Shakib, Ebadot restrict India to 186

Online Desk

Bangladesh bowlers’ tight and accurate bowling restricted India under 200 and gave chance to the batters go to ahead confidently.

India were all out at 186 in 41.2 overs in the first match of ODI series held at Mirpur Sher-E-Bangla National Stadium on Sunday.

Shakib led the way picking 5 for 36 with the Indians having no answer to him. He varied his pace, varied his lengths and flummoxed the batter all over. He was well complemented by Ebadot Hossain, who went short and did the damage finishing with four wickets for 47 runs.

Only KL Rahul with 73 off 70 balls had some sort of an inkling of what is going on, but did not have any support.

According to the press reports, the surface is not easy to bat. None of the batters bar Rahul got their timing. A lot of the India batters are coming off a break, and that showed.

Earlier, Bangladesh sent India to bat first after winning the toss.

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