Gaikwad-led India knock Bangladesh out

India made one change to their playing eleven – Avesh Khan made way for Shahbaz Ahmed.

Bangladesh made ten changeS(han)to the eleven that last played the Indians – Najmul Hossain, Litton Das, Shakib Al Hasan, Yasir Ali, Nurul Hasan, Mossadek Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam, and Mustafizur Rahman made way for Parvez Hossain Emon, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Saif Hassan (who was leading the team), the Hasans (Zakir and Rakibul), Shahadat Hossain, Jaker Ali, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Ripon Mondol, and Hasan Murad.

On winning the toss, Ruturaj Gaikwad, India’s skipper, chose to field.

The first Powerplay of Bangladesh’s innings – which was the mandatory over – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 21, and lost three wickets.

Joy, who faced 10 balls, scored five. Twenty-seven balls into the match, he was caught by Yashasvi Jaiswal. Sai Kishore broke the 18-run stand.

Hassan, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Eight balls later, he was caught by Rinku Singh. Washington Sundar broke the three-run stand.

The third-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Zakir, who faced a couple of balls, didn’t open his account. A couple of balls later, he was caught by Jaiswal off the bowling of Sundar.

Emon, whose 32-ball innings included a couple of sixes, scored 23. Sixteen balls later, he was caught by Gaikwad. Tilak Varma broke the 15-run stand.

Ten overs into the match, the drinks break was taken. Bangladesh had scored 40 for the loss of four wickets at that point. While Afif Hossain had scored five, Shahadat had scored three.

Shahadat had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he scored five. Eleven balls after Emon’s dismissal, he was caught by Varma. Kishore broke the nine-run stand.

Bangladesh scored 50 off 11.4 overs (71 balls). The number of extras they had conceded at that point gave India no reason to be in seventh heaven.

Afif, who faced 15 balls, eventually had no reason to be in seventh heaven – 13 balls after Shahadat’s dismissal, he was caught by Shivam Dube. Kishore broke the run-a-ball stand.

Jaker, whose 29-ball innings included a six, scored 24. He was unbeaten.

Chowdhury, who faced 11 balls, scored just four. Nineteen balls after Afif’s dismissal, he was caught by Jitesh Sharma. Needless to say, Ravi Bishnoi was in seventh heaven.

Rakibul, whose six-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, scored 14. Varma had a reason to be in seventh heaven – he caught him off the bowling of Shahbaz, who broke the 16-run stand.

Mondol had no reason to be in seventh heaven – he didn’t get off the mark. Three overs later, he was caught by Rinku. Arshdeep Singh broke the 15-run stand.

India eventually conceded 13 extras. Bangladesh scored 96 for the loss of nine wickets off 20 overs.

Dube, who bowled a wicketless over, conceded nine.

Shahbaz and Varma bowled a couple of overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 13, the latter conceded five.

Arshdeep, who bowled three overs, conceded 10. He picked up a wicket.

Bishnoi, who bowled four overs, conceded 26. He picked up a wicket.

Sundar, who bowled four overs, conceded 15. He picked up a couple of wickets.

Kishore, who bowled four overs, conceded a dozen. He picked up three scalps.

The first Powerplay of India’s innings – which was the mandatory over – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 68, and lost a wicket.

India’s openers didn’t get off the mark. Jaiswal, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the mark. Four balls into the chase, he was caught by Chowdhury off the bowling of Mondol.

India scored 50 off 3.4 overs (22 balls). Bangladesh had conceded a couple of extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 18 balls. While Gaikwad’s contribution to the partnership was 23, Varma’s contribution to it was 25. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a couple.

Gaikwad and Varma faced 26 balls apiece, and were unbeaten.

Gaikwad eventually scored 40, which included four boundaries and three sixes.

Varma’s half-century – which included a couple of boundaries and half-a-dozen sixes – came off 25 balls. He eventually scored 55.

India, who scored 97 for the loss of a wicket off 9.2 overs, won by nine wickets with 64 balls to spare.

Joy, who bowled a couple of wicketless balls, conceded five.

Rakibul, Chowdhury and Hassan bowled a wicketless over apiece. They conceded 17, 14, and 10, respectively.

Murad and Afif bowled a couple of wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 16, the latter conceded nine.

Mondol, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 26. He picked up the only wicket to fall.