5 dramatic moments from India vs Bangladesh Asia Cup T20

The opening encounter of the Asia Cup 2016 was played out on Wednesday between hosts Bangladesh and India in Dhaka, concluding in a 45-run victory for the visiting side. Despite coming out on top comfortably at the end, India had several spots of bother in the course of the 40 overs.Also read:  ICC T20 World Cup 2016 ScheduleWhat would have put the visiting side on the back foot straightaway was the amount of grass cover on the pitch, as Bangladesh steamed in with a four-man pace attack. Recent encounters between these two neighbouring countries have been fraught with tension and controversy, and so another high-pressure match was on the cards from the beginning.Tempers were flared, caps were thrown, teammates grew angry with each other – the tension that the 22 players were under was evident to all. There were a few emotional outbursts, a few outlets of tension which are not usually witnessed on a cricket field.Five moments in Wednesday’s match which showed just how much pressure the players were under:

#1 Shakib\'s dropped catch transforms Rohit

There were two halves to Rohit Sharma’s match winning knock of 83 against Bangladesh – his innings neatly divided by a dropped catch in the 11th over. He had managed to score 21 off 27 balls, and was even failing to make contact between bat and ball.

Off the third ball of Taskin Ahmed’s over, Rohit drove the ball hard to backward point, where Shakib al Hasan could not hold on to the catch. The ball was not very far from the fielder, but to be fair to him, it reached him at an awkward height and it had been hit with considerable velocity.

Taskin managed a smile at the chance that had gone begging, but not many would have imagined that Shakib’s dropped catch would be so costly. Rohit became a batsman transformed after this let-off and launched on an aggressive assault immediately.

He hit two fours and a six in the rest of the over, and scored 62 runs off the remaining 28 balls that he faced – taking India well past their initial target of around 150.