Team India suffered a heartbreaking five-run defeat at the hands of Bangladesh in the second ODI at Dhaka on Wednesday (December 7).

Chasing 272 to win, the Men in Blue were reduced to 65/4 before Shreyas Iyer (82) and Akshar Patel (56) added 107 runs for the fifth wickets to bail India out of trouble. Once the partnership was broken, the visitors suffered another mini collapse and slipped to 213/8.

Amid the pressure situation, skipper Rohit Sharma, who sustained a thumb injury while fielding earlier in the match, produced a scintillating half-century (51* off 28 balls) while batting at No. 9 but it wasn’t enough to take the tourists over the finishing line.

After the game, batting legend Sunil Gavaskar opined that the Indian captain could have come out to bat early in the game.

"In hindsight you can say that why did he not come to bat earlier. If he could have come out to bat at number 9, he should have come out to bat at number 7," Gavaskar said on Sony.

"I think this would have meant that Akshar Patel could have batted differently. Akshar Patel when he saw Shardul Thakur and Deepak Chahar, he might have thought that Rohit Sharma was not going to come out and he would not have gone for the unnecessary shot," he added.

"If Rohit Sharma would have come in early, Akshar could have batted sensibly and who knows, the result might have been different. When Sharma came out at number 9, he almost took India to an unbelievable win and if Rohit would have come out at number 7, it could have given the team a much better chance," Gavaskar concluded.

With this defeat, India conceded an unassailable 2-0 lead to Bangladesh in the three-match ODI series. The third and final ODI will be held in Chattogram on Saturday (December 10).