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Shubman Gill’s well-paced 101 and Mohammed Shami’s five-wicket haul led India to a vital win of their 2025 Champions Trophy opener in opposition to Bangladesh, in what was a gripping, rusty contest.
Shubman Gill was at his elegant greatest even on a gradual observe in Dubai. (AP Photograph)
Opener and vice-captain Shubman Gill’s composed century and Mohammed Shami’s five-wicket haul led India to a snug six-wicket win of their 2025 Champions Trophy opener in opposition to Bangladesh in Dubai, in a chaotic sport, stuffed with dropped catches and missed possibilities.
Within the first innings, Shami began off India’s marketing campaign on the correct foot by getting Soumya Sarkar to edge one behind to wicketkeeper KL Rahul on the final ball of the primary over for a duck and allaying some issues about Jasprit Bumrah’s absence. Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto got here on and went again with out troubling the scorers, spooning his second ball to Virat Kohli to cowl off Harshit Rana.
Geese and Rahul’s catches had been to be the characteristic of the innings as Rohit Sharma began using his three spinners from the ninth over, with Axar Patel approaching. His second ball obtained a advantageous edge off the opposite opener, Tanzid Hasan’s bat which no person appeared to have heard, besides Rahul, the catcher, and the umpire, who raised his finger instantly. Hasan walked and the choice was validated within the replays.
The subsequent ball, he made one flip — indicators for the issues to return — away from Mushfiqur Rahim for one more catch for Rahul and the third duck of the innings. Rohit tightened the sector additional for the hat-trick ball however ended up dropping the simplest of catches to disclaim him the prospect to be the primary Indian with the file within the Champions Trophy. Bangladesh had been at 35/5 however because the ball began to show, so did their luck.
Towhid Hridoy obtained dropped within the 20s off by Kuldeep Yadav, with Hardik Pandya the perpetrator this time. The duo put up 154 runs collectively in a gradual, testing partnership earlier than Ali lastly gave up his wicket for 68 (114).
If not Patel’s file, he helped Shami and Virat Kohli obtain 200 wickets and 156th ODI catch (the joint-best for India), respectively. Then, identical to they began, Shami and Harshit helped India finish nicely with common wickets on the loss of life. Shami reached his five-wicket haul on his Champions Trophy debut within the forty ninth over.
Hridoy saved at it from the opposite finish, prodding singles and discovering the occasional boundary, all whereas preventing severe cramps and visual fatigue each couple of minutes. He obtained to his 118-ball 100 within the remaining over however obtained out on the fourth ball, leaving Bangladesh at 228/10.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)