Prasad, Sehwag call for changes in Indian team’s ODI approach post series loss in Bangladesh

TIL Desk Sports/ Former cricketers like Venkatesh Prasad and Virender Sehwag have called for changes to be made in the Indian team’s approach after losing the ODI series to Bangladesh through a five-run loss in the second match on Wednesday.

For the second time in as many matches, India’s bowlers allowed Bangladesh’s batting order to recover and get over the line to lose the series for the second successive time in the country after 2015. On Sunday, the last-wicket pair of Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Mustafizur Rahman took advantage of India’s sloppiness in the last six overs to give Bangladesh a win in the first ODI.

On Wednesday, the visitors’ squandered the advantage of reducing the hosts’ to 69/6 in 19 overs by allowing Mehidy to hit an unbeaten 83-ball century, and him stitching a 148-run stand with Mahmudullah (77) in a stunning recovery for Bangladesh to make 271/6.

India’s bowlers conceded 68 runs in the last five overs, while in the last 10 overs they leaked a whopping 102 runs. With the bat, they had a poor start as Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, Washington Sundar, and KL Rahul fell within the first 19 overs.