Twitter Reactions: Indian bowlers tame Bangla Tigers in Colombo

After a shocking and embarrassing defeat against Sri Lanka in the first game of the Nidahas Trophy 2018, team India looked like a jolted camp. They had arrived in the tournament as the pre-tournament favorites. Hence, a defeat in the series opener was a hard pill to digest. With this backdrop, they took on Bangladesh in their next fixture of the series.

A win is absolutely essential for the Indian team in the game to keep their chances healthy in the series. Currently, at the half way stage in the game, India do seem to have a firm control on the proceedings. Indian skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bowl first. Rohit remarked that the track is expected to get better as the game progresses and hence, chasing is what the team is eyeing.

Team India fielded an unchanged eleven for the match. On the other hand, Bangladesh fielded five bowlers and six batters. Coming to the proceedings, Soumya Sarkar showed elegance with the bat first up as he scored 14 off 12 deliveries. His stay was cut short by Jaydev Unadkat who sent him packing in the third over.

Tamim Iqbal, the other opener, could only score 15 before becoming a victim of Shardul Thakur a couple of overs. Mushfiqur Rahim looked good for his 14-ball 18 before getting dismissed by Vijay Shankar. Vijay Shankar soon got rid of Mahmudullah (1) as well.

Meanwhile, Liton Das looked to up the ante after getting a decent start. Bangladesh stood at 107/4 by the end of 15 overs and needed a final flourish. Liton failed in his attempt to accelerate and departed after scoring 34 off 30 balls. Sabbir Rahman managed to provide some impetus to the innings towards the end as the wickets kept falling at regular intervals.

Rahman scored 30 off 26 deliveries as Bangladesh finished with 139/8 in their stipulated 20 overs. Certainly, it looks like an underpar total on the track. Meanwhile, for team India, Jaydev Unadkat finished with figures of 3/38 in his four overs to be the pick of the Indian bowlers.

Here is how the fans reacted to Bangladesh’s innings:

Bangladesh want ICC to stop this match right now and decide the finalists. They are above India, but BCCI won't allow it. ICC = cheater BCCI. #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/uJbnH9Td6d

— Silly Point ?‏ (@FarziCricketer) March 8, 2018

No crowd. No energy from players. Raina dropped an easiest one.
Looks like a gully-mohalla cricket. Not an international match. #INDvBAN

— mohit (@mohitkumar871) March 8, 2018

Bangladeshis are unable to find boundaries today. Usually, they find them, cross them and make Aadhar cards too. #INDvBAN

— SAGAR (@sagarcasm) March 8, 2018

Ind vs Ban T20Is:

2009: Ind won by 25 runs
2014: Ind won by 8 wkts
2016: Ind won by 45 runs
2016: Ind won by 8 wkts
2016: Ind won by one run#INDvBAN

— Shruti (@Shrutipreethy) March 8, 2018

@DSportINLive waiting to play Commercial on the last ball be like #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/edU7Bq3VS3

— Ajinkya Mayekar (@AjinkyaMayekar) March 8, 2018

Mushfiqur couldn't prove why Bangladeshi girls go over him like 'Mushi is my King, my prince' and so on. This is sad! #INDvBAN

— Jessy Rajkumari (@imJR_4) March 8, 2018

Washington Sundar is yet to claim a non Kusal wicket in T20Is. His 3 wickets:
Kusal Perera
Kusal Mendis
Kusal Perera#INDvBAN

— Suvajit Mustafi (Rivu) (@RibsGully) March 8, 2018

Bangladesh fans should watch cricket with a bucket with them. Helps collecting tears. Can also be used as memorabilia, "ye 2016 wc ka hai ye 2015 wc ka". #INDvBAN

— Silly Point ?‏ (@FarziCricketer) March 8, 2018

Retweet If You Don't Know That Today Is #INDvBAN Match.

— Babu Bhaiya (@Shahrcasm) March 8, 2018

Ind vs Ban T20Is:
Nottingham, 2009: Ind won by 25 runs
Mirpur, 2014: Ind won by 8 wkts
Mirpur, 2016: Ind won by 45 runs
Mirpur, 2016: Ind won by 8 wkts
Bengaluru, 2016: Ind won by one run#INDvBAN

— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) March 8, 2018

#INDvBAN
Dsports showing very poor broadcasting of match. So many advertising. Even b4 over gets fully completed ad pops up.

— Shaurya Bhaskar (@ShauryaBhaskar) March 8, 2018

Yes, take entire 2018 to make the decision. No hurry. #INDvBAN

— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) March 8, 2018

Vijay Sharma is a promising talent but needs to work on his runup. He is giving extras way too frquently. #INDvBAN

— Mathematician (@rajivv1390) March 8, 2018

What an attempt by @vijayshankar260 to take that catch off his own bowling. The ball spills off as he lands on ground. Super effort from the all-rounder. #NidahasTrophy #INDvBAN

— Debasis Sen (@debasissen) March 8, 2018

Tamim Iqbal hits two fours!!
Shardul :- Picture abhi baki hai mere dost !!
And takes his wicket with Swag ?#INDvBAN #BANvIND #NidahasTrophy

— Kaushik Mandal (@Sarcasmm007) March 8, 2018

#INDvBAN After a Long time, Seeing an Empty Crowd for Indian cricket Match.

— Chikkoo (@ChikkooNg) March 8, 2018

I thought Bangladesh would give India a tough fight but Bangladeshi are performing even worse than Congress.

#INDvBAN

— Mathematician (@rajivv1390) March 8, 2018

Why Bangladesh need to prove they're playing cricket better than India?

After all they got all ICC trophies (by Photoshops).#INDvBAN

— Anit Ghosh (@Indianit07) March 8, 2018

Poor fielding
Poor catching
Excessive extras

Not a good performance, Bangladesh hai isliye bach gaye#INDvBAN

— Partha Mukherjee?? (@viratian_partha) March 8, 2018

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