India wins 3rd ODI at Mirpur – Bangladesh lose the chance of a whitewash

#INDvBAN #SureshRaina #ShikharDawan #ViratKohli #Mirpur Bangladesh could not do the whitewash and India beat the home team at Mirpur by 77 runs to win the 3rd ODI and but lose the series 2-1. If only they had played a proper game and had not been overconfident in the previous games, the result could have been different.
Bangladesh won the toss and asked India to bat first. India put up an impressive score of 317 for loss of 6 wickets and Bangladesh fell short by 77 runs.
This has been reported in hindustantimes.com dated 24 June 2015.

Some long partnerships helped India go past the 300 run mark. There was Dhoni's 93-run stand for the fourth wicket with Ambati Rayudu (44 off 49) and Dhawan's 75-run partnership for the second wicket with Virat Kohli (25 off 35).
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (69 runs off 77 balls) and opener Shikhar Dhawan (75 off 73) played to their potentials.
Man of the Match was Suresh Raina who had put an all-round effort with both the bat and the ball – he scored 38 before ending with career-best figures of three for 45.
(Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org)

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Once minnows, Bangladesh is now a giant killer – wins series against India

#INDvBAN #MustafizurRahman #Mirpur #Dhoni Once considered to be minnows, Bangladesh has now risen in stature and has become a giant killer. They demolished the pride of the Indian batsmen and made them grovel for runs on a wicket where the home team played with ease and aplomb.
India could score only 200 runs and the home team easily overtook them with 54 balls remaining.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 21 June 2015.

Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first – probably he had a feeling that the Indians had lost the 1st ODI because they batted second, hence he will try a new strategy. He also inducted three new faces and dropped three others, once again as a part of his plans to do something new.
But – both backfired and he and his team was left to lick their wounds because Indian wickets fall like nine pins and India lost the match as well as the series to Bangladesh. Dhoni had promoted himself up the batting order but that did not help – the Bangladesh bowlers were disciplined, bowled to a plan and gave away no easy runs.
Moreover, from the looks on his face, Dhoni appeared to be having something on his mind. It could be related to problems in the dressing room – who knows. The fact remains that it was not India’s day.
It was the debutant bowler 19-year-old Mustafizur Rahman who devastated the famed batting lineup of the Indians with a haul of 6 wickets in the 2nd ODI. That, when added to the 5 wickets he had taken, made him a world record holder.
With this win, Bangladesh sealed a berth in the 2017 Champions Trophy – they have finished as one of the top eight teams in the ICC ODI rankings.
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