Asia Cup 2018: Five unnoticed things from the India-Bangladesh match

#4. Rohit Sharma’s solidity against Bangladesh

Rohit Sharma and Bangladesh have never been far from controversy. Since the no-ball incident in the World Cup 2015, a lot of emotions have been brewing between the two. Rohit’s failures against the left-arm pace bowler Mustafizur Rehman were also a talking point.

The Indian opener has an impressive overall batting record against the neighboring nation and it has improved drastically since the World Cup 2015 encounter at Melbourne. Rohit had scored only 73 runs in his first five matches against Bangladesh and then managed a brilliant 137 in the World Cup.

Today, Rohit was at ease against the Bangladeshi bowling attack. He was especially severe on Shakib Al Hasan as he smacked the left-arm spinner for three mammoth sixes. Today’s 83 not out was Rohit’s third half-century in ODIs against Bangladesh.