Shakib's costly drop, Pandya's drop-kicked caress

After having survived the new ball on a green pitch, Rohit Sharma threw his hands at a wide Taskin Ahmed delivery. The opener timed it well but hit it straight to point where Shakib Al Hasan had the ball in his grasp for a second before it burst out. Rohit, who was on 21 when he was reprieved, struck two fours and a six off the next three balls; all went past Shakib. Rohit would later bring up his fifty off Shakib.

Jasprit Bumrah got rid of Soumya Sarkar for 11, but it was Ashish Nehra who deserved the wicket more. Nehra toyed with Soumya in the first over, where he failed to put bat on ball. Bumrah built on Nehra's work and beat Soumya a couple of times outside off before having him edging behind in the fourth over.

Just like Rohit Sharma had hit a six a ball after he was dropped in the 11th over, Sabbir Rahman offered a half-chance in the 11th over of the chase and hit a six a ball later. Sabbir struck it sweetly over midwicket but unlike Rohit he tried too much and looked to force boundaries as Bangladesh fell away.

The Bangladesh bowlers couldn't get Hardik Pandya with good-length deliveries and shorter deliveries and therefore Mashrafe Mortaza attempted a full ball. It, however, came out as a full toss, which was caressed through the outfield with superb wristwork. The shot was the definition of a drop kick through midwicket.

Virat Kohli, who had talked up Mustafizur Rahman's growing prowess on the eve of the Asia Cup opener, kept playing and missing deliveries from the left-arm fast bowler in the fourth over, having failed to blast him through the covers or over his head. Kohli's more familiar timing deserted him in the next over too as he lobbed a catch to Mahmudllah mid-off.