Opener Shubman Gill is carrying a first-century bat to lead India to victory over Dubai’s vibrant Bangladesh.
Inform Shabmangir made an unbeaten 101 to anchor India’s nervous pursuit, winning Bangladesh by six wickets as the two teams launched the Champions Trophy Campaign in Dubai.
India, which needs a tricky 229 for a seemingly tough pitch victory on Thursday, has ridden Gil’s second consecutive one-day international [ODI] Tons to achieve targets with 21 balls.
The title favourite India is playing a match in a 50-over tournament at Dubai International Cricket Stadium after refusing to tour host Pakistan over political tensions.
Pace Spearhead’s Mohamed Shami scored the victory with a 5-53 number and after selecting the first bat, Bangladesh went 35-5 in opening spell before recovering to manage 228 I’ve reduced it.
“In the bat, yes, we were under a bit of pressure,” said India captain Rohit Sharma. “But when you’re playing a game like this, you’re under pressure.”
Bangladesh won a toss and chose to hit at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, but was in trouble soon.
Towhid Hridoy who made 100 – his first ODI ton, and Jaker Ali (68) with the help of a sloppy Indian fielding that included two dropped catches, but the sixth wicket 154 runs were blown away for the
In response, India began strongly as Rohit Sharma and Gill proceeded at normal boundaries. Rohit became the 10th batter and fourth batter from India, with over 11,000 ODI runs.
The Indian captain made a 41 before being fired by fast bowler Takken Ahmed.
Kohli scored his first run with 10 balls, making 22, and mistaken for the rear point behind leg spinner Rishad Hossain.
India lost two more wickets after Richard and Mustafizur Rahman dropped Akyar Patel and Shreiyas Ayer to cause trouble 144-4.
However, vice captain Gill, who was a series player in the 259 series in India’s 3-0 ODI sweep last week, kept calm as he and KL Rahul brought the team home in the unbeaten 87 run stands .
Rahul hadn’t finished 41 but was dropped early in the innings by Jakar in the deep midwicket.
Shami is a bowling hero in the sixth five-wicket hauling at 104 ODI, stepping up due to the absence of Jaspuri’s Bumura.
Shami attacked first, chasing left-handed Sumia Sarkar for a five-ball duck.
The left-arm spinner Aqua attacked twice with two balls, sending Tanjid Hasan (25) and Mushfiklrahim for the duck and returned to the pavilion.
If Rohit didn’t drop the catch on the first slip, it could have been six down, Akyall denied the hat-trick and gave Jaker a pointless reprieve.
Surviving another chance in 24 years when wicketkeeper Rahul missed confusion, Jaker fell to 23 by Hardik Pandya along the way, and to 23 to stop India’s accusations.
Jaker fell to Shami, but Tohide continued his fight until a knock of 118 balls ended with six fours and two sixes.
“In the 10th over, we lost five wickets,” Bangladesh captain Najmur Hossein Shant recalls. “It’s very difficult to recover, so the game is expensive.”
Shunto was also critical of his team’s efforts on the field. “We made some mistakes on the field, we made a few catches, a few runouts, and a few runouts. If we can take those catches, it could be different,” he said. I said that.
India played the Pakistan tournament in the next Sunday blockbuster, while Bangladesh defeated Pakistan on Wednesday to open the tournament and opened the tournament in Rawalpindi on Monday.
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