MS Dhoni once again demonstrated why he is an asset to the Indian team during India’s Super Four match of the Asia Cup against Bangladesh on Friday.
One of the players who shone under the leadership of Dhoni in the Indian team in the limited-overs, Ravindra Jadeja, returned to India’s ODI side after a year.
He overstepped in the first delivery he bowled after a year which earned Bangladesh a free hit. Shakib-Al-Hasan smashed that for a four. He swept the next delivery to a deep square leg for a boundary again.
Citing Shakib’s intentions, Dhoni quickly went to stand-in-skipper Rohit Sharma and asked him to bring Shikhar Dhawan to square leg. Jadeja meanwhile stuck to his plan and forced Shakib to go for a sweep again that holed straight out to Dhawan, who didn’t’ have to move an inch.
That presence of mind from Dhoni continues to be a boon to Team India and has helped Rohit, in the absence of India’s regular captain Virat Kohli, massively.
A few minutes later, Dhoni showed off his famous lightning-quick glove work too behind the stumps. Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim, however, was saved by the width of the spike on his shoes. However, the wicketkeeper-batsman became Jadeja’s third wicket of the day when Rahim was caught by Chahal in the 18th over.
Earlier, India won the toss and opted to bowl. India made one change with Jadeja coming in for the injured Hardik Pandya.
For Bangladesh, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mustafizur Rahman returned in place of Mominul Haque and Abu Hider.
Teams:
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Ambati Rayudu, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal
Bangladesh: Liton Das, Nazmul Hossain, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mohammad Mithun, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mehidy Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza (c), Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman.
