India were recently crowned world champions after a gap of 13 years as they lifted the 2024 T20 World Cup in Barbados by beating South Africa in the final.
Along with winning their second T20 World Cup title and ending an 11-year-long ICC trophy drought, Rohit Sharma and Co also became the first team in history to win the title unbeaten.
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En route to the title, they met South Asian rivals Bangladesh in the Super 8 stage. The two nations, despite the clear gap in their stature, have enjoyed a fierce rivalry in the past decade.
However, the match in the Caribbean Islands proved to be a cakewalk for the Indians as they thrashed them by 50 runs.
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Was Taskin Ahmed dropped against India because he overslept
While the eventual champions won the clash fair and square, there has been a new revelation from the Bangladesh camp which created quite a stir.
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Their ace fast bowler Taskin Ahmed was surprisingly dropped from their starting lineup against India as they opted to go ahead with two seam bowlers. They ended up conceding 196 runs in 20 overs.
Now according to Cricbuzz, a BCB official has reportedly confirmed to them that Ahmed was left out of the starting lineup as he missed the team bus on the matchday due to oversleeping.
The speedster reportedly did not pick up his call for a very long time which forced them to keep one of their officials at the hotel.
However, the official did not make it clear whether coach Chandika Hathurusingha dropped the fast bowler from the team due to oversleeping.
The official was quoted saying,
It is true that he (Taskin) joined the team later after missing the team bus. But why he did not play only the coach can say because whether he was in the plan or not (against India) is something that can be answered by the head coach (Chandika Hathurusingha).
If there was any issue (between the coach and the player) with how he played the next game against Afghanistan. He apologized to his teammates and everyone for not being able to get up on time and that's it and no need to make an issue out of it.