Third ODI tit-bit

Mushfiqur does a Tendulkar!

For quite a long time Mushfiqur Rahim hasn’t been in form. He had gone 21 international innings without a fifty before rediscovering his form with an unbeaten 62 ball-67 against England in the series deciding third ODI. During the period, apart from the second match against England, he got dismissed, playing his favourite slog-sweep shot but in the last two matches, he seemed to have checked it. He got out trying a pull shot in the second match and beautifully curbed the slog-sweep. In the third match he continued it to finally end his jinx. The effort reminded Sachin Tendulkar who famously checked his signature cover-drive to regain his form. During the series against mighty Australia in 2003, Tendulkar were used to be got out by playing cover-drive, his favourite shot that earned him many runs. But he checked it and got the reward with an unbeaten 241 runs. Mushfiqur seemed to follow the legend to get his form back. 

Grim-faced Hathurisingha!
When your players played bad shot to squander the start, it would irate all coaches. Firstly Imrul Kayes threw away his promising start by playing a nasty shot when he got going well with 46 and then Tamim Iqbal, too got dismissed on 45. He too got a soft dismissal. To add the agony, Mahmudullah Riyad was out on 6, giving an easy catch to infielders. After his dismissal a camera could have panned to the coach Chandika Hathurusingha for his reaction. It wouldn't have been pretty.

Shakib’s bad-luck
Luck was not with Bangladesh also on that ill-fated Wednesday night. Firstly they lost the crucial toss and then the batsmen got soft dismissal. But Shakib was unlucky for which Bangladesh ended at least 30 runs short. Moeen Ali bowled a peach of an off-break, which the left-hander saw going past his forward poke.  Trying to balance himself on the defensive push, Shakib involuntarily slid out of the crease by an inch. That's when the luck kicked in, as the ball spilled out of Buttler's grasp at that exact moment, and Shakib was stumped. 
But it took the umpires some time to realise that it was a stumping.

Third ODI tit-bit

Mushfiqur does a Tendulkar! For quite a long time Mushfiqur Rahim hasnt been in form. He had gone 21 international innings without a fifty before rediscovering his form with an unbeaten 62 ball-67 against England in the series deciding third ODI. During the period, apart from the second match against England, he got dismissed, playing his favourite slog-sweep shot but in the last two matches, he seemed to have checked it. He got out trying a pull shot in the second match and beautifully curbed the slog-sweep. In the third match he continued it to finally end his jinx. The effort reminded Sachin Tendulkar who famously checked his signature cover-drive to regain his form. During the series against mighty Australia in 2003, Tendulkar were used to be got out by playing cover-drive, his favourite shot that earned him many runs. But he checked it and got the reward with an unbeaten 241 runs. Mushfiqur seemed to follow the legend to get his form back. Grim-faced Hathurisingha! When your players played bad shot to squander the start, it would irate all coaches. Firstly Imrul Kayes threw away his promising start by playing a nasty shot when he got going well with 46 and then Tamim Iqbal, too got dismissed on 45. He too got a soft dismissal. To add the agony, Mahmudullah Riyad was out on 6, giving an easy catch to infielders. After his dismissal a camera could have panned to the coach Chandika Hathurusingha for his reaction. It wouldnt have been pretty. Shakibs bad-luck Luck was not with Bangladesh also on that ill-fated Wednesday night. Firstly they lost the crucial tossand then the batsmen got soft dismissal. But Shakib was unlucky for which Bangladesh ended at least30 runs short. Moeen Ali bowled a peach of an off-break, which the left-hander saw going past his forward poke. Trying to balance himself on the defensivepush, Shakib involuntarily slid out of the creaseby an inch. Thats when the luck kicked in, asthe ball spilled out of Buttlers grasp at thatexact moment, and Shakib was stumped. But it took the umpires some time to realise that it was a stumping.