Bangladesh v India – Asia Cup - 4th Match Recap
India 289/5 (50 ov) v Bangladesh 293/5 (49.2 ov) - Bangladesh won by 5 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
On Friday, March 16, 2012, Bangladesh wrote a new chapter in history books by slapping a five-wicket defeat to India in the fourth match of the ongoing Asia Cup, at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
Before the much awaited clash, almost everyone had written off the host team, citing an easy win for the world champions and current defending Asia Cup holders http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
Nonetheless, Bangladesh shocked the world and once again showed just why they are unpredictable as they carry the capacity to humble any team on a given day, defying all odds.
Bangladesh players were never intimidated by the threat from India and had reckoned before the match that they had the sting required to subdue the roaring Indian batting line-up, and they were certainly correct as the batsmen dug in and achieved the impossible by successfully chasing a humongous target of 290 runs in 49.2 overs.
After winning the toss, Bangladesh chose to field first as they aimed to restrict the mighty Indian batting line-up on an ineffective tally.
With just 25 runs on the board, the Men in Blue lost their first wicket when opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shafiul-Islam-c2479 for 11 runs off 16 deliveries.
However, after this wicket India shredded Bangladesh’s bowling attack to bits and pieces as batting maestro http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 launched a staggering batting onslaught against the minnow bowling attack.
While Tendulkar looked rusty in the beginning of the innings, he seemed focussed enough not to lose his wicket while playing defensively.
Kohli on the other hand, smacked the bowlers all around the park without remorse and prevented them from dominating the game.
With 173 runs on the board, the partnership was finally broken when Kohli departed after smashing an innings of 66 runs off 82 deliveries.
However, this was not the end of Bangladesh’s misery as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539 forged another daunting partnership with Sachin.
It was during this partnership when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607 clobbered his much awaited 100th century as he achieved this honour after facing 138 deliveries.
Raina then fell after playing an innings of 51 runs at a time when the side had amassed 259 runs. And later, on the next delivery Sachin also found his way back to the pavilion after playing an innings of 114 runs.
Skipper, Dhoni stayed unbeaten with a knock of 21 runs to his name as the side posted 289 runs on the board in 50 overs.
With this total, India were content with their performance; however, they had no idea what was about to happen as Bangladesh batsmen exhibited tremendous resolve and gave commendable performances to subdue the bowling side.
Ace opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bengal-c771 tigers reached the target in 49.2 overs for the loss of five wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakib-Al-Hasan-c2492, however, was named as the Player of the Match for his match winning performance in the dying moments of the game with an innings of 49 runs.
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