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Ind vs Ban 2nd T20I: Rohit plays captain's knock to take India to victory

Bangladesh had a fine start with Liton Das, Mohammad Naim putting 50-run opening stand. India's reply was equally aggressive with Rohit Sharma on the offensive from the start

India vs Bangladesh 2nd T20I, Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan
India vs Bangladesh 2nd T20I, Rohit Sharma waves his bat after scoring half-century (Photo: BCCI)

4 min read Last Updated : Nov 07 2019 | 11:05 PM IST

Key Events

10:23 PM

10:22 PM

Over 16 India win by 8 wickets

Over Summary: 1 0 1 1   IND: 154/2

Mustafizur to Shreyas, full-toss, and a single off it. Rahul picks one, Shreyas hits the winning run, and India level the three T20I series 1-1.

10:17 PM

Over 15

Over Summary: 1 4 0 2 4 1  IND: 151/2

AL-Almin into his last over, Shreyas Iyer, hurries for boundaries, and gets a couple of it from the over.

10:11 PM

Over 14

Over Summary: 1 0 4 0 1 1 | IND: 139/2

Mustafizur returns for the over, Shreyas steals a boundary by cutting the ball towards third man, singles follow.

10:03 PM

Over 13 Rohit falls

Over Summary: 0 W 0 1 0 6 | IND: 132/2

Aminul into the attack, Rohit slogs the ball, but falls short of a six and gets caught. Shreyas Iyer looks in a hurry, slams a six off the last ball of the over.

10:02 PM

Over 12

Over Summary:  1 1 0 1 2 1  | IND: 125/1

Al-Amin into his third over, he conceeds six runs off it.

9:56 PM

Over 11 Dhawan bowled

Over Summary:  1 2 1 1 W 1    | IND: 119/1

Aminul is brought in, Dhawan struggles to connect, still gets runs on the board, and his struggle comes to an end as Aminul gets his stumps. 

9:50 PM

Over 10

Over Summary: 6 6 6 0 2 1  | IND: 113/0

Mosaddek Hossain is brought in, Rohit welcomes him with a hat-trick of sixes, India go past 100-run mark

9:45 PM

Over 9

Over Summary: 1 1 0 0 1 0  | IND: 92/0

Aminul Islam into the attack, a good over finally for Bangladesh as only three runs come off it.

9:41 PM

Over 8 Fifty for Rohit

Over Summary: 6 1 1 1 Wd Wd 1 1  | IND: 89/0

SIX!! Afif into the attack, and Rohit greets him with a slog sweep that goes over the fence.Another good over for India.

9:36 PM

Over 7

Over Summary: 1 4 0 2 4 2 | IND: 76/0

Aminul Islam is brought in after Rohit slams other bowlers, now Dhawan brings into action and slams a boundary towards long-on, a ball after, he pulls the ball towards cow corner, but there is a fielder who saves the boundary, the next one clears the boundary rope for Dhawan.

9:31 PM

Over 6

Over Summary: 0 4 1 1 6 3 | IND: 63/0

Shafiul on the attack, Rohit finds the gap again, this time in point direction, this brings fifty for India. Rohit runs down the track adn brings another six, this time to long-off. Bnagladesh look clueless at the moment.

9:26 PM

Over 5

Over Summary: 4 4 1 0 1 1 | IND: 48/0

Al-Amin into the attack, Rohit starts with consecutive boundaries as he cuts away the ball using the face of the bat, singles follow.
 

9:21 PM

Over 4

Over Summary: 4 4 0 6 0 1 | IND: 37/0

Rohit hits two consecutive boundaries off the first two, after a space, a charges strong and gets a six straight down the ground. 

9:17 PM

Over 3

Over Summary: 0 0 0 Wd 1 1 0 | IND: 22/0

Al-Amin Hossain is on the attack, he starts with three dots, a wide follows, three runs off the over.

India cricket team defeated Bangladesh cricket team by 8 wickets in the 2nd T2OI at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot on Thursday to level the three-match T20I series 1-1. The series decider will be played in Nagpur on November 10.

India skipper Rohit Sharma made it a memorable 100th T20 International blending grace with brutality in his 85 off 43 balls. Rohit and Dhawan put a 118-run opening stand that set the stage for India's victory.

Chasing an easy target of 154 on far better track compared to Feroz Shah Kotla, Rohit showed the gulf in class between him and the others on the park, hitting six fours and half a dozen of risk-free sixes as India chased the target in 15.4 overs.

Holding the strike from the other end, Shikhar Dhawan struggled to connect the ball and find rhythm, but he managed to contribute in bits and pieces.

Earlier, Indian bowlers led by Yuzvendra Chahal made an impressive comeback to restrict Bangladesh to a sub-par 153 for 6 and then the dew also played its part on a good track where the ball was coming onto the bat.

Rohit teed off in the fourth over of the innings when he hit an off-drive, followed by a cover drive and then a straight six off Mustafizur Rahaman.

It was difficult to comeback from that point for Bangladesh as the Indian captain got boundaries and sixes at will.

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Pacer Shafiul Islam was given the charge and hit over long-on for a six and slow sweep off spinner Afif Hossain brought up his 18th half-century in this format.

When off-spinner Mosaddek Hossain Saikat (0/21 in 1 over) tried to come round the wicket to try a negative line, Rohit hammered him for three sixes in the arc between long-on and mid-wicket.

Just when a fifth hundred in this format looked there for the taking, the skipper was out trying to hit a seventh six. Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul then completed the formalities with 26 balls to spare.

Put into bat, Bangladesh could not capitalize on a good start as Chahal's (2-28) double breakthrough in the 13th over pegged the visitors back. A quick-fire 30 off 21 balls by skipper Mahmudullah Riyad helped them cross the 150-mark.

Openers Liton Das (29 off 21 balls, 4x4) and Mohammad Naim (36 off 31 balls, 5x4) shared a 60 run opening stand.

Naim slammed profligate left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed (1-44 from 4 overs) for three successive boundaries to start on rousing note.

Seamer Deepak Chahar (1-25) and off-spinner Washington Sundar (1-25) did manage to stem the flow of runs but Khaleel's poor show continued.

Chahal, on his introduction, had almost removed a set Liton, but Rishabh Pant's urge to complete glovework quickly gave the batsman lifeline.

The TV replays showed that while whipping the bails off, Pant collected the ball in front of the stumps and hence it was declared no-ball. As per the law, every part of wicket-keeper's gloves has to be behind the stumps.

Das then hammered two successive fours to add insult to injury.

He got another reprieve on 26 after skipper Rohit Sharma dropped him at square-leg following a mix-up with Shivam Dube and Pant. But Pant made up for his mistake and ran Das out, with a direct hit in the eighth over, to break the opening stand.

Das's wicket slowed the scoring rate and that put Naim under pressure, who then gave a dolly to Shreyas Iyer at deep-mid-wicket off Washington as Bangladesh slumped were 83 for 2 in the 11th over.

And then Yuzvendra picked two wickets in the 13th over --Mushfiqur Rahim (4 off 6 balls), who gave a sitter to Krunal Pandya and then removed a set Soumya Sarkar (30 off 20 balls; 2x4, 1x6) -- as Bangladesh were struggling at 103/4. Sarkar was stumped by Pant and they never got the momentum back.

Topics :K L RahulIndia vs BangladeshRohit sharmaRishabh PantShivam DubeMushfiqur RahimMahmudullahIndia cricket teamBangladesh cricket team

First Published: Nov 07 2019 | 5:50 PM IST