In the second match of the ICC Champions Trophy, Bangladesh gave India a target of 229 runs to win thanks to Tohid Hardoi’s brilliant century.
The Bangladesh team could not even play the stipulated 50 overs and was dismissed for 228 runs in 49.4 overs.
The second match of the Champions Trophy being played by Pakistan is being played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, where Bangladesh won the toss against India and decided to bat first.
Bangladesh batting
Bangladesh made a disappointing start against India and half their team was bowled out for 35 runs, but thanks to Tohid Hardoi’s century and Zakir Ali’s half-century, Bengal Tigers managed to score 228 runs.
When Bangladesh started the innings, their first player was dismissed in the first over, opener Soumya Sarkar was caught by wicketkeeper KL Rahul off the ball of Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami without scoring any runs.
In the next over, captain Najamul Hasan Shanto also returned to the pavilion without opening his account, off the ball of Harshit Rana.
On the second ball of the seventh over, middle-order batsman Mehidy Hasan Miraz also lost his wicket after scoring only 5 runs for a total score of 26, he was caught by Shubman Gill off the ball of Mohammed Shami.
On the second ball of the 9th over, opener Tanzeed Hasan, after scoring 25 runs, was caught by wicketkeeper KL Rahul off Axar Patel’s ball at a total score of 35 runs, and on the very next ball, wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim caught KL Rahul and returned to the pavilion without opening his account.
After half the team returned to the pavilion at 35 runs, Tohid Hardoi and Zakir Ali made a significant partnership of 154 runs, during which Zakir Ali completed his half-century and Zakir Ali was dismissed after scoring 68 runs for a total score of 189.
Tohid Hardoi remained at the crease until the last over, during which he also faced fitness problems and appeared to be struggling while batting, but despite this, he remained steadfast and completed his century, he was dismissed for 100 runs in the last over.
For India, Mohammed Shami took 5 wickets, while Harshit Rana took 3 and Axar Patel took 2 wickets.
Match toss
In the second match of the Champions Trophy being played in Dubai, Bangladesh captain Najamul Hassan Shanto won the toss and decided to bat first against India.
The Bangladesh captain says that all the players are excited for today’s match and they are taking the field with 3 fast bowlers and 2 spinners. The wicket looks very good. We will try to set a big total on the scoreboard. Our preparations are very good. After playing the BPL, our players are ready for the Champions Trophy.
On the question regarding preparations against India, he said that we won the last series against India. We will play good cricket today. I hope the players will believe in themselves with full confidence.
Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma said that it is easy to bat in floodlights in Dubai. If we had won the toss, we would have fielded. Now we will focus on bowling and see where the game goes.
He said that every match in the ICC tournament is important, there is room to look back and all the teams think like this. He said that two changes have been made to the team, Ravindra Jadeja has been included in the team in place of Varun Dhawan and Mohammed Shami has been included in the team in place of Harshdeep.
Indian team
The Indian team consists of captain Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami and Kuldeep Yadav.
Bangladeshi team
The Bangladeshi team consists of captain Najmul Hassan Shanto, Tanzeed Hassan, Soumya Sarkar, Tohid Hardoi, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehdi Hassan Miraz, Zakir Ali, Tanzeem Hassan Saqib, Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman.
