Dinesh Karthik reacts as KL Rahul, Washington Sundar gave breathers to Mehidy Hasan Miraz

Mehidy
Hasan
Miraz,
who
scored
an
unbeaten
38,
helped
his
team
stun
India
with
his
valiant
partnership
of
51
(not
out)
with
number
10
batter
Mustafizur
Rahman.

Dropped
catch
from
Rahul
hurt
India

India
vice-captain
KL
Rahul
was
lauded
for
the
lone
battle
he
waged
with
the
bat
when
the
top
order
collapsed.
The
right-handed
batter
scored
73
and
helped
India
post
186
in
front
of
Bangladesh’s
disciplined
bowling.
Former
India
opener
Wasim
Jaffer
while
interacting
with
ESPNCricinfo
said,
“Rahul
did
99
per
cent
of
the
things
correctly
in
the
game
but
that
1
per
cent
of
wrong,
cost
India
the
match.”

Jaffer
was
referring
to
the
dropped
catch
of
Mehidy
Hasan
Miraz
by
Rahul
–
who
was
performing
the
wicketkeeper’s
duties
in
the
game.
Later,
all-rounder,
Washington
Sundar
didn’t
go
for
a
catch
of
Miraz
in
the
deep
giving
the
batter
another
lifeline.
Had
any
of
those
catches
been
taken,
India
would
have
managed
to
close
the
game.

Karthik
on
Rahul-Sundar’s
fielding
effort

India
wicketkeeper
Dinesh
Karthik
too
expressed
his
shock
as
Rahul
and
Sundar
let
easy
chances
slip
through
their
hands.
While
speaking
on
Cricbuzz
as
an
expert,
Karthik
–
who
was
with
the
national
side
in
the
T20
WC
2022
–
claimed
possibly
the
pressure
of
the
match
got
the
better
of
the
two
which
resulted
in
lapses
in
the
fielding.

“Obviously
KL
Rahul’s
drop
towards
the
end
and
Sundar
not
coming,
don’t
know
why
he
didn’t
come
in.
I
don’t
know
if
it
was
because
of
the
lights,
which
I
wouldn’t
know,
but
if
he
had
seen
the
ball,
he
should
have
gone
for
it.
That’s
only
a
question
he
can
answer.
Overall
fielding
effort
was
50-50.
Not
the
best
day,
not
the
worst
day
either.
I
guess
in
the
end,
with
the
pressure,
we
left
some
boundaries
as
well,”
said
Karthik.

Even
India
captain
Rohit
Sharma
–
who
is
generally
a
calm
and
composed
customer
on
the
field
–
looked
furious
and
lost
his
cool
and
yelled
at
the
fielders.

During
the
post-match
press
conference,
Rahul
admitted
that
India
lost
two
catching
opportunities
at
the
end.

“That’s
cricket
right?
You
have
to
expect
the
unexpected.
As
long
as
cricket
has
been
played,
these
kinds
of
things
keep
happening.
They
fought
very
well
till
the
end
and
a
couple
of
dropped
catches
and
that
innings
from
Mehidy,”
he
said.

Team
India
will
be
looking
to
come
back
strongly
in
the
second
ODI
on
Wednesday
(December
7)
and
level
the
series.