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Terrible Tigers

Taskin's five-for goes in vain

Bishwajit Roy
The Tigers reached the height of embarrassment as an under-strength India side taught them a harsh lesson on way to sealing the three-match ODI series with a 47-run victory in the rain-curtailed
second match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur last night.
A dream debut for 19-year-old paceman Taskin Ahmed was ruined by a pathetic and shameful batting display by Mushfiqur Rahim's men who hit their lowest total of 58, matching the ignominy they suffered at the same venue against West Indies in the 2011 World Cup. They also came away with a sordid entry in the record book as India defended the lowest (105 runs) ever total in one-day-internationals.
The Bangladesh captain had delivered a verbal salvo against this second-string India side but he must now swallow some humble pie after the way his side performed in the first two games to lose the series with one match in hand, especially the way they squandered an opportunity in chase of 105 runs, left many questions to be answered about their ability and approach to their game.
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Taskin lit a fire with considerable pace and bounce under gloomy conditions to become only the eighth bowler in ODI history to take five-for (8-0-28-5) on debut and the first Bangladeshi debutant to achieve the feat. The experienced Mashrafe Bin Mortaza set the tone and following Taskin's heroics India were bundled out for 105 in 25.3 overs after rain reduced the match to a 41-overs-a-side contest.
askin lit a fire with considerable pace and bounce under gloomy conditions to become only the eighth bowler in ODI history to take five-for (8-0-28-5) on debut and the first Bangladeshi debutant to achieve the feat. The experienced Mashrafe Bin Mortaza set the tone and following Taskin's heroics India were bundled out for 105 in 25.3 overs after rain reduced the match to a 41-overs-a-side contest.
Bangladesh were then well-placed to come out of the vicious cycle of defeats but the batsmen spoiled the party and as a result Bangladesh suffered their ninth ODI defeat in a row this year. Gentle medium pacer Stuart Binny claimed six wickets for four runs while another paceman Mohit Sharma claimed the rest to cause abject humiliation for theTigers.
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal
came down the track and slapped the first delivery of the chase off Sharma to the point boundary to make a positive start but it he seemed to be looking to go after everything and paid the price off the next ball. The second delivery was angled towards off stump but the lefthander tried to lash it over mid-on and got a thick edge through to the keeper, strengthening the impression that he actually needs a break from international cricket.
Anamul Haque was Sharma's second victim and then a little resis-tance came from debutant Mohammad Mithun and Mushfiqur but it then seemed that, in a show of perverse solidarity, all were in a mood to prove that Tamim would not be the only player blamed for bizarre batting.
Granted, it was not an easy pitch as there was considerable bounce and movement on offer, but still everybody wondered why some of the batsmen played the shots they played.
The score of 105 was the lowest Indian ODI total against Bangladesh, eclipsing the 191 in the 2007 World Gup in West Indies, but the Tigers could not capitalise on as they had done seven years back in the Caribbean; instead they have just dug a deeper hole for Bangladesh cricket.