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Mohammad Rizwan and Team India
NEW DELHI: Pakistan skipper Mohammad Rizwan has travel nether the spotlight aft his earlier remark astir not watching India’s matches resurfaced pursuing Pakistan’s dense decision to Bangladesh successful the archetypal ODI connected Wednesday.During a casual speech with a newsman astatine a nets league earlier, Rizwan was asked astir India’s awesome show successful the T20 World Cup semi-final against England, wherever they posted a full of much than 250 runs.
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Responding to the question, Rizwan had said, "Sorry, I don't ticker their matches."The remark gained renewed attraction aft Pakistan suffered a crushing nonaccomplishment to Bangladesh successful the opening ODI of the three-match series.
Rizwan himself struggled during the match, scoring conscionable 10 runs disconnected 20 balls, arsenic Pakistan’s batting line-up collapsed nether pressure.Batting archetypal successful Mirpur, Pakistan were bowled retired for conscionable 114 runs successful 30.4 overs, marking their lowest ODI full against Bangladesh. The illness came aft a dependable start, with the visitors losing wickets successful speedy succession erstwhile the archetypal breakthrough arrived.Young Bangladeshi pacer Nahid Rana was the prima of the show, producing a superb spell to dismantle Pakistan’s apical order.
The 23-year-old returned figures of 5 for 24, claiming his archetypal five-wicket haul successful ODIs. Rana removed Sahibzada Farhan, Shamyl Hussain, Maaz Sadaqat, Rizwan and Salman Agha, leaving Pakistan reeling astatine 69-5.Captain Mehidy Hasan Miraz besides played a cardinal relation with the ball, taking 3 wickets, portion Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman chipped successful with 1 wicket each. Only Faheem Ashraf, who scored 37, offered immoderate absorption for Pakistan precocious successful the innings.Bangladesh past made airy enactment of the humble target, chasing down 115 successful conscionable 15.1 overs to seal an emphatic eight-wicket triumph and instrumentality a 1-0 pb successful the series.Opener Tanzid Hasan led the complaint with an unbeaten 67 disconnected 42 balls, sharing an 82-run concern with Najmul Hossain Shanto (27) to implicit a broad triumph for the hosts.
