Indian fans thought about how fast and hard the first two Bangladeshi batters hit. There was a fear of India losing the match. Play was called off after seven overs due to rain. And after the start of play, the course of the match completely changed. Thanks to a strong comeback from the bowlers, India won the crucial match by 5 runs, according to DLS. With the win, India’s hopes of making it to the semi-finals have brightened. Bangladesh had a target of 151 runs in 16 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis rule in the rain-affected match. In reply, the opposition scored 145 runs for the loss of six wickets. Liton Das’s explosive 60-run inning has gone in vain. When India batted first, they lost six wickets and scored 184 runs in the time they had. Virat Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 64 runs for the team. KL Rahul scored 50 runs, and Suryakumar Yadav played an explosive inning of 30 runs. For India, Arshdeep Singh took two wickets, while Hardik Pandya took two wickets. India will take on Zimbabwe in their last match on November 6.
Chasing a victory target of 185 runs, Bangladesh openers Liton Das and Nazmul Hossain Santo gave a solid start. Liton Das, in particular, batted brilliantly and beat the Indian bowlers mercilessly. Bangladesh were 66 for no loss in just seven overs. Liton Das scored a half-century. After seven overs, it rained and the overs were reduced. Bangladesh were set a target of 151 runs in 16 overs under the Duckworth-Lewis rule.
However, the course of the match changed completely after the start of play again after rain. The Indian bowlers, who were brutally beaten in the first six overs, came back strongly. Liton Das’s run out cost Bangladesh dearly. Liton was dismissed for 60 off just 27 balls with seven fours and three sixes. After this, Bangladesh lost wickets at regular intervals due to the measured bowling of the Indian bowlers. Nazmul scored 21 runs. In one over, Arshdeep Singh dismissed Afip Hossain (3 runs) and captain Shakib Ul Hasan (13 runs) to turn the match towards India. Yasir Ali (1) and Mosdek Hossain (6) returned to the pavilion. Bangladesh needed 20 runs to win in the last over and the team was five runs short of victory. In 16 overs, the opposition team could score 145 runs for the loss of six wickets. Narul Hasan was unbeaten on 25 and Taskin Ahmed on 12.
For India, Arshdeep Singh took two wickets for 38 runs in 4 overs, Hardik Pandya took 2 wickets for 28 runs in 3 overs, Mohammed Shami took 1 wicket for 25 runs in 3 overs, Bhuvneshwar Kumar scored 27 runs in 3 overs, Akshar Patel scored 6 runs in 1 over and Ravichandran Ashwin gave 19 runs in 2 overs.
Indian innings
Virat Kohli top-scored for India with 64 not out, while KL Rahul scored 52 off 32 balls. Suryakumar Yadav’s quickfire 30 off 16 balls has contributed a big contribution to the team. However, captain Rohit Sharma has failed again today. He scored just 2 runs in 8 balls. Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who came to bat at the end, batted brilliantly and remained not out for 13 runs in just 6 balls.
Batting first after losing the toss, Team India’s opening pair failed today, while KL Rahul’s bat was going on. Rohit Sharma’s wicket was lost when the team score was only 11 in 3.2 overs. Virat Kohli, who came out to bat after that, scored runs along with KL Rahul. After this, during the 9.2 overs of play, the team score was 78 when the wicket of KL Rahul fell.
After this, Virat Kohli and Surya Kumar Yadav pulled the team’s score some way, after which Surya, who was scoring fast runs, scored an individual 30 runs and was dismissed at the team score of 116. Hardik Pandya (5) in 15.4 overs, Dinesh Karthik (7) in 17 overs and Akshar Patel in 18.1 overs. At the end, Virat and Ashwin gave Bangladesh a target of 185 runs.
For Bangladesh, Mohammad Hossain took three wickets while captain Shakib Al Hasan took two wickets. However, bangladesh’s other bowlers Sariful Islam, Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman could not take a single wicket in today’s match.