India vs Bangladesh 1st T20I Highlights: India registered a comfortable seven-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first T20I of the three-match series at New Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium, Gwalior on Sunday. India bowled out Bangladesh for 127 and then chased down the target of 128 with 49 balls to spare. Asked to bat first, Bangladesh were in early trouble at 14 for two with left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh (3/14) removing both openers Litton Das and Parvez Hossain Emon cheaply. Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto made 27 off 25 balls and Mehidy Hasan Miraz contributed 35 in 32 deliveries. Varun Chakravarthy (3/31), Mayank Yadav (1/21) and Washington Sundar (1/12) picked up wickets in the middle overs to keep India in total control of the game. Hardik Pandya too chipped in with a wicket towards the end. With the bat, Pandya blazed away to an unbeaten 16-ball 39, while Sanju Samson and skipper Suryakumar Yadav both got out after scoring 29. (Scorecard)
Here are the Highlights of India vs Bangladesh 1st T20I -
- 21:14 (IST)India vs Bangladesh LIVE: SIX! FOUR!Suryakumar Yadav started the Mustafizur Rahman over with a superb six on the leg side. It was a fuller ball from Mustafizur and Suryakumar brought in his wristy work to pull it over square leg for a biggie. Later in the over, Samson hit a four through the mid-on region.
- 20:31 (IST)India vs Bangladesh LIVE: Run out!Taskin Ahmed is run-out. It is a mistake on Mehidy Hasan Miraz's end as Taskin was not ready for the couple. Mehidy hit the ball on the leg side and ran the first one hard. Mehidy maintained the pace and ran to the other end despite Taskin asking him to abort the second run. As a result, Taskin had to sacrifice his wicket.
- 20:03 (IST)India vs Bangladesh LIVE: OUT!Najmul Hossain Shanto is gone! Washington Sundar gets him. Shanto has handed an easy return catch to Sundar. He danced down the track but the ball seemed to have sticked a bit to the surface. As a result, Shanto could not stay in control of the drive and ended up hitting it to Sundar.
- 19:50 (IST)India vs Bangladesh LIVE: OUT!Wicket number two for Varun Chakravarthy. It was a googly from the India spinner and Jaker Ali failed to read it. The ball went through the bat-pad gap and rattled his stumps. Bangladesh are five down in the game. India continue to stay in a commanding position.
- 19:26 (IST)India vs Bangladesh LIVE: Fielding blunder from Nitish!4.2 - Not a good start for Nitish Reddy this is! Towhid Hridoy played a slow sweep on the bowling of Varun Chakravarthy. He couldn't execute the shot well and India debutant Nitish Reddy made a blunder there at square leg. He ran forward, knelt down but failed to grab the easy chance and saw the ball slip through him for a four.
- 18:46 (IST)India vs Bangladesh LIVE: The Bumrah-Hardik connection!Mayank Yadav is 22 years old while Nitish Reddy is 21 years old. This is the first time since January 2016 that two players under 23 have made their T20I debuts for India in the same game. The last time it happened when Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya were handed their T20I debuts vs Australia around 8 years ago.
- 18:06 (IST)India vs Bangladesh LIVE: Some senior and star players restedWith Tests against New Zealand given preference, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Mohammed Siraj and Axar Patel have been rested from the T20Is against Bangladesh. Skipper Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya are the two big names in the squad.