#OTD in 1999 | Bangladesh tasted their first victory in World Cup

On this day in 1999, Bangladesh secured a 22-run victory over Scotland to register their first-ever win in a World Cup fixture at Edinburgh. 


Ahead of this encounter, Scotland was coming after facing defeat against Australia and Pakistan in the 1999 ODI World Cup in England.


Captain George Salmond was leading the team on his home ground. On the other hand, Bangladesh had lost to New Zealand and West Indies in their first two outings. 


The hosts won the toss and opted to field first, and had a terrific first hour with the ball. Then, in the third over, John Blain provided the breakthrough where Khaled Mashud mistimed a pull and was sent packing for a duck. 


Blain made further inroads to trap captain Aminul Islam and Faruque Ahmed, chopping on to initiate a further collapse.


The left-arm pacer Asim Butt was accurate with his line and lengths to Akram Khan and Mehrab Khan, and the visitors were reeling at 26/5 in the 11th over. 


After the edge of Minhajul Abedin was dropped at the first slip, he made full use of this opportunity to recover the team from early blows and showed composure along with Khaled Mahmud. 


The duo stitched a stand of 69 runs before James Brinkley took an important wicket of Mahmud. In the end, Abedin remained unbeaten at 68 off 116 balls, with six fours and the team could post 185. 


In reply, Bruce Patterson was adjudged LBW by a perfect in-swing delivery off Hasibul Hossain in the innings' second ball. 


Other bowlers, Manjural Islam and Khaled Mahmud, also chipped in to pick wickets consistently. 


Only two batters, Gavin Hamilton and wicket-keeper Alec Davies, could deliver fine knocks of 63 and 32, respectively, and Scotland was dismissed for a total of 163 and fell short by 22 runs. 


After this win, Bangladesh was confident enough to beat Pakistan as well, but not seal a spot in the Super 6 stage. On the other hand, Scotland was win-less in their five league matches.

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#OTD in 2015 | Mumbai Indians won their second Indian Premier League title

On this day, Mumbai Indians (MI) won their second Indian Premier League (IPL) title by securing victory by 41 runs against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in 2015 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Mumbai had two wins out of three encounters ahead of the meeting, including the win in Qualifier 1. CSK won the toss and opted to field first and Faf du Plessis effected a brilliant diving run-out to dismiss Parthiv Patel for a duck. However, this wicket brought together MI's top run-scorers, Lendl Simmons and skipper Rohit Sharma. Rohit started to attack every CSK bowler with his drives and pull shots, and Simmons hit two sixes and four off Ravindra Jadeja's over to take the score to 63 in the powerplay. The duo were terrific to secure at least one boundary each over, and the 'Hitman' continued his love affair with Eden Gardens. After reaching 50 off 25 balls with a stylish shot at the point region, the MI captain was caught at the long-on in an attempt to hit a maximum, with Dwayne Bravo being intelligent with his slower ball. However, Simmons (68) holed out to Dhoni off Dwayne Smith's delivery in the next over. After that, it was a perfect flourish from Ambati Rayudu and Kieron Pollard, hitting a quick 36 each, and the six in the final over from Harbhajan Singh helped the team post 202 on the board. CSK lost Michael Hussey (4) in the fifth over and was stuttering at 22/1 by the fifth over. Then, it was a flurry of delightful shots by Smith to accelerate the team's run-rate, getting support from Suresh Raina at the other end. After hammering Hardik Pandya in the 11th over of the game, Smith was adjudged LBW, with Harbhajan providing the breakthrough in the following over. With over 100 runs needed in the last eight overs, it was too much for the middle-order as Raina was also stumped off Harbhajan. The likes of Dhoni and DJ Bravo could not do much as CSK managed to score only 161 and lost by 41 runs. Sharma was named 'Player of the Match' and secured the second title for MI under his leadership.