World Cup 2019: 3 most defining moments for each team in this tournament

Bangladesh

Bangladesh paid the price for Mushfiqur Rahim's overconfidence

#1 Mushfiqur Rahim’s lifeline to Kane Williamson

After putting on board a competitive score of 244, Bangladesh sent back both the New Zealand openers for a team score of 55. Both Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor were new to the crease. In the 12th over of the New Zealand innings, Bangladesh found Williamson stranded on the middle of the pitch. All wicket-keeper Rahim had to do was to collect the ball and wipe off the bails. But he made a mess of it by placing his hand in front of the stumps directly on the trajectory of the ball and dislodging the bails before collecting the ball.

That was the turning point more for New Zealand than for Bangladesh as far as the final standings in the tournament were concerned.

#2 Sabbir Rahman’s costly miss off David Warner

The second defining moment for Bangladesh happened in their match against Australia. David Warner was given an early life in the fourth over of the innings when Sabbir Rahman dropped him at the backward point when Warner was on 10. Warner went on to score 166 runs and in the end, Australia won by 48 runs.

#3 Tamim Iqbal dropping Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma has always been a prolific scorer against Bangladesh. More importantly, he always reserves his best against Bangladesh in knockout games. Bangladesh had a wonderful opportunity to dislodge Rohit Sharma early in the innings. When on 9, Rohit precisely found the only fielder patrolling the leg side boundary but to his relief, Tamim Iqbal dropped a sitter at deep mid-wicket. He went on to score a hundred and batted Bangladesh out of the match.