Dhoni finishing off final match in style while Bangladesh knocking England out of the World Cup.

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Remember 2nd April, the World Cup 2011 victory and the plot? What a fairytale end it was for the crowd to watch with that majestic six from MS Dhoni. Dhoni held his pose as he watched the ball, Yuvraj began to celebrate before the ball had even gone for six and the man they call Captain Cool had sealed his place in history. Sachin’s dream of lifting the world cup came true. The nation celebrated with him.

One can associate many words with Mahendra Singh Dhoni. ‘Cool’, ‘calm’, ‘tough’, ‘confident’, ‘match-winner’ and so on. But the word that is most appropriate to describe the man would be ‘unconventional’. He was a man who did not play by the rulebook. Whether as a leader, batsman or wicket-keeper, he went about it in his own way. And MSD had made it quite apparent fairly early in his career when he gave Joginder Sharma the last over in the famous World T-20 final against Pakistan. His cricket was, mostly, accompanied by uncertainty and surprise.

Meanwhile, it was joy for Asian underachievers and agony for the traditional bigwigs at the Adelaide Oval as Bangladesh, on the back of a Mahmudullah century, knocked England out of the World Cup, winning a fiercely contested game by 15 runs.
England won the toss and chose to field on a good batting track in a match they had to win to stay afloat in the tournament.

England dropped a chance from Tamim Iqbal (2) in the very first over, but got away with it as both the Bangladesh openers, Tamim and Imrul Kayes (2) were back in the hut by third over, Bangladesh reduced to eight for two.

However, Mahmudullah (103) proved to be the man for Bangladesh, scoring their first century at the World Cups and more importantly, holding the innings together.

England got a chance to get him run out when he was on 40, during a mix-up but couldn’t get the direct throw in.

Mahmudullah added 86 for the third wicket with Soumya Sarkar (40), both taking calculated risks and exploiting the shorter boundary on one side, to keep the run-rate going at a decent pace.
Bangladesh lost both Sarkar and their talismanic all-rounder Shakib-Al-Hasan (2) quickly in successive overs though, which set them back once again.

However, Mushfiqur Rahim (89), Bangladesh’s player of the tournament so far, contributed another gem of an innings also becoming their first batsman to score three half-centuries in a World Cup.

With Mahmudullah he added 141 runs in quick time largely on the back of Mushfiqur’s 77-ball knock.

At one point, he was stroking the ball so well that Bangladesh looked set for a total of at least 300. However, a bad call by him led to Mahmudullah being run-out and that cost Bangladesh their steam.

Mushfiqur was foxed by a slower delivery from Stuart Broad (1-52) and those wickets put the brakes on the team in the slog overs. Eventually, Bangladesh managed to reach 275, scoring over 75 runs in their last ten overs.
For England, James Anderson (2-45) was the pick of the bowlers cleaning up both the openers. He was supported well by Broad and Chris Jordan (2-59).

Chris Woakes (0-64) had yet another off-day. Moeen Ali (1-44) quietly slipped in nine overs and did well to pick up the all-important wicket of Shakib.
England had a good chance with the chase, the target being below par against an inexperienced bowling attack.

They started on a positive note, racing to 43 in the eighth over before Ali (19) was run out attempting a non-existent single which non-striker Ian Bell (63) didn’t respond to.

Alex Hales (27), who was brought in as a desperate measure to up the ante of the usual English batting, played a cameo but couldn’t continue, out caught behind to the Bangladesh skipper, Mashrafe Mortaza (2-48).

It was Mushfiqur’s day not just in front of the stumps but behind as well, taking four catches.

England seemed to be in a strong position at 121 for two in the 27th over but a mini-collapse saw them drop to 132 for five.

England were still in the game considering they batted all the way down to number 10, Broad (9) coming in at that position.

Eoin Morgan’s (0) wretched series stayed that way as he pulled a short one brilliantly but straight to deep square leg. James Taylor (1) and Joe Root (29) fell to good deliveries, the match poised well at 163 for six.
It took a brilliant 52-ball knock from Jos Buttler (65) to put England ahead, in a 75-run partnership with Chris Woakes (42 not out).

The stretch between 36th and 45th over was particularly good for England as they scored more than 60 runs in those nine overs, Buttler smoking six fours and a six.

Taskin Ahmed (2-59), who had picked up Taylor earlier, got the big fish inducing the edge from Buttler.

Jordan got a debatable decision from the third umpire after being adjudged run out as he put on a dive and the bat bounced off the ground when the bails were disturbed.

Woakes found himself stranded as he lost his partners at the other end. He managed to steer the innings with a 22-run partnership with Broad, England reaching the doorstep, needing just 16 off 12 balls.

However, Rubel Hossain (4-53) gave a dream performance and managed to rattle the stumps of Broad and then Anderson (0) in the span of three deliveries, to add to the big wickets of Bell and Morgan he had taken earlier.

England were bundled out for 260, losing by 15 runs with nine balls to spare, Mahmudullah winning the man-of-the-match award.

Bangladesh qualify for the quarter-finals along with New Zealand, Australia and Sri Lanka in Pool A ahead of England, which has lost all its four matches against Test-playing nations.