Rahman bowls Bangladesh to maiden ODI series win over India

DHAKA, (Reuters)-Bangladesh left-arm seamer Mustafizur Rahman haunted India again with career-best figures of six for 43 to lead his team to a first ever one-day series victory over the twice world champions yesterday.After their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni opted to bat first, India were shot out for 200 in 45 overs in a rain-disrupted second ODI.
Set a revised 200-run victory target in 47 overs, veteran Shakib Al Hasan (51 not out) anchored Bangladesh’s chase and the hosts romped home by six wickets in 38 overs to clinch an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series and qualify for the 2017 Champions Trophy.
“It’s a great moment for us and now we’ll be playing Champions Trophy which is a great achievement,” Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza said at the presentation ceremony.
Bangladesh had underlined their recent 50-over progress by beating England in the World Cup before whitewashing Pakistan 3-0 in a home series in April.
They will hope to inflict a similar humiliation on India when the teams meet in the final match on Wednesday.
Rookie Rahman, 19, was instrumental in Bangladesh’s 79-run win on Thursday and his off-cutter and subtle changes in pace made him only the second bowler, after Zimbabwe’s Brian Vitori, to claim five wickets or more in each of his first two ODIs.
India lost wickets at regular intervals, only Shikhar Dhawan (53), Dhoni (47) and Suresh Raina (34) managing to withstand Bangladesh’s relentless hostility.
Rahman drew first blood by dismissing Rohit Sharma for a duck but Dhawan and Virat Kohli (23) added 74 runs to steady the ship.
Off-spinner Nasir Hossain dismissed both batsmen and Ambati Rayudu fell for a duck.
Dhoni and Raina added 53 runs before Rahman dismissed Raina with a short delivery and sent back Dhoni and Axar Patel off successive deliveries.
Ravichandran Ashwin denied him a hat-trick but eventually became Rahman’s fifth victim.
“A few of us got starts but they had to make it big, that’s when it really counts,” Dhoni said.
“They were bowling really well. Even when they didn’t get wickets, they kept it really tight. Once they got two-three wickets in a row, they maintained pressure on us,” he added.

Well don to the Bangladesh team with their series win over India. The Indians are not a strong team away from home and it is only a pity that the West Indies can't pull off series wins against teams when they play at home.

The tigers are roaring. Good for them.

Cant believe a skinny likkel Muslim bhai  can be a fast bowler :

while in the W.I. big straaang tall strapping  Afros cant bowl and OUT batsmen !

http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/con...89959.html

Andy Roberts: The majority of the fast bowlers in the Caribbean are afraid of the hard work that's ahead of them.

Nothing comes easy in life. Fast bowling is like the marathon. You have to be prepared to put in the hard work.

That's what makes someone a top-quality fast bowler.

19 + years old : 5 foot 11 inches

                                                 

23+ years old : 7 feet

                                     

http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v...90245.html

Heath Streak bowling Coach !

Unless I am mistaken (and I could well be), but wasn't Rahman bowling at 77mph-80mph - effectively the same speed that Holder bowls at?

hhhmmmmm : well then the bowling Coach is better ?

Curtly Ambrose versus Heath Streak ........ :-[


Bangladesh's pace bowling coach Heath Streak has said that there will be a conscious effort to avoid tinkering too much

with Mustafizur Rahman's natural bowling abilities.