Mirpur, June 17:
Medium-pacer Stuart Binny’s stunning performance with the ball, bagging six wickets for four runs, the best by any Indian in ODIs, gave India a sensational 47-run win against Bangladesh in a low scoring rain-curtailed game to clinch the three-match series 2-0 here today.
Sent into bat, Indian batsmen produced a below-par performance to be humiliatingly bowled out for a paltry 105 in rain-truncated 41 overs-a-side game.
But the pace combination of Binny (6-4) and Mohit Sharma (4-22) saved India from any blushes as they bundled out Bangladesh for 58 runs in 17.4 overs in the Duckworth-Lewis method to help the visitors defend their lowest score against the hosts.
The Binny heroics, surpassing Anil Kumble’s record of 6/12 against the West Indies in 1993 in Kolkata, came after Bangladesh pacer Taskin Ahmed scalped five wickets for 28 runs on his debut to bowl India out for 105 in 25.3 overs.
But if India’s 105 was lower than their previous low of 191 in Port of Spain during the 2007 World Cup then Bangladesh also sank to a new low as their previous lowest against the Men in Blue was 76 in 2003 at Dhaka.
Binny was ably supported by medium pacer Mohit from the other end.
Mohit, who was the proud owner of the ‘Purple Cap’ in the recently concluded IPL for Chennai Super Kings, started the rot for Bangladesh after sending openers Tamim Iqbal for 4 and Anamul Haque for nought.
Binny soon joined forces to send innings top-scorer Mithun Ali back in the pavilion for 26 and skipper Mushfiqur Rahim for 11.
The rest of the batting fell like a pack of cards as Binny and Mohit had little time to celebrate between wickets.
Earlier put into bat, the stunning Indian collapse was triggered by Taskin, who returned with figures of 5-28, making it the best debut bowling performance by a Bangladesh player.
Skipper Suresh Raina’s 23-ball 27, laced with three fours, was the best that an Indian batsman could manage under overcast conditions.
Put into bat, India lost Ajinkya Rahane for nought off Mashrafe Mortaza but rain soon halted play after 5.1 overs.
The resumption of play after three hours did not help matters for the visitors as Robin Uthappa (14) top-edged a skier to give Taskin, 19, his debut wicket in overcast conditions.
The lanky pacer continued to trouble the inexperienced Indian batsmen in conditions conducive to swing bowling.
Cheteshwar Pujara (11) and Ambati Rayudu (1) were trapped LBW by Taskin.
Raina tried to counter-attack with three boundaries but an Al-Amin Hossain-Mortaza combination ran him out.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha (5) was soon trapped LBW off Mortaza and Akshar Patel was cleaned up by Al-Amin as India looked straight down the barrel.
All-rounder Binny (3) was caught behind chasing a wide delivery from Taskin.
The procession back to the pavilion continued as Amit Mishra was trapped LBW and Taskin’s joy knew no bounds after he picked up his fifth wicket and became the eighth bowler in the history of ODIs to bag a fifer in his maiden match.
Taskin also became the first Bangladesh bowler to bag five wickets on debut. The previous best by a Bangladeshi was achieved by Sohag Gazi and Rubel Hossain, both of whom scalped four wickets on debut. (PTI)
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India innings:
R Uthappa c Ziaur Rahman b Taskin Ahmed 14
Ajinkya Rahane lbw b Mortaza 0
Cheteshwar Pujara lbw b Taskin Ahmed 11
Ambati Rayudu lbw b Taskin Ahmed 1
Suresh Raina run out 27
Wriddhiman Saha lbw b Mortaza 5
Stuart Binny c Rahim b Taskin Ahmed 3
Akshar Patel b Al-Amin Hossain 8
Amit Mishra lbw b Taskin Ahmed 4
Mohit Sharma not out 4
Umesh Yadav c Nasir Hossain b Shakib 17
Extras: (LB-6, W-5) 11
Total: (for 10 wickets in 25.3 overs) 105
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-26, 3-28, 4-55, 5-65, 6-66, 7-75, 8-81, 9-86, 10-105
Bowling: Mortaza 9-1-35-2, Al-Amin Hossain 5-1-26-1, Taskin Ahmed 8-0-28-5, Ziaur Rahman 1-0-2-0, Shakib 2.3-0-8-1.
Bangladesh innings:
Tamim Iqbal c Saha b Sharma 4
Anamul Haque c Rahane b Sharma 0
Mithun Ali c Patel b Binny 26
Mushfiqur Rahim c Saha b Binny 11
Shakib Al Hasan c Saha b Sharma 4
Mahmudullah c Rayudu b Binny 0
Nasir Hossain b Binny 5
Ziaur Rahman c Patel b Sharma 0
Mashrafe Mortaza c Saha b Binny 2
Taskin Ahmed not out 0
Al-Amin Hossain b Binny 0
Extras: (W-6) 6
Total: (all out in 17.4 overs) 58
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-13, 3-44, 4-50, 5-50, 6-52, 7-52, 8-56, 9-58, 10-58.
Bowling: Sharma 8-2-22-4, Yadav 5-0-32-0, Binny 4.4-2-4-6.
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