Desk report
Despite not winning, Bangladesh had built a rivalry in the first ODI. At least once at the end of the first half of the match, it seemed that the Caribbeans would be able to chase down 295 runs and win! But yesterday, Bangladesh was all out for 227 runs. Considering the successful run-chase of the visitors in the first match, did anyone dare to ask that question after this score?
The venue of the first match was Warner Park in St. Kitts. Although Shariful played in place of bowler Taskin, the batting lineup in the eleven remained unchanged. Even then, the batters failed to do well in batting! After losing 7 wickets for 115 runs, there was a doubt whether Bangladesh would be able to score 200 runs. Even then, the big contribution to Bangladesh’s score exceeding 200 was made by Mahmudullah Riyad, who got a six, and Tanjim Hasan Shakib, who got a nine. They added 92 runs in the eighth wicket partnership of 106 balls, and Bangladesh crossed 200.
Before the resistance of this pair, the visiting batting lineup can be called a failure! Although Tanjid Hasan Tamim, who came in to open, scored 46 runs in 33 balls playing in ODI style. The strike rate of the innings was 139.39, which was made up of 4 fours and 2 sixes! But Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Mehedi Hasan Miraj failed. He was not in rhythm, it was clear from Liton’s inertia in batting. He was wasting one ball after another; he could not play with the foot bat. He scored only 4 runs in 18 balls. He went to pull Jayden Sills on the 19th ball he faced. Unable to read the length of the ball outside the off stump, the ball hit the edge of the bat and floated to backward point. There he was caught by Evin Lewis. He was also out for 2 runs in the previous match.
Soumya Sarkar (2), who was a run-getter for Rangpur Riders in the Global Super League, also failed today. Before Liton, he was the first to write his name in the book of Caribbean poachers. The bowler is Seals. He picked up a full-length delivery on the off-middle stump and gave it a catch at mid-on.
Bangladesh lost 2 wickets for 58 runs in the powerplay in the first ODI. They lost 3 wickets for 55 runs today. Mehedi Hasan Miraj (1) also joined Soumya-Liton. However, he was out without playing! The bowler is Seals. The captain wanted to release the ball outside the off-stump. But the ball hit the lower edge of the bat he was trying to pick up and hit the stumps. Bangladesh lost 3 wickets for 54 runs.
Tanjid, who gave hope to the team, was dismissed after one over of Miraj. Mahmudullah and Afif tried to build a partnership for the fifth wicket. But Gudakesh Moti broke their 36-run partnership by dismissing Afif (24). However, the big partnership of the innings was born from Mahmudullah and Tanjim. Roston Chase broke this partnership by dismissing Tanjim. Tanjim scored 45 runs off 62 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes before being dismissed. Although he could not make a fifty, Mahmudullah did. He scored 62 runs off 92 balls with 2 fours and 4 sixes before becoming Seals’ fourth victim. Shariful Islam scored 15 runs off 8 balls. Jayden Seals was the most successful with the ball; he took 4 wickets for 22 runs
