Shubman Gill scored one other century as Champions Trophy favourites India started their marketing campaign with a six-wicket victory over Bangladesh, guaranteeing their opponents’ fightback from 35-5 and Towhid Hridoy’s maiden worldwide hundred got here in useless.
Bangladesh have been reeling after shedding half their facet inside 9 overs and will have been 35-6 just for India captain Rohit Sharma to drop a dolly at slip and deny team-mate Axar Patel a hat-trick.
Jaker Ali (68 off 114) was the beneficiary of Rohit’s butterfingers and went on to share a sixth-wicket stand of 154 from 206 balls with Towhid (100 off 118) earlier than falling to the five-wicket Mohammed Shami because the Tigers rallied to 228 all out in 49.4 overs.
Gill then adopted his ton towards England in Ahmedabad final week with a knock of 101 not out from 129 balls towards Bangladesh because the No 1-ranked facet on the planet reached their goal with 21 deliveries to spare when KL Rahul (41no off 47) spanked a six over the leg-side.
India face nice rivals Pakistan subsequent up on Sunday, understanding a win will push them nearer to the semi-finals and maybe go a protracted option to eliminating their opponents, who slipped to a 60-run defeat towards New Zealand within the event opener on Wednesday.
Bangladesh rally not sufficient as India start with win
Rohit’s males misplaced the toss however dominated the primary powerplay, beginning when Bangladesh opener Soumya Sarkar (0) and captain Najmul Hossain Shanto (0) fell inside the primary two overs, caught off Shami (5-53) and fellow seamer Harshit Rana (3-31) respectively.
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The Tigers’ plight worsened when Mehidy Hasan Miraz (5) slashed Shami to Gill at slip within the seventh over earlier than spinner Axar (2-43) struck twice within the seventh, nicking off Tanzid Hasan (25) after which inflicting a golden duck on Mushfiqur Rahim subsequent ball.
Axar ought to have bagged the second Champions Trophy hat-trick – after West Indies fast Jerome Taylor towards Australia in 2006 – just for Rohit to inexplicably shell Jaker.
Rohit’s facet fluffed different probabilities to finish Jaker and Towhid’s huge partnership earlier, with Hridoy dropped on 23 by Hardik at mid-off and Rahul failing to stump Jaker on 24 because the Bangladesh pair carded their group’s highest ODI stand towards India.
Bangladesh’s Towhid Hridoy scored a century in a shedding trigger for Bangladesh
Shami finally made the breakthrough, claiming his 2 hundredth ODI wicket when Jaker skied him to long-on, earlier than Towhid clinched a 114-ball hundred after which spooned Harshit to Shami at brief nice leg to be final man out.
In reply, India misplaced three wickets for 32 runs from 112-1 as soon as Virat Kohli (22) adopted skipper Rohit (41 off 36) in being dismissed – Shreyas Iyer (15) and Axar (8) have been the opposite gamers to fall in that gentle wobble – however Gill and Rahul shared an unbroken stand of 87 off 98 balls from 144-4.
What’s subsequent?
India play that high-stakes recreation towards Pakistan in Dubai in Sunday earlier than Bangladesh meet New Zealand in Rawalpindi on Monday. Each video games begin at 9am UK time, with build-up from 8.30am on Sky Sports activities Cricket.
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ICC Champions Trophy 2025 – outcomes and fixtures 🏏
Group A
- February 19: New Zealand beat Pakistan by 60 runs in Karachi ⚫
- February 20: India beat Bangladesh by six wickets in Dubai 🔵
- February 23: Pakistan vs India (Dubai)
- February 24: Bangladesh vs New Zealand (Rawalpindi)
- February 27: Pakistan vs Bangladesh (Rawalpindi)
- March 2: New Zealand vs India (Dubai)
Group B
- February 21: Afghanistan vs South Africa (Karachi)
- February 22: Australia vs England (Lahore)
- February 25: Australia vs South Africa (Rawalpindi)
- February 26: Afghanistan vs England (Lahore)
- February 28: Afghanistan vs Australia (Lahore)
- Mar 1: South Africa vs England (Karachi)
Semi-finals
- March 4: Semi-final – A1 v B2 (Dubai)
- March 5: Semi-final 2 – A2 v B1 (Lahore)
Remaining
- March 9: Remaining (Lahore or Dubai)
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