India vs Bangladesh: Krikya Gildon and Shammi Pfeiffer help India beat Bangladesh

 


Krikya Shubman Gill’s previous three scores in the Champions Trophy were: 87, 60 and 112 (all against England). The 25-year-old continued his dazzling form on Thursday, hitting his eighth one-day international hundred (101, 129, 9x4, 2x6) to help India beat Bangladesh by six wickets at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium to open their Champions Trophy campaign.


Chasing a modest target of 229 runs, Gill expertly led the chase, proving why he is the number one batsman in this format.


He was active in the PowerPlay and then hunkered down in the tricky middle of the spinners’ attack to ensure the Azzurri took their first points of the game.


However, the victory was largely created by the bowlers, led by Mohammed Shami (10-0-53-5), who took five wickets for the sixth time to restrict Bangladesh to 228 runs.


On a slower pitch, maximising the PowerPlay was crucial and opening bowlers Rohit Sharma and Gill gave India a brilliant start, scoring 69 runs in the first 10 overs.


However, Gill and KL Rahul - who reaffirmed his status as finisher with an unbeaten knock of 41 - added 87 runs for the fifth wicket to help their team win.


Earlier, the Tigers had played two and a half innings as their top order collapsed in the PowerPlay but later, Towhid Hridoy (100) and Jaker Ali (68) combined to score 154 runs for the sixth wicket to make up for the loss.


India's result could have been better had Rohit not snatched the next ball at first slip, leaving Jakker in relief and preventing Axar from taking a hat-trick.


In a do-or-die situation, Hridoy and Jackel played brilliantly and struck 50 balls without resorting to any exaggerated strokes.


Once the score crossed 50, Hridoy followed suit and in the next 14 deliveries he scored 30 runs, hitting consecutive sixes and fours. As he neared reaching the milestone, the 24-year-old began to cramp badly and limped across the field but eventually scored his first hundred in the penultimate over of the innings.


While his efforts provided the team with bowling opportunities, it was not enough against a strong Indian batting line-up.

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