India beat Bangladesh by 95 runs in their last warm-up game before the World Cup. Liton Das and Soumya Sarkar gave Bangladesh a solid start as they added 49 runs for the first wicket. Jasprit Bumrah dismissed two batsmen in two balls to pull things off. Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das added 120 runs for the fourth wicket and kept Bangladesh in the hunt. Mounting run-rate forced, Das to go after the bowler and he got out to Yuzvendra Chahal at 73 runs. Mohammad Mithun also fell on the very next ball, putting Bangladesh chase in jeopardy. Mushfiqur kept going as the lone warrior but didn't get the necessary support from the other end. Ultimately, he also departed in the 40th over after scoring 90 runs. From there Indian spinners picked up wickets at regular interval and ultimately sealed the game in their side's favour. For India, the spin duo of Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav picked three wickets apiece. Earlier, Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and opted to bowl. The start of the match was delayed due to slight drizzle. The rain once again kicked in, after just two balls, forcing the players to leave the ground. After the play resumed, Shikhar Dhawan fell cheaply. Rohit Sharma (19 off 42) and Virat Kohli (47 off 46 balls) started slow but steadied the innings. Rohit fell in the 14th over while Kohli got out to a brilliant yorker of Mohammad Saifuddin. Vijay Shankar, who was making a comeback after sitting out in the last match due to an injury, also couldn't make most of the opportunity and departed quickly. KL Rahul and MS Dhoni, thereafter, stitched a partnership of 164 runs to bring India back in the game. Rahul scored a century and solved India's No. 4 quandary ahead of the World Cup. After his departure, Dhoni took the charge and helped India cross 300. He got a good support from Hardik Pandya who scored 21 off 11 deliveries. Ravindra Jadeja, who came to bat in the last over, made quick-fire 11 off 4 balls to help India finish the innings at 359/7. (SCORECARD)
World Cup 2019 Warm-Up Match Highlights Between India vs Bangladesh, straight from Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Yuzvendra Chahal tosses that up and Mohammad Saifuddin falls for that. He goes for a biggie, only manages an outside edge and Kuldeep Yadav completes a simple catch.
Bangladesh get five runs on overthrows. First overthrow allowed batsmen to steal an extra run and another wayward throw sails to the boundary. Kohli is not happy. There was no need for that.
Bangladesh get five runs on overthrows. First overthrow allowed batsmen to steal an extra run and another wayward throw sails to the boundary. Kohli is not happy. There was no need for that.
LBW appeal and the on-field umpire has given not out. The replay suggests the ball was pitched outside leg stumps and the on-field decision stays. India lose their review.
Mehidy Hasan finishes Yuzvendra Chahal's over with a six straight down the ground. He walked down to reach the pitch of the ball and dispatched it over the fence.
Kuldeep Yadav forces Mohammad Saifuddin to play the drive and he is beaten by the flight, edges it to the slip but it falls short of the fielder. The batsmen come back for two.
Sabbir Rahman chooses wrong ball to play the cut shot and pays the price. Jadeja bowled that straight in the stumps line. Sabbir rattles his own stumps and goes for 7.
Kuldeep Yadav breaches Mushfiqur Rahim's defence as he was trying to once again slog-sweep. He missed the line completely and the ball shatters his stumps. He departs after scoring 90 off 94 balls.
Mushfiqur Rahim is is targeting the leg-side boundary against Ravindra Jadeja and showing his class. He has already hit Jadeja for a four and a six in his first three balls.
Not this time, says Kuldeep Yadav after being unlucky on the previous delivery. Mahmudullah once again tries to charge down the ground and misses the ball completely which goes on to shatter his stumps.
Mahmudullah was in no control of that shot. Mahmudullah charges down and was beaten by Kuldeep's flight, the ball takes the top edge and the sails to the third man fence.
Mohammad Mithun departs on the very first ball. The ball hit him right in front and there was no inside edge. These twin blows have put Bangladesh on the backfoot.
Liton Das charges down but misses the ball completely. Yuzvendra Chahal beat him with his flight and Dhoni behind stumps does the rest. He departs after scoring 73.
Liton Das takes a couple of strides out of his crease, Jadeja alters his line but Das was equally good as he chips it towards deep mid wicket for four.
Mushfiqur Rahim this time stands in his crease and drives the ball in the mid-off region for a four. Bangladesh batsmen have started to take on the Indian bowlers now.
Nice drift from Kuldeep Yadav, ball hits Liton Das on his pads and races to the fence. Big LBW appeal from Indian players but it clearly hit him outside off stump hence no chance of giving him out and Indian players probably know that and therefore do not take review.
Full and wide from Kuldeep Yadav and Liton Das smashes that past the bowler for a four down the ground. There was an opportunity, half-chance rather, for India as the ball crossed Kuldeep on the full and he couldn't get his hand to it.
Mushfiqur Rahim takes some risk, hits the ball in the air and towards the extra cover fence for a four. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, with his tight lines, forced him into that kind of a short.
Poor delivery from Bhuvneshwar Kumar as he pitches that short, not enough pace on it, and Mushfiqur Rahim was quick to pull it towards the mid-wicket fence for a four.
Two in two... Jasprit Bumrah bowls a perfect yorker to get rid off Shakib Al Hasan who goes for a golden duck. All of a sudden Bangladesh have been forced on the backfoot after a solid start.
India Cricket Team
Bangladesh Cricket Team
Virat Kohli
MS Dhoni
Rohit Sharma
Shikhar Dhawan
Jasprit Bumrah
Shakib Al Hasan