Indian cricket's new opening pair suffers from a disastrous miscommunication, Abhishek Sharma frustrated following debut with Samson

The drama unfolded on the final ball of the second over as Samson nudged the ball towards mid-wicket with delicate touch. Both batters instinctively looked for a quick single, but Samson quickly changed his mind and sent Abhishek back. Unfortunately for Abhishek, it was too late as Towhid Hridoy swooped in to execute a brilliant run-out, handing Bangladesh an early breakthrough in their defense of a 128-run target.

During his brief stay in the middle, Abhishek displayed his sublime shot-making as he smashed a six and a couple of boundaries and scored 16 runs at a strike rate of 228.57.

Ahead of the series opener, India captain Suryakumar Yadav confirmed that Samson will feature alongside youngster Abhishek in the opening slot in the three matches against Bangladesh.

"Sanju Samson will play and open the batting in this series, going forward with Abhishek Sharma," Suryakumar Yadav said in the pre-match press conference.

The window of opportunity that has opened up for Samson comes on the back of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill being rested for the T20I series. The duo played their part in India's recent 2-0 series sweep over Bangladesh. Jaiswal ended the series as the leading run-scorer with 189 runs and Shubman closely followed on the second spot with a tally of 164 runs to his name.

Meanwhile, in the first T20I against Bangladesh, Arshdeep Singh and returning Varun Chakravarthy took three wickets each as India bowled out Bangladesh for 127. Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto made 27 off 25 balls and Mehidy Hasan Miraz contributed 35 in 32 deliveries. All eyes were on Mayank (1/21) ever since he marked his run up before toss and the 22-year-old from Delhi did not disappoint in his first competitive game in more than five months.