ICC Under-19 World Cup 2018: India v Bangladesh, Hits and Misses

#2 Miss: Bangladesh middle-order

It was a dismal show by the Bangladesh middle order

Every Bangladesh batsman, except Ghosh, failed to make a sizeable contribution to the chase today. However, the biggest disappointment came from their middle-order players, who couldn't even build a 30-run partnership between them in the innings.

Towhid Hridoy, Afif Hossain and Aminul Islam made a grand total of 30 runs between them and took as many as 65 deliveries to do so. The low strike-rate would not have been an issue if even one of them stayed at the crease for a substantial amount of time. However, that did not happen, thereby adding to the mounting pressure on the inexperienced lower-order batsmen.

To add insult to injury, Hridoy and Islam were victims of a combination of terrific fielding from the Indians and suicidal running between the wickets. Those back-to-back runouts crippled the chase and punched a massive dent in Bangladesh's chances of winning the game.