India vs Bangladesh: Ro-hits in vain!

Indiarsquos shoddy batting display and the inability to land the killer blow contributed to their second successive series loss in Bangladesh after the diminutive Mehidy Hasan Miraz led the hosts to a fiverun win in the second ODI with a memorable hundred here on WednesdayMiraz tormented the Indian bowlers on way to his maiden century as Bangladesh staged a remarkable recovery to reach 271 for seven in the first innings Indiarsquos challenge looked all over at 207 for seven but skipper Rohit Sharmarsquos 51 not out off 28 balls valiant effort went invain as he nearly took his team home while batting with a split left webbingThe fizz keeps his calmIndia needed a six off the final ball of the game but Mustafizur did well to perfect the yorker under pressure after bowling a slew of slow legbreaks in the 48th over forcing Mohammed Siraj to play out a maidenBangladeshrsquos Mehidy Hasan Miraz celebrates his century v IndiaAt 65 for four India were in dire straits in the run chase before a spirted 101ball 107run between Shreyas Iyer 82 off 102 and Axar Patel 56 off 56 brought them back into the contest Captain Rohit did not come out to open after hurting his thumb while fielding in Bangladeshrsquos innings It was only after the fall of seventh wicket he decided to walk into the middle but clearly looked in discomfortAlso ReadIndia A take huge lead as Bangladesh put up improved batting showRohitrsquos injured thumbIt was a courageous call to come out with a heavily taped left thumb and Rohit did provide a ray of hope by collecting couple of sixes and four from Ebadot Hussain in the 46th over Then two sixes off Mahmudullah in the 49th over brought the equation down to 20 from the final six balls The wily Mustafizur was able to defend that after conceding two fours and a sixEarlier India had Bangladesh on the mat at 69 for six before last matchrsquos hero Miraz 100 off 83 balls stitched an epic 148run partnership off 165 balls with Mahmudullah 77 off 96 to help the home team put up a fighting total It was the highest ever seventhwicket stand against IndiaUmran impresses againMalik coming into the side in place of injured Kuldeep Sen tested the seasoned Shakib Al Hasan 8 off 20 with a barrage of short balls It was an uncomfortable stay in the middle for Shakib who eventually fell to a spinner as he mistimed a slog sweep off SundarLike Shakib Najmul Hossan Shanto too was expecting some chin music but Malik bowled one at 151kmph on length and the southpaw was late on the ball to see his offstump cartwheelingMehidy and Mahmudullah got together in 20th over and change the course of the innings Rohit Sharma suffered a nasty blow to his thumb early in the inningsStanding at second slip Rohit was left with a bloodied lefthand when he dropped Haque off Siraj in the fourth ball of the second over He did not take the field after that and KL Rahul led the side in his absenceBrief scoresBangladesh 2717 in 50 overs M Hasan 100 Mahmudullah 77 W Sundar 337 U Malik 258 beat India 2669 in 50 overs S Iyer 82 A Patel 56 R Sharma 51 E Hossain 345 S Al Hasan 239 by five runsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever