Bangladesh men's cricket team finished another series with perfection & imperfections. The Indian national team came to Bangladesh in the excitement of the football world cup. After five long years, they came to play three ODIs and two Tests. In that time Mustafiz, Tamim's brilliant performance in the last home series gave Bangladesh a win in the ODI series against India for the first time. Bengalis won that historic series by a 2-1!
This time, Bangladesh meets India again in the home series. However, because of the football world cup, there wasn't much interest among the fans in the match between India VS Bangladesh. Everyone was busy with Brazil and Argentina matches. However, the Bangladeshi cricketers won the first match through extraordinary performance and attracted the fans rightly. As a result, even in the middle of the football world cup, fans were forced to watch cricket again.
Bangladesh showed the impossible in the first match! It was the satisfaction of winning a losing match. Bangladesh won that match by just one wicket. Miraz and Mustafizur Rahman built an impeccable partnership of 51 runs on the last wicket in this eventful match. But did anyone think that BD will win that match? At one point in the game, it seemed that Bangladesh had lost.
The second match is also a repeat of the first match. Bangladesh won the series against India by doing the impossible in the second consecutive ODI match over India! Bangladesh won the first match by just one wicket. In the second match today, the tigers won again with the drama of the last ball. That cricket is a game of uncertainty was proved again in both first two ODI matches.
Bangladesh Cricket : The Tigers
As a result, Bengalis won two consecutive ODI home series against India. But for the first time this time too, Shakib Liton has to lose in the last match. As a result, the dream of whitewashing in mighty India wasn't fulfilled. But winning the series isn't less in any part.
After the ODI series, Bangladesh faced India in a two-match Test series. The first match between India and Bangladesh was held at the Zahur Ahmed International Cricket Stadium in Chittagong. Bangladesh as always failed in that match. Bangladesh has always been an unknown team in Tests and T20s. The players of Bangladesh don't have the endurance like playing Test and the strength like playing T20. As a result, Indians won by 188 runs.
The second Test between Bangladesh and India was held at Mirpur Ser-e Bangla National Cricket Stadium. In this match, Bangladesh created great chances to win but wasn't able to win in the end. The Indians secured a three-wicket win.
All in all, the Bangladesh cricket team has passed a good year. Liton Kumar Das is the most successful player for Bangladesh this year. He now owns the highest runs in a year for Bangladesh, breaking all previous records. Moreover, he got a call for the first time in the IPL as well. I Hope Liton Kumar Das will continue his performance.
Bangladesh Cricket : The Tigers
Even though Bangladesh won the series but as a team, I don't think Bangladesh didn't play well. Only depending on 2/1 players, Bangladesh won the series which is a matter of concern. I expected more from Bangladesh. Hope that Bangladeshi players will learn from their mistakes.
Indeed! Bangladesh is lucky to won the ODI series. Miraz and Mustafiz did that for them. No other player played well which is the matter of concern!
It's a good thing that Bangladesh can win a match depending on a single player's contribution but when it happens again and again it's a matter of concern.