Team India opened their Champions Trophy 2025 campaign with a comprehensive six-wicket victory over Bangladesh at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Thursday (February 20).
Opting to bat first, Bangladesh’s innings folded for 228 in 49.4 overs. Towhid Hridoy was the top scorer with 100 off 118 balls while Jaker Ali contributed 68 runs.
Mohammad Shami was the pick of the bowlers for India, claiming five wickets by conceding 53 runs in his 10 overs. Harshit Rana (3-31 in 7.4 overs) and Axar Patel (2-43 in 9 overs) shared the remaining five scalps between them.
In reply, India got off to an impressive start as the duo of skipper Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill added 69 runs for the opening wicket.
After Rohit’s dismissal for 41 off 36 balls, the Men in Blue lost Virat Kohli (22), Shreyas Iyer (15) and Axar (8) cheaply. However, Gill held the one end firmly and forged an unbeaten 87-run stand with KL Rahul to take India over the line with 21 deliveries to spare.
In the process, Gill notched up his eighth ODI hundred (101* off 129) while Rahul remained unbeaten on 41.
For his match-winning hundred, Shubman Gill was lauded by the cricket fraternity on social media platform X.
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