DAY'S MOMENTS

Damned if you do...

Umpire Kumar Dharmasena continued to have a torrid time as the Decision Review System proved him wrong twice yesterday and a total of five times so far in the match.

When DRS did prove him right, in the 64th over when he turned down an appeal for leg-before by Chris Woakes against Mushfiqur Rahim, replays showed him to be only half right because half the ball was hitting the stumps, in which case the umpire's decision stands.

The Mushy reversal

Mushfiqur's propensity for the slog-sweep, his favourite shot, has caused a bit of consternation in recent times as he has gotten out playing that shot a few times in the two ODI series against Afghanistan and England recently.

But he showed yesterday that he is not one to be cowed by criticism. In the 60th over, on a spinning pitch no less, he pulled out an even riskier shot -- the reverse sweep against the off-spin of Gareth Batty which went over first slip for four.

There was no meaningful glance back at the press box, but there was no need for that as the bat did the talking.

Stoking the fire

Ben Stokes's face-off with the beloved Tamim Iqbal during handshakes after the second ODI put paid to any hope of love from the home crowd. But he showed yesterday that he was not here to make friends. Shafiul Islam, the nightwatchman, dug out a full delivery that was rolled away and came to a stop inside the crease. Shafiul went to pick it up, but Stokes shouted something at him, and for his part Shafiul just left it there for an England player to pick up.