Indian cricket team beat Bangladesh by six wickets to win their opening match of the tournament. With this win, the Men in Blue join New Zealand as the top two sides from Group A ahead of their massive clash against Pakistan on Sunday. The best batter for India was Shubman Gill who scored his eighth ODI century.
Speaking after the game, skipper Rohit Sharma said, “Before you come and play you got to be confident. As the game goes on there are different emotions that come through. But there is a lot of experience in that dressing room. Gill and KL played well.”
Bangladeshi captain Najmul Shanto was downcast when he said “Losing five wickets in the powerplay cost us the game. I think so. Hridoy and Jaker batted brilliantly but we still made mistakes on the field. Dropped catches and a few run-outs missed, the result could have been different. Impressive batting from Hridoy and Jaker against their spinners”
Here are the top 3 bowlers from India vs Bangladesh clash
3- Rishad Hossain
Bangladeshi leg spinner Rishad Hossain was the best bowler for his side with figures of 2/38 from his ten overs. Hossain first got the key wicket of Virat Kohli for 22 runs. The former India skipper was beaten with the bounce and could only offer a simple catch to Soumya Sarkar. This was followed by the wicket of Axar Patel who went for a huge slog across the line and managed to offer a return catch to Hosain for eight runs.
2- Harshit Rana
Right-arm seamer Harshit Rana was drafted into the XI instead of Arshdeep Singh and this decision raised a lot of eyebrows. The 23-year-old didn’t let down the faith of his captain or coach as he picked 3/31 with the ball from his 7.3 overs. Rana got into action in the very second over of the game as he had Najmul Shanto caught by Virat Kohli for a duck. The right-arm seamer then got the wicket of Rishad Hosain for 18 before dismissing Towhid Hridoy for 100.
1- Mohammed Shami
Right-arm seamer Mohammed Shami who had been missing from cricket for 14 months had just made his comeback to the side. Shami picked up five wickets for 53 runs to continue his good form in ICC tournaments. The 34-year-old first dismissed Soumya Sarkar and then got Mehidy Hasan Miraz out for five runs. The veteran seamer then came back into the attack to get the wicket of Jaker Ali caught by Virat Kohli. The fifer came when Shami got the wickets of Tanzim Hasan Sakib fell for a duck and Taskin Ahmed was out for three runs caught by Shreyas Iyer.
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