IND vs BAN: Bangladesh could not save even the ‘new’ team India, registered a strong win in Gwalior after 49 balls.

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|07-10-2024

After the Test series, Bangladesh also had to face a crushing defeat in the first match of the T20 series on Indian soil. In the match played in Gwalior, India defeated Bangladesh by 7 wickets. With this, India took a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series. Team India's star all-rounder Hardik Pandya played an explosive innings and led the team to victory by hitting a brilliant six. While Mayank Yadav and Nitish Kumar Reddy impressed in their debut match, spinner Varun Chakraborty, who returned to the team after 3 years, also wreaked havoc and India won the match in just 49 balls.

After winning the T20 World Cup, the style of the Indian team, which was looking quite new due to the retirement of stalwarts like Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja and rest given to many players like Shubman Gill-Yashshwi Jaiswal, remained the same. Helped him win the World Cup. Coming on the field with the promise of playing aggressive cricket, the team of coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Suryakumar Yadav did not disappoint and achieved the target of 129 runs in just 11.5 overs.

Team India bowled first in this match and on the birthday of their bowling coach Morne Morkel, the Indian bowlers gifted him an excellent performance. Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh had put Bangladesh in trouble in the beginning of the innings by taking 2 wickets in his 2 overs. Then came the opportunity that everyone wanted to see. IPL pace sensation Mayank Yadav took a maiden in the first over of his career and then took the wicket of a big batsman like Mahmudullah in the next over. Mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty, who returned to the team after 3 years, trapped the Bangladeshi batsmen with his spin in such a way that they could not understand anything. For Bangladesh, Mehdi Hasan Miraz scored the highest score of 35 runs (not out), on the basis of which the team was able to reach 128 runs.

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