Rahul’s direct hit dismisses Litton Das after rain interrupts play: Watch

KL Rahul, after scoring a half-century in the first innings, made a direct hit from deep midwicket to get rid of Bangladesh’s Litton Das at the Adelaide Oval on Wednesday. The T20 World Cup 2022 match was reduced to 16 overs in the second innings after rain interrupted play. 

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It happened in the eighth over of the game, when Najmul Hossain Shanto played to deep mid wicket off a delivery of Ravichandran Ashwin. On the other hand KL Rahul ran from deep midwicket, threw the ball and it hit the stumps directly to send dangerous Litton Das back to the pacilion. Replays showed that Das stumbled when he turned for the second run as his spikes struggled for grip because of the wet outfield due to rain. Turns out, this was a very crucial moment as Das lost a second there, which eventually cost him his wicket.

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Earlier, before rain halted the game, it was Litton Das who took Bangladesh to a very commanding position in the chase. It was because of his fifty that Bangladesh were 66/0, 17 runs ahead of DLS score.

After India bagged the wicket of Litton Das, Bangladesh never managed to stitch a stable partnership, as just one more over, Shanto lost his wicket. Shami bowled a brilliant full length bowl, which Shanto hit to long-on. Being the longest side of the boundary, he hit it straight to Suryakumar Yadav, he took the catch comfortably.

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It was in the next over that Bangladesh really lost the plot, as Arshdeep Singh took two wickets. First he sent back Afif Hossain, and then the No.1 allrounder and skipper Shakib Al Hassan.