Overcome by Bangladesh in the first game of the three-match ODI series, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the hosts were the better team on the day as they played some really good cricket as a unit. Bangladesh energetic team took a surprise victory of 79 runs in the first ODI to take a 1-0 lead and Dhoni had words of praise for the team of Bangladesh.
“Yes, it was disappointing,” Dhoni said at the loss. “But Bangladesh played a very good cricket as a team. Right from the first ball took our bowlers in. The rain break helped us. It seemed they were going to score more than 330, but limited to 300, but our batting didn ‘ T Turn the way we wanted it. ”
Bangladesh smarter than India in all departments, as visitors set an imposing target of 308 before bowling out for 228 with four overs to spare. India captain did not hide his disappointment at the performance of his department pace as he praised Bangladesh Pacers to do an excellent job.
“The spinners bowled well, the contribution of Raina was important, but disappointed with the way the fast bowlers bowled. The batsmen Bangladesh played players Quick also bowling. What particularly impressed me was subtly how changed their pace. They did not bowl 140 and then 110, but took it down marginally. They did well in the World Cup because of their bowlers fast so do not surprising that relied on fast bowlers tonight. ”
Delighted with the convincing victory, Mashrafe Mortaza Bangladesh captain said he can not ask for anything more than his teammates. I also was lavish in his praise for the young left arm pacemaker Mustafizur Rahman, who took five wickets on debut.
“I can not ask for more. Mustafizur was not a surprise for us. We know it can destroy any hitter. It was a brilliant start of Tamim and Soumya. We have lost a bit of momentum with the rain, but Rahman and Shakib did for us. Yes, was a bit of a risk playing four quicks, but I trusted my children, “he said. “The fast bowlers delivered and am very happy with the boys. Maybe we were short 20 to 30, but 300 is always a difficult question. I only asked the players to bowl in the right areas and did so . ”
Man-of-the-match Mustafizur said he was eager to reach an impressive show against India in his first appearance. “I wanted to perform well in the debut” Mustafizur said. “I know that only a few have had five in the debut, but all I wanted was to do well against India.”
