Champions Trophy 2025 IND vs BAN Highlights: India Beat Bangladesh By 6 Wickets: In an exhilarating opening match for Team India in the ICC Champions Trophy, on Thursday, February 20, at the Dubai International Stadium, India defeated Bangladesh convincingly by 6 wickets. Individual excellence was witnessed by Shubman Gill and Mohammed Shami, who led India in a resounding start at the tournament.
Champions Trophy 2025 IND vs BAN Match Summary
Bangladesh Batting
Choosing to bat first, Bangladesh had terrible luck and stumbled at 35/5. Shami and the Indian bowling attack disintegrated its top order with brilliant accuracy. Shami’s fifer not only broke the confidence of the Bangladeshi batsman but also paved his way into oblivion by becoming the fastest bowler to achieve 200 ODI wickets. Fortunately, Bangladesh had a postponed partnership of 154 runs. Thanks to the resistance offered by Towhid Hridoy (100) and keeper Jaker Ali, which took Bangladesh to 228.
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India Chases Down the Target
With a target of 229 sets, India was very assured and humorless about it. In a splendid century, Vice Captain Shubman Gill (101) further solidified his team’s spot as the number one ODI batsman in the world. His innings were underway under a stable partnership with KL Rahul (41), keeping the game against India on track. The two went quite well in negating the Bangladeshi bowling. With 6 wickets in hand, India reached its target with about 3 overs to spare.
Key Highlights
Shubman Gill’s Masterful Century: With effective batting skills, Gill brought stability to the Indian innings while setting the tone for a bright future in the tournament.
Milestone 200th ODI Wicket for Mohammed Shami: Early breakthroughs and setting the record of slaying his 200th wicket in ODIs ended up restricting Bangladesh to a modest total.
Rohit Sharma completes 11,000 runs in ODI cricket with his 41 runs against Bangladesh.
With this win, India sits pretty with confidence as they enter the next stage of Group A. The mixed taste of disciplined bowling, coupled with sensible batting, spells them as high contenders for the tournament.
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Playing 11 of India and Bangladesh
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav.
Bangladesh: Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman.
