“IPL k sher, real cricket me dhair” - Twitterati bash Team India after they lose ODI series to Bangladesh

Team India lost the second ODI against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka by five runs on Wednesday, December 7. With their second defeat in as many games, they conceded the three-match series with a fixture to spare. This was their second successive ODI series loss in Bangladesh after their 1-2 defeat under MS Dhoni in 2015.

Batting first after winning the toss in the second ODI, Bangladesh recovered from a precarious 69/6 to post a highly competitive 271/7. Mehidy Hasan Miraz (100* off 83) smashed his maiden hundred in the format and featured in a 148-run stand for the seventh wicket with Mahmudullah (77 off 96).

In reply, Team India slipped to 65/4 before a fifth-wicket stand of 107 between Shreyas Iyer (82 off 102) and Axar Patel (56 off 56) kept them in the hunt. Skipper Rohit Sharma, who had hurt his hand while fielding, batted at No. 9 and clobbered a valiant 51* off 28 balls. His efforts went in vain, though, as Bangladesh held their nerves to register a close victory.

While a number of cricket fans hailed Rohit’s heroic effort, they also bashed the Men in Blue for coming up with a shoddy overall performance.

Here are some reactions from Twitter to Team India’s ODI series defeat in Bangladesh:

First match India loss from the jaws of victory and here in 2nd ODI Can't believe India let Bangladesh go from 69-6 to 214-6..
whattey fight from Bangla boys.

#BANvIND

I disown this team 😒😒 @BCCI
Lost 2 close games !!

1st match by 1 wicket and 2nd match by 5 runs 😩

Now, I will only support Indian women's cricket team.
They at least don't disappoint against teams like Bangladesh !!

#INDvBAN #BANvIND

Second consecutive bilateral ODI series win for Bangladesh against India (2015 & 2022). India's 436th defeat in Men's ODI, world record most ODI defeats in Men's ODI history. Team36 is massively overrated. Congratulations, Bangladesh. 👏🇧🇩 2-0 #Cricket #BANvIND

India should have won this never thought that will get to see this downfall of Indian team what a team India was under Ms Dhoni and Virat Kohli Captaincy
Great Effort by Rohit Sharma with the bat
Congratulations to Bangladesh!!🙌🏻❤
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Valid points from #RohitSharma
India need wicket takers at middle over
None comes to mind other than #chahal n #kuldeep
But they weakens the batting
May be Axar/washi n Chahal only
N top 3 need to fire again
Big knocks missing from then
#INDvsBAN https://t.co/uGLnc0Ni8Q

Congratulation Bangladesh🇧🇩
@ImRo45 Well played you tried your best as ur were injured it was totally bowlers fault 66/6 and target was 272
MEHEDI HASSAN MIRAZ remember the name
@BCBtigers congrats
#INDvsBAN https://t.co/AY6A8LEeah

#INDvsBAN
Shame Indian team, shame !! Dub maro
@JayShah @BCCI @ImRo45

People used to tell that India has a great bench strength,,2 or 3 teams can play in the same time...Now where is that bench strength? What if the senior players get retired? Will the Indian team be strong in future as well?
Hope to see them bounce back. #INDvsBAN @BCCI @ImRo45

@BCCI If #BCCI and team management don't stop the experiment and stabilise the pool of 15 to 16 players, team India will be peeling BOTTLEGUARD at the WC2023. Nothing good is happening with Indian Cricket. 35 debutants in 2022. Indian Cricket is not a LABORATORY 4 EXPERIMENTS #IndvsBan

Accha abi sab harlo 😏 knockouts ka haarne ka quota abi hi khatam hojaega😏

#INDvsBAN

Indian team fans right now.. 😶😶😶😶🥵🥵🥵 Massive hearbreak😕

Respect for @ImRo45 #INDvsBAN #RohitSharma𓃵 https://t.co/9qGZxdZxfz

What a disGRACEful defeat of so called Cricket richest board.. Kia faida ese grace ka jo bacho jesi teams k agay bhi na chalay. IPL k sher, Real cricket me dhair... Khachra #TeamIndia @IrfanPathan #INDvsBAN #indvsbang 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@virendersehwag So we have lost the #2ndODI & series as well, that too again #Bangladesh!!
Congratulations @bcci on achieving this feat; internal politics, team selection & gameplan landed us to this level.
#RohitSharma
#ViratKohli
#KLRahul
#DeepakChahar
#INDvsBAN

2022 has been a nightmare year for Indian cricket.
But what’s more than a nightmare is the blind faith on #KLRahul to deliver.
Also, #RahulDravid is a total flop and confused coach.
Now, I want #Bangladesh to thrash us 3-0.

#INDvsBAN

Rahul dravid bringing the era of 2007 in 2022.
What india achive from day dravid took coaching.
Keep him in u19 he is good there kl rahul t20 ipl odi mai opner to aaj opening karne kio nahi aaia coward captain approach #INDvsBAN

A stunning innings #RohitSharma
in the he chase .(Upon returning after finger injury. )
Yet ,Any team would end up in the loosing side 9 out of ten times if it let's the opponent to score 271 -7 after being 69-6 .
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“Wasn't a great effect from our bowlers” - Team India skipper Rohit Sharma

Speaking at the post-match presentation, Indian captain Rohit admitted that the bowlers did a poor job of allowing Bangladesh to recover from 69/6 and post 271.

Reflecting on the disappointing performance, he commented:

“When you lose a game, there are positives and negatives. From being 69/6, allowing them to get to 270-odd wasn't a great effect from our bowlers. We started well but the middle overs and the back end is what's hurting us a lot. Happened in the last game as well. It's something we need to work on.”

Giving due credit to Mehidy and Mahmudullah for their brilliant partnership, Rohit added that Team India need to find ways of breaking such partnerships. He elaborated:

“In one-day cricket, it's about partnerships and when you get those, you have to ensure that they are converted to match-winning partnerships. That's what they did. If you get those 70-run stands, you need to convert them into 110-120 run partnerships for the team to win games, as it isn't easy for the new batter. Need to be braver in the middle.”

The third match of the India-Bangladesh one-day series will be played in Chattogram on Saturday, December 10.