off 45 balls with 6 fours and 1 six, he was out. Despite his departure, the team’s score improved. Mahedi Hasan and Tanjim Sakib added 27 runs together. Mahedi scored 29 runs off 23 balls, while Sakib scored 14 runs off 8 balls and remained unbeaten.
