Bangladesh climate Gill century to grab comfort win

Bangladesh 265 for 8 (Shakib 80, Hridoy 54, Thakur 3-65) beat India 259 all out (Gill 121, Axar 42, Mustafizur 3-50) by six runs

India will likely be disillusioned that the spinners let Bangladesh again into the competition when the ball was gripping the floor. Shakib, who had offered the odd likelihood early as he tried to counterattack, went by means of his gears like an knowledgeable: sluggish restoration adopted by straightforward singles after which three sixes off left-arm spinners.

Hridoy continued his spectacular event with a half-century that wasn’t as speedy as Shakib’s however was intelligent in its concentrating on of the bowlers, hitting two sixes off debutant Tilak Varma.

Thakur got here again to do away with Shakib with a played-on dismissal, Ravindra Jadeja adopted it up along with his two hundredth ODI wicket, however Bangladesh once more got here again from 161 for six within the thirty fifth over to not solely play out all of the overs but additionally handle 93 within the final 12.

Shakib did not over-attack, as an alternative trusting his spinners to tie the batters down for lengthy sufficient to attract errors. India had two in-form right-hand batters on the crease when he not solely launched however trusted the offspin of Mahedi Hasan. Mahedi conceded simply three runs off his two overs, and KL Rahul, 19 off 38, determined to take a danger, solely discovering midwicket as a result of he acquired too near the pitch of the ball.

Ishan Kishan by no means appeared comfy and tried to reverse his method out of bother just for Mehidy Hasan to entice him lbw for five off 15. Although Suryakumar Yadav scored what seems like a good 26 off 34, his lack of secure choices to maintain turning the strike over towards spin confirmed. He managed solely two singles down the bottom, and relied on the dangerous sweep shot. He stored getting away till Shakib knocked again his off stump.

Gill, then again, batted like a dream. That even he needed to at occasions preserve patting offspinners again confirmed how troublesome the pitch was and the way good the bowling was. Still, he managed to punish errors in size by going deep within the crease, and likewise hit 5 sixes by skipping down the pitch. His first century in a chase was additionally probably the most troublesome of his 5 in a younger profession.

However, Gill did not fairly get the assist from the opposite finish. Ravindra Jadeja was working singles simply in his transient innings, however when the returning wizard Mustafizur Rahman bowled two dots at him within the thirty eighth over, Jadeja had an uncharacteristic heave and was bowled.

Now needing 96 off 74, Gill and Axar put collectively a counterattacking partnership, including 39 in six overs, however Gill was completed in by a courageous little bit of bowling from Mahedi. First of all it’s courageous sufficient to be bowling offspin to a right-hand batter – that too Gill – within the loss of life overs, however on prime of that Mahedi got here again from a large six by slowing the ball down and taking it large of Gill’s attain, drawing a miscue to long-off. Gill scored 121 of the 209 runs that got here whereas he was on the wicket.

A bruised and battered Axar – each his wrists and his thigh in ache – stored India within the recreation. At 27 off 14, he in some way managed to hit the offspin off Mahedi for successive boundaries to arguably put India in ascendence with two overs to go, however Mustafizur had different concepts.

Irony peaked when Thakur stared in disbelief having hit an an innocuous low full toss straight to a fielder, however Axar was correctly completed in by a slower offcutter. Tanzim then closed out efficiently because the final pair was requested to attain 12 off the final over.