Condition was more dangerous to the fielding side than batting side: Shakib plays down wet field controversy

The
fifties
from
Virat
Kohli
and
KL
Rahul
and
good
spells
by
bowlers
helped
India
clinch
a
5-run
victory
over
Bangladesh
in
a
rain-curtailed
clash
of
Group
2,
Super
12
match
of
the
ongoing
ICC
T20
World
Cup
in
Adelaide
on
Wednesday
(November
2).

“It’s
been
the
story
when
we
play
against
India,
we
are
almost
there
but
we
don’t
finish
the
line.
Both
teams
enjoyed
it,
it
was
a
great
game
and
that’s
what
we
wanted.
In
the
end,
someone
has
to
win
and
someone
has
to
lose,”
Shakib
Al
Hasan
said
in
a
post-match
presentation.

In
a
rain-curtailed
16-over
match,
Litton
Das
lit
up
Bangladesh’s
chase
with
his
60
coming
of
27
balls
but
the
batter
could
not
to
guide
his
team
home.
Shakib
also
played
down
a
brewing
controversy
as
Bangladesh
was
asked
enter
the
field
to
resume
chase
immediately
after
rain
stopped.

It
saw
Liton
getting
slipped
a
couple
of
times
but
Shakib
said
Liton
should
have
shown
the
wisdom
to
run
on
the
pitch
the
second
time,
and
also
said:
“The
conditions
were
more
suited
to
the
batting
side
than
the
fielding
side.”

“He’s
[Litton
Das]
our
best
batter
going
around.
The
way
he
batted
in
the
power
play
gave
us
a
lot
of
momentum
and
gave
us
the
belief
that
we
could
chase
this
with
the
short
boundaries
here,”
he
added.

Virat
(64
not
out)
and
KL
Rahul
(50)
posted
the
fifties
for
India
while
Suryakumar
Yadav
also
scored
a
quickfire
30
of
16
balls.
Virat
and
KL
Rahul
had
a
67-run
stand
for
the
second
wicket.

Talking
about
India’s
top
batting
order,
the
Bangladesh
captain
said,
“If
you
look
at
India’s
top
four,
they
are
very
dangerous.
Our
plan
was
to
get
those
four
and
that’s
why
we
bowled
Taskin
through.
Unfortunately,
he
did
not
pick
wickets
but
he
was
very
economical.

“Not
much,
we
have
been
very
relaxed
and
not
talking
too
much
about
cricket
in
this
World
Cup.
We
have
one
more
match
to
go
and
we
want
to
concentrate
on
that,”
he
said.

Chasing
185,
Bangladesh
were
off
to
an
explosive
start.
Rain
interrupted
action
when
they
were
at
66/0
in
seven
overs.

The
match
restarted
with
a
revised
target
cut
short
to
169
runs
and
overs
slimmed
down
to
16.

The
break
proved
to
be
vital
for
Men
in
Blue
as
it
broke
Bangladesh’s
rhythm.
They
started
to
lose
wickets
quickly,
including
Litton
Das
for
60
of
27
balls.

Though
Nurul
Hasan
(25
not
out)
and
Najmul
Hossain
Shanto
(21)
contributed
some
useful
scores,
Bangladesh
fell
five
runs
short
of
the
target.

Arshdeep
Singh
(2/38)
and
Hardik
Pandya
(2/28)
delivered
good
spells.
Mohammad
Shami
also
took
a
wicket.