NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Unbeaten powerhouses India inched even nearer to a semi-final spot within the ICC Twenty20 World Cup after they brushed apart Bangladesh by 50 runs right here Saturday.
Man-of-the-Match Hardik Pandya top-scored with a 27-ball unbeaten 50 as India marched to 196 for 5 off their 20 overs after being despatched in on the Vivian Richards Cricket Floor of their second sport of the Tremendous Eights.
Left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav then claimed three for 19 whereas new ball seamers Jasprit Bumrah (2-13) and Arshdeep Singh (2-30) picked up two wickets apiece, as Bangladesh had been restricted to 146 for eight off their 20 overs.
Captain Najmul Hossain was the one batsman to supply resistance with 40 off 32 deliveries, as Bangladesh plunged to their second defeat of the second spherical.
“It’s important to play each sport; take each sport as a standard sport,” Kuldeep mentioned afterward.
India’s whole was constructed on a sequence of partnerships. Famous person Virat Kohli punched 4 and three sixes in 37 off 28 balls, posting 39 for the primary with captain Rohit Sharma (23) and 32 for the second with Rishabh Pant (36).
The left-handed Pant, who belted 4 fours and two sixes in a 24-ball cameo, impressed a 31-run, fourth-wicket partnership with Shivan Dube (34), who in flip mixed with Hardik in a 53-run, fifth-wicket alliance.
Hardik then struck 4 fours and three sixes to dominate a 35-run, unbroken sixth wicket stand with Axar Patel (three not out) to make sure the innings completed strongly.
Bangladesh’s reply began nicely, Tanzid Hasan (29) placing on 35 for the primary wicket with Litton Das (13) and an additional 31 for the second with Najmul, who counted 4 and three sixes.
However with the required run price climbing, Najmul holed out to quick third man off Bumrah within the sixteenth over, and his dismissal noticed the chase peter out tamely.
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