Right-handed batsman Lokesh Rahul gained momentum for India, hitting 24 runs in the ninth over bowled by Shoriful Islam in their T20 World Cup match against Bangladesh in Adelaide. Rahul smashed a 50 off 31 balls before falling prey to Shakib Al Hasan in the 10th over.
India were at 52 for 2 at the end of the eighth over, but Shoriful conceded 24 runs and the momentum was shifted for India.
Earlier, Hasan Mahmud sent Rohit Sharma back to the dressing room for two. Right before taking the wicket of Rohit, Hasan missed a dolly at the boundary area when Rohit played Taskin Ahmed.
Bangladesh made one change to their playing XI, bringing in Shoriful Islam to replace Soumya Sarkar. Soumya, the left-handed opener, played all three matches before today but failed to prove his mettle. He got off to a good start, but he couldn’t capitalize on those starts. Shoriful, the left-arm seamer, has played 28 T20Is and bagged 32 wickets so far.
Bangladesh won their first match against the Netherlands but lost to South Africa before registering a win against Zimbabwe. India lost to South Africa before taking on Bangladesh today. This is the first time Bangladesh are playing a T20I match in Adelaide.
Prior to this match, Bangladesh and India took on each other in 11 T20Is, with Bangladesh winning only one of those matches.
Before losing his wicket to Shakib Al Hasan, Lokesh Rahul gave India good momentum in their T20 World Cup match against Bangladesh in Adelaide. Now the rest of the Indian batters have to play their part in order to put up a big total on the board to defend.
Source: United News of Bangladesh