Sports Reporter :An all-round performance by Nasir Hossain powered Bangladesh A team to level the one-dayer series 1-1 with India A team after Bangladesh A team defeating India A team by 65 runs in the second one-dayer at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Friday.Earlier, Bangladesh A team lost to India A team by 96 runs in the first one-dayer match at the same venue on September 16.Nasir Hossain remained unbeaten with 102 and bowled really well and completed his splendid spell as 10-0-36-5.Sent into bat first, Bangladesh A team made a healthy total of 252 for the loss of eight wickets in 50 overs and then they shot out India A team for 187 off 42.2 overs.Bangladesh A team faced an early batting collapse as the second string of Bangladesh A lost their early five wickets for 82 runs. Later, Nasir Hossain and wicketkeeper-batsman Liton Das rescued their team from the danger contributing together 70 runs for the sixth wicket partnership before Liton Das was caught by KK Nair off R Dhawan when Bangladesh’s total was 152 for the loss of six wickets.Then Nasir Hossain and Arafat Sunny added 50 runs in the seventh wicket stand before Arafat Sunny was trapped leg before wicket by SK Raina when the Tigers’ total was 202 for the loss of seven wickets. Nasir Hossain hit 12 boundaries and one over boundary in his 96-ball match-winning innings.Liton Das notched up 45 from 57 balls featuring six fours while Anamul Haque made 34 off 53 balls with three fours and a six.Soumya Sarkar scored 24 from 30 balls hitting five fours.R Dhawan captured three wickets at the cost of 44 runs while KV Sharma bagged a pair of wickets instead of 40 runs. Besides, SK Raina and RB Kalaria took one wicket each for 21 and 35 runs respectively.Later, Nasir Hossain played the key role in demolishing India A innings with a good support of pacer Rubel Hossain. Rubel picked up four wickets instead of 33 runs. Al-Amin Hossain took one wicket for 35 runs.UB Chand of India A team restored some parity for his team making 56 from 75 balls with seven fours.MK Pandey, Gurkeerat Singh and MA Agarwal of India A team scored 36, 34 and 24 runs respectively.Bangladesh A team will take on India A team in the third and final one-dayer at the same venue on September 20.
