Liton Das, starts well most of the time. But after one or two boundaries, the breath seems to run out. He started watching against India today. Hardik Pandya also hit a six. But he was caught out at deep square after the spectacular six.
A huge target of 197 runs ahead. Bangladesh scored 42 runs losing 1 wicket in power play of 6 overs.
Tanjid Hasan Tamim played quite slowly. The opener was LBW by Kuldeep Yadav at the end of 29 off 31 balls.
Till writing this report, Bangladesh’s collection is 67 runs for 2 wickets in 10 overs. Nazmul Hossain Shanto 21 and Tawhid Hriday 1 run unbeaten.
Before this, India built a huge capital of 196 runs for 5 wickets riding on the bat of Hardik Pandya and Kohli-Rishav.
Indian opener Rohit Sharma started hitting four-sixes after losing the toss at the Sir Vid Richards Cricket Stadium in Antigua. Kohli was with him to score runs at a fast pace. Shakib Al Hasan did not let Rohit go for long, who started in Markut. In the fourth over, Shakib caught the Indian captain off the hands of Zakir Ali. Rohit returned with 23 runs off 11 balls
Kohli, who is out of form in the current World Cup, was on fire today against Bangladesh. He scored 37 runs in 28 balls while playing in Markut. But here he was restricted by Bangladesh pacer Tanjim Hasan Shakib.
On the first ball of the ninth over, Kohli hit Tanzim Shakib down the wicket for a boundary. But the ball breaks the stump without touching the bat. Tanjim Shakib sent back Suryakumar Yadav in the third ball of that over. The right-handed batsman was caught by the wicketkeeper Liton Das.
In the 12th over, Rishabh Pant hit Rishad Hossain’s second ball for a six and the third ball for a four. But the next ball he had to find the way to the pavilion. The Indian wicket-keeper batsman was caught by Tanjim Shakib while reverse-sweeping Rishad. Pant had to return after scoring 36 runs off 24 balls.
Shivam Dube scored 34 runs off 24 balls before being bowled by Rishad. Hardik Pandya scored a fifty at the end of the batting at Markoot. He remained unbeaten on 50 runs off 27 balls (4 boundaries and 3 sixes). Akshar Patel was unbeaten on 3 runs from 5 balls with him.
Tanjim Hasan Shakib and Rishad Hossain took 2 wickets each for Bangladesh. Shakib Al Hasan took 1 wicket.
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