4 reasons behind Bangladesh's loss in the 2nd T20I

After a humiliating defeat in the first T20I against Sri Lanka, the men in blue registered their first win in the tri-series against Bangladesh. It was a dominating performance from team India as they won the game by a big margin of six wickets.

Winning the toss, skipper Rohit Sharma asked Bangladesh to bat first on a track which was not the flattest. Bangladesh struggled to find the middle of the willow almost throughout their innings and ended up with a below-par total of 139.

Their innings never took off, and whenever they started to get a bit of momentum there was a fall of a wicket. They were four down pretty early in their innings and a couple of scratchy 30s from Liton Das and Sabbir Rahman helped them to almost reach the 140-run mark.

With a low total to chase, there was no pressure on the Indian batsmen. Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan started off the innings pretty well going at close to 9 an over before two wickets fell quickly.

Dhawan continued his good run as he went on to register his second half-century in the series. In spite of a good spell from Rubel Hossain, the Tigers lost the game with an over remaining.

Here are the reasons behind Bangladesh's loss.

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#1 Failure of the opening pair

Bangladesh had a sluggish start to the game with the bat

Soumya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal have been in terrific touch off-late and more often than not they get their side off to a sublime start in the first few overs. Opening the innings in recent past this pair got runs at a rate of knots against oppositions like South Africa and Sri Lanka in the shortest format of the game.

The Tigers rely upon this pair to get them off to a start, but things didn't go according to their plans in the second T20I of the Nidahas Trophy as both of them were caught struggling against the Indian bowling attack.

#2 Lack of application from the experienced campaigners

The likes of Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah struggled

Bangladesh went with six proper batsmen in today's game because they wanted to play five genuine bowlers without relying on the part-timers too much. They were four down in the 11th of their innings as experienced campaigners like Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal, and skipper Mahmudullah threw away their wickets trying to play some glory shots too early in the innings.

It was definitely not a 180 plus track like the other day, and if they had targeted something around the 165 mark, they would have been far better placed. None of the experienced campaigners took the responsibility, and they went off playing some wild slogs while trying to put a sizeable total on the board.

#3 Failed to rotate the strike

It was a poor performance from Bangladesh with the bat

As mentioned earlier, Bangladesh started off in a poor fashion. They played plenty of dot balls as they missed a lot of deliveries trying to slog everything out of the park. They failed to rotate the strike, and their innings never got any sort of momentum.

As a result, Bangladesh failed to accelerate in the middle overs as the Indian bowlers kept them in check. They failed to tackle the slow bouncers from the pacers and tried to force the issue by slogging hard. They failed to wait for the right delivery to go after whilst picking the singles and the doubles in between.

#4 Lack of variation in bowling

Bangladesh's bowling attack lacked the bite

The Bangladeshi fast bowlers bowled a few half-crackers in the first few overs which got the Indian openers going. They were bowling too fast on a deck which was two-paced in nature, and the short stuff helped the batsmen to free their arms.

There was lack of variation from the pacers and they couldn't use the slower balls effectively. The new ball bowlers failed to pitch it up and extract some swing up front which Jaydev Unadkat did with the new ball for India.

Even the spinners failed to flight the ball and extract turn from the wicket. They were too flat trying to stop the runs and lacked wicket taking instincts.