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Tigers' timid act

Bishwajit Roy
ThewayForhad Reza celebrated the dismissal of Yuvraj Singh it felt like a vital
breakthrough for the Tigers to shake a confident India at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.
But Mahendra Singh Dhoni's side were only seven runs away from their second successive victory in the Kitply Cup with seven wickets and plenty of overs in hand.
The success may have been a personal boost for Forhad but the performance of the all-rounder, who gave away 45 runs in just 5.1 overs after making five runs, hardly gave any clue to why he was considered in the second game in place ofShahadat Hossain.
Many things of this team management, however, were not still clear and it may take more time to understand what actually they want to achieve under the guidance of Jamie Siddons.
But surely, right at the moment, it is not a win that they hanker after.
That is why nobody expected Bangladesh to win the last league match in front of a scanty crowd and dash the pre-tournament prediction of an India-Pakistan final on Saturday.
Though Dhoni was polite enough to say that 'no win is easy in international cricket because you have to sweat for it' after the match but in reality the high-flying Indians secured the seven-wicket victory quite comfortably as they only took 35.1 overs to chase Bangladesh's total of222.
Bangladesh skipper Mohammad Ashraful won the toss under brilliant sunshine and decided to bat first but India took the early initiative by removing openers Tamim Iqbal and Shahriar Nafees for 17 runs. The coach-instructed 'processed' batting of Mohammad Ashraful and Rokibul Hasan, however, enabled the hosts to put up a decent total but not a defendable one.
"We were 30 to 40 runs short," was how Ashraful explained their massive defeat at the post-match presentation ceremony. It surprised many because as per their team rule or process it was almost an impossible target for the Tigers to make 270 or 280 runs after losing early wickets.
The Bangladesh skipper and media-friendly coach Siddons however avoided the official postmatch press briefing rather sent vice-captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Rokibul, who missed a well-deserved maiden hundred falling eleven runs short.
"Some batsmen like Ashraful and Rokibul got back their confidence and some fowlers also did that from the series which is our achieved from the series," said Mashrafe adding that the total of 222 did not put the team in any position.
"You have to get early breakthroughs when you defend a total like 222 but we were not able to do it rather we also missed a few chances. Actually we had a target of 240 to 250 runs but two early dismissal dashedour hopes," hesaid.
"Actually the openers were given the right to play shots but
they returned to the pavilion quickly so it was not possible for the next batsmen to take risks," Mashrafe explained.
Although scoring runs looked so difficult when the local batsmen were batting, Indian skipper Dhoni said that the wicket was much better than the one against Pakistan.
"The wicket was much, much better today for batting and once again we got a good start. Our openers were fantastic and hope it will continue," said Dhoni.
For Bangladesh, nothing, however, mattered rather than trying to follow the rules or process.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard of the tri-nation Kitply Cup one-day international between Bangladesh and India at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur onThursday: BANGLADESH
Iqbal c Dhoni b Kumar 0
NafeesbRP 9
Ashrafulc and b Yusuf 36
Raqibulc Kumar bRP 89
Rahim c Raina b Chawla 6
Kapalib Irfan 20
Mahmudullahc Sehwag bRP 24
Reza run out 5
Mortaza run out 13
Razzak not out 8
Mahmud c Kumar b Irfan 0
Extras: (lb-2,w-10) 12
Total: (All out in 49.5 overs) 222
FaU of wickets: 1-0, 2-17, 3-93, 4-106, 5-152, 6-187, 7-196, 8-209, 9-222
Bowler OMR W Kumar 10 2 32 1
RP 10 1 46 3
Irfan 8.5 0 48 2
SEE PAGE 18 COL 8 FROM PAGE 17
Chawla 10 0 42 1
Yuvraj 2 0 10 0
Yusuf 2 0 9 1
Sehwag 7 0 33 0
INDIA Gambhirnotout 107
Sehwag c Tamim b Mahmud 59 Shanna cMashrafebRazzak 26
Yuvraj b Forhad 26
Raina notout 0
Extras: (w-5) 5
Total:(For3wktsin35.1 overs) 223 Fall of wickets: 1-85,2-141,3-216
Did not bat: Dhoni, Irfan, Yusuf, Chawla, Rudra Pratap, Kumar Bowler O M R W
Mashrafe 8 0 33 0
Forhad 5.1 0 45 1
Mahmud 4 0 42 1
Razzak 10 0 48 1
Riyad 7 0 42 0
Kapali 1 0 13 0
Result: India win by seven wickets. Man-of-the-match: Gautam Gambhir.
Toss: Bangladesh.
Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Nadir Shah.