Bangladesh vs India, 2nd ODI Stats Review: Mehidy Hasan Miraz’s maiden ODI century, Rohit Sharma’s feat, and other stats

Mehidy Hasan Miraz stole the show yet again as he slammed his maiden century to help Bangladesh  win the second encounter by five runs and take a 2-0 lead in the three-match series against India.

Coming in to bat at no. eight, Mehidy shared 148-run partnership with Mahmudullah for the seventh wicket as he struck an unbeaten 100 off just 83 deliveries, which included eight fours and four maximums. Experienced campaigner Mahmudullah amassed 77 as the Bangla Tigers reached a competitive total of 271/7 in 50 overs in Mirpur.

Earlier, skipper Litton Das won the toss and opted to bat. He made just seven while his opening partner Anamul Haque went for 11, both falling prey to pacer Mohammed Siraj. Bangladesh’s middle order collapsed as veterans Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim managed just eight and 12 respectively.

The home side was in dire straits at 69/6 and that is when Mehidy and Mahmudullah joined hands. The duo registered the highest seventh-wicket partnership against India in ODIs, surpassing Upul Chandana and Mahela Jayawardene’s stand of 126* in 2005. Washington Sundar was the pick of the Indian bowlers for his spell of 3/37 in ten overs.

Chasing 277, Virat Kohli came to open the innings for injured Rohit Sharma and could manage to score only five. Shikhar Dhawan also fell for just eight while stand-in captain KL Rahul mustered only 14. Shreyas Iyer’s purple patch in the ODIs continued as he smashed 82 while all-rounder Axar Patel brought up his second fifty in the format, scoring a run-a-ball 56.

Rohit, with a broken thumb, came in to bat at no. nine and start hitting it straightaway. He slammed a 27-ball half-century but it wasn’t enough at the end as the visitors lost the game by a narrow margin. With this, Bangladesh have now won their second successive ODI series against India on home soil. For his maiden ton and a spell of 2/46 in 6.1 overs, Mehidy Hasan Miraz grabbed the Player of the Match award.

Meanwhile, here are some of the important stats and numbers from the 2^nd ODI between Bangladesh and India:

1 - Mehidy Hasan Miraz smashed his maiden ODI century (100*) in 41 innings. His previous best score of 81* came against Afghanistan in Chattogram earlier this year.

2 – Mehidy became the second player to slam a hundred (100*) at no. eight in ODIs. Ireland’s Simi Singh also struck 100* batting in the same position against South Africa in Dublin (Malahide) in 2021.

500 – Rohit Sharma reached the landmark of 500 sixes in international cricket. He became only the second batter after Chris Gayle (553) to achieve the feat.

2 – Bangladesh registered their second consecutive ODI series victory against India on home soil. They defeated the Men in Blue by a margin of 2-1 (3) in 2015.

74.11 – Shreyas Iyer has scored 667 runs in his last 11 ODI innings at a solid average of 74.11 with one century and six half-centuries.

15 – The Bangla Tigers have now won 15 out of the last 18 bilateral ODI series played at home.

148 – Mehidy and Mahmudullah registered the second-highest seventh-wicket partnership of 148 for Bangladesh in one-day internationals. Afif Hossain and Mehidy’s stand of 174* against Afghanistan this year tops the chart.

73 – Virat Kohli has managed to score just 73 runs in his last seven innings at a poor average of 10.42 with the best score of 18.

2 – Rohit smashed the second-fastest fifty for India against Bangladesh, in 27 deliveries. Yuvraj Singh tops the chart for his 22-ball half-century in 2004.

4 – India have now lost four out of the last five one-day internationals against Bangladesh in Bangladesh.

1 – Mahmudullah and Mehidy recorded the highest seventh-wicket partnership of 148 against India in the ODI format. 

77 – Mahmudullah scripted his best ODI score of 77 against India in 15 innings. His previous best of 64* came at the same venue (Mirpur) in 2010.

1534 – Shreyas Iyer has now scored the most runs (1534) for India after 34 ODI innings. Virat Kohli is second on the list for amassing 1414 runs.

2 – Axar Patel registered his second half-century (56) in 25 innings. His knock of 64* against the West Indies this year tops the chart.

2/73 – Mohammed Siraj delivered the second-most expensive spell of 2/73 for India against Bangladesh. Varun Aaron took one wicket for 74 runs in Fatullah in 2014.