Twitter Reactions: England pull things back to take 1-0 lead

It was going all well, victory was well within grips and they had everything in control to script one of the most exciting ODI wins in recent times but just when the deal looked seal England and Jake Ball in particular pulled off one of the most spectacular comebacks to grab the game for his team with 21 runs still in hand.

Till the point Imrul Kayes and Shakib Al Hasan were batting it looked like Bangladesh will start the series with a victory but Ball first removed Shakib and Adil Rashid soon foxed the centurion Kayes to derail the chase completely.

To start with Jos Buttler captioning in his first ODI won the toss and decided to bat first. Ben Duckett playing his debut game took his time and adjusted to the pitch and got to his half century. He had all-rounder Ben Stokes for company at the other end who too was in great form today. Stokes had his shots flowing around and soon overpowered the Bangladeshi bowlers who looked almost helpless against the pair. Having hit eight 4s and four 6es Stokes got to his maiden ODI ton but was dismissed immediately after.

Skipper Jos Buttler who is the designated finisher in the team walked in at no. 6 and played a quick-fire knock, it was he who took the English total past 300 and gave them the feeling at half way stage that they had a winnable total on the board. For Bangladesh Mashrafe Mortaza, Shafiul Islam and Shakib Al Hasan picked a couple of wickets each.

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In their reply, Bangladesh started off well with Imrul Kayes deciding to protect his wicket and at the same time keep the scoreboard moving. There were starts for others but nobody apart from Shakib capitalized.

Both the batsmen not only built a 100 plus runs partnership but also placed Bangladesh well on course of a victory. But once they departed their batting order spilled over with Ball picking a 5-wicket haul on debut and Rashid scalping a 4-wicket haul.

Here is how Twitter reacted right through the England v Bangladesh 1st ODI:

Jake Ball now has the best ever ODI bowling figures by an English bowler on debut

9.5 overs

51 runs

5 wickets#BANvENG

— #IPL2017 #IPL2017 (@HotStarIPL) October 7, 2016

How did Bangladesh lose a game they were winning all the way? Congrats to England you were brilliant.

— Roshan Abeysinghe (@RoshanCricket) October 7, 2016

Alastair Cook was half way through painting his pads blue… #banveng

— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) October 7, 2016

Ball gets 5 on debut.

Waiting for someone named Bat to score 200 on debut. #EngvBan

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) October 7, 2016

Jake Ball, first England bowler to take a five wicket haul on ODI debut#BANvENG

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) October 7, 2016

You beauty what a win! Unreal from @JakeBall @AdilRashid03 @BenDuckett1 @benstokes38 @josbuttler ????

— Alex Hales (@AlexHales1) October 7, 2016

Bangladesh collapsed like Cycles collapse in Cyclestand. You push one and whole cycle in the row gets down. #EngvBan

— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) October 7, 2016

Bangladesh

271/4

271/5

271/6

274/7

280/8

280/9#BANvENG

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) October 7, 2016

BANG LOL DESH
ANG LOL DESH
NG LOL DESH
G LOL DESH
LOL DESH
DESH
SHH !

SIGH*#BanglaCricketFacts#BANvENG

— AQEEB (@AKSCOOP6) October 7, 2016

These are some proper old school tailenders. Really rather enjoying it. #BANvENG

— Elizabeth Ammon (@legsidelizzy) October 7, 2016

Hahahahahahahahahaha Bangladesh playing like Bangladesh finally. #BANvENG

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) October 7, 2016

Could have been 5 runs, instead it's a run out. Perfect summary of Bangladesh Cricket.

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) October 7, 2016

What a collapse last 21 balls 10 runs 4 wickets.

From 271-4 to 280-8

— Extraa Innings (@TheYorkerBall) October 7, 2016

Bangladeshis celebrate before the victory and suffer#BanglaCricketFacts#BANvENG

— AQEEB (@AKSCOOP6) October 7, 2016

Bangla fans havent seen England grab defeat from certain victory before if they are leaving… #banveng

— Innocent Bystander (@InnoBystander) October 7, 2016

Imrul Kayes has been dismissed and the crowd at Mirpur has gone silent. Bangladesh need 30 runs but have only two wickets left. #BANvENG

— CricWizz (@CricWizz) October 7, 2016

Imrul's gone.
Bangladesh will need a miracle from here and there isn't one right now in Mirpur.

— Mohammad Isam (@Isam84) October 7, 2016

???? pic.twitter.com/hMBPWcjRZI

— Ghumman (@Emclub7) October 7, 2016

Scenes if Bangladesh successfully pull off a choke here. A lot of tears shall flow in the stands. ?

— Saurabh Malhotra (@MalhotraSaurabh) October 7, 2016

Bangladesh throwing it away. #BANvENG

— jigar mehta (@jigsactin) October 7, 2016

Mortaza just did an Afridi

— Ghumman (@Emclub7) October 7, 2016

First time I have seen Ben Ducket @ECB_cricket , I liked what I saw, impressed with the way he manoeuvred the spinners.

— Geoffrey Boycott (@GeoffreyBoycott) October 7, 2016

Sadly ECB have changed Ben Stokes's 101 to minus 48

— Nick Hoult (@NHoultCricket) October 7, 2016

Ben Stokes and Ben Duckett have added more than 100 runs.
Highest p'ship b/w players having same first name is 226 b/w Strauss & Flintoff.

— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) October 7, 2016