An ecstatic and emotional day for Shakib, a day when he was brought into tears before his final say. Few days ago a team which had suffered a huge blow at home in front of their own people would go on to snatch victory against the strong English team was nothing more than unlikely. But it was a must-win contest for them. They had in their minds what sort of reaction would they suffer this time around as previous defeat ended up in having their homes attacked at he hands of violent spectators.
Winning toss and not batting first was quite an interesting decision. But this is the beauty of cricket. You are captaining your side at home and you know the conditions which way exactly they would turn and you build your mind accordingly. So did Bangladesh captain and England were sent into the center to bat on. It looked Bangladesh had perfectly crafted their plans to ball that compact and immaculate line so as not to give any room to the England batsmen which would allow them swing their arms and score runs freely. The bowlers did so well in tightening up things that hardly did England batsmen advance the run rate and wickets kept on falling. Only that resolute Jonathan Trott and the latest entrant Eoin Morgan read the conditions perfectly and settled to play their natural hand. Both scored fifites before paving their way back to pavillion one after the other within 5 overs to end a brilliant 109 runs partnership between them. England tale again started tumbling and their efforts were stopped of the last ball of the innings for a below-par 225.
That meager target really lifted the spirits of the troops marching to achieve it. They were eying a perfect stage to the victory which had initially been set by their bowlers. Openers did well to post a good decent start of their proceedings. Tamim played a short blistering knock before he was dismissed at a team total of 52 in 9th over. Losing couple of more quick wickets it was their captain to join Imrul to paddle up the innings. Both started slow but composed a handful partnership of 72 which proved pivotal.
Once again after that shocking Imrul run out the innings started to demolish. England bowlers did well in keeping things tight and pressure kept on mounting on Bangladesh batsmen. wickets were falling and Bangladeshi audience were made to their toes and bite their nails all around. Tense moments were not ready to die and the pressure continued to rise. But then it were Mahmoodullah and Shafiul who were to bring for their team that dignity and faith they had lost earlier until the coin was tossed at the onset of this game. Both piled up an extraordinary partnership of 58 runs and the victory was snatched from the hands of England team in 49 overs.
