Bangladesh finished their ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 battle losing to India by 109 runs in the second quarter-final in Melbourne on Thursday. The openers were out in two consecutive balls in the 7th over. Tamim was the first Bangladesh batsman to be caught behind. He scored 25 runs of 25 balls with 4 fours. In the very next ball, Imrul Kayes (5) was unfortunate to be run out. Bangladesh lost second wicket for 33 runs in 7 overs. Mahmudullah and Soumya Sarkar then added 40 runs in 3rd wicket. But Mahmudullah, who hit two consecutive centuries in the previous matches, was caught at the boundary rope by Dhawan at long leg. Mahmudullah scored 21 runs off 31 balls. Bangladesh lost third wicket for 72 runs in 17 overs. Later Soumya also followed his partner in 21st over scoring 29 runs off 43 balls. Bangladesh lost their 4th wicket for 90 runs. Shakib was the 5th batsman to be out scoring 10 runs off 34 balls. Bangladesh were 105/5 in 29 overs. Mushfiqur scored 27 runs and was caught by Dhoni in the first ball of 36th over. Earlier, Indian opener Rohit Sharma smashed his maiden World Cup hundred to lift his team to 302/6 after their skipper MS Dhoni chose to bat first at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). However, Bangladesh were successful to control the run rate at the beginning of Indian batting innings and got two quick wickets of Shikhar Dhawn and Virat Kohli. Country’s ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan got Shikhar Dhawn (30) stamped by wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim in the 3rd delivery of 17th over. In the next over, India batting icon Virat Kohli (3) was caught by Mushfiqur when the bowler was Rubel Hossain. After the strikes in two consecutive overs, Shakib claimed a good catch at extra-cover to present young pacer Taksin Ahmed the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane (19) in the last delivery of 28th over. Opener Rohit Sharma and middle order batsman Suresh Raina then added 122 runs in the 4th wicket partnership off 95 balls. Bangladesh, however, got Sharma caught at deep midwicket in the 4th delivery of 40th over but Rubel was called for a no-ball for waist high. Sharma was then on 89. Sharma then bagged his 7th ODI century, first in the World Cup, off 108 balls. Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe bagged the wicket of Suresh Raina who scored 65 runs off 57 balls with 7 fours and 1 six. Rohit was finally bowled by Taskin on the last delivery of 47th over. The 27-year right hand batsman scored 137 runs off 126 balls with 14 fours and 3 sixes. Taskin claimed 3 wickets for 69 runs in his 10 overs. Bangladesh pacer Rubel Hossain bowled 6 overs in his first spell rendering only 14 runs and took the wicket of Kohli. He finished with the only wicket for 56 runs. Mashrafe finished his 10 overs with one wicket for 69 runs while Shakib got another for 58 runs. Bangladesh finished their ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 battle losing to India by 109 runs in the second quarter-final in Melbourne on Thursday. The openers were out in two consecutive balls in the 7th over. Tamim was the first Bangladesh batsman to be caught behind. He scored 25 runs of 25 balls with 4 fours. In the very next ball, Imrul Kayes (5) was unfortunate to be run out. Bangladesh lost second wicket for 33 runs in 7 overs. Mahmudullah and Soumya Sarkar then added 40 runs in 3rd wicket. But Mahmudullah, who hit two consecutive centuries in the previous matches, was caught at the boundary rope by Dhawan at long leg. Mahmudullah scored 21 runs off 31 balls. Bangladesh lost third wicket for 72 runs in 17 overs. Later Soumya also followed his partner in 21st over scoring 29 runs off 43 balls. Bangladesh lost their 4th wicket for 90 runs. Shakib was the 5th batsman to be out scoring 10 runs off 34 balls. Bangladesh were 105/5 in 29 overs. Mushfiqur scored 27 runs and was caught by Dhoni in the first ball of 36th over. Earlier, Indian opener Rohit Sharma smashed his maiden World Cup hundred to lift his team to 302/6 after their skipper MS Dhoni chose to bat first at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). However, Bangladesh were successful to control the run rate at the beginning of Indian batting innings and got two quick wickets of Shikhar Dhawn and Virat Kohli. Country’s ace all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan got Shikhar Dhawn (30) stamped by wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim in the 3rd delivery of 17th over. In the next over, India batting icon Virat Kohli (3) was caught by Mushfiqur when the bowler was Rubel Hossain. After the strikes in two consecutive overs, Shakib claimed a good catch at extra-cover to present young pacer Taksin Ahmed the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane (19) in the last delivery of 28th over. Opener Rohit Sharma and middle order batsman Suresh Raina then added 122 runs in the 4th wicket partnership off 95 balls. Bangladesh, however, got Sharma caught at deep midwicket in the 4th delivery of 40th over but Rubel was called for a no-ball for waist high. Sharma was then on 89. Sharma then bagged his 7th ODI century, first in the World Cup, off 108 balls. Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe bagged the wicket of Suresh Raina who scored 65 runs off 57 balls with 7 fours and 1 six. Rohit was finally bowled by Taskin on the last delivery of 47th over. The 27-year right hand batsman scored 137 runs off 126 balls with 14 fours and 3 sixes. Taskin claimed 3 wickets for 69 runs in his 10 overs. Bangladesh pacer Rubel Hossain bowled 6 overs in his first spell rendering only 14 runs and took the wicket of Kohli. He finished with the only wicket for 56 runs. Mashrafe finished his 10 overs with one wicket for 69 runs while Shakib got another for 58 runs.
