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India brush aside Bangladesh to stay unbeaten

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2023/10/19

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Virat Kohli cruised to his ton, with some support from KL Rahul in the end (Cricbuzz)

India brushed aside Bangladesh in Pune on Wednesday (October 19) to stay unbeaten in the 2023 ODI World Cup. After restricting Bangladesh to a par score of 256/8, India chased down the target with ease after significant contributions from their top order. While Shubman Gill hit a fifty, Rohit scored a brisk 48 before Kohli provided the finishing touch with his 48th ODI century.

Rohit, who has been in scintillating form in the last two games, teed off early yet again. After finding the boundary twice in the very first over, Rohit took on Shoriful Islam again in his next over for a four and a six over deep midwicket to race to 21 off just 13 balls. Gill, who made a watchful start initially, broke free with two sixes off Nasum Ahmed as India got off to an excellent start in the chase.

Hasan Mahmud deployed the short-ball strategy against Rohit and struck to it despite being hit for a four and a six by the India captain. Eventually, the ploy paid off as Rohit tried to keep a ball down but ended up finding the fielder stationed at the deep to fall for 48. However, in the same over, Bangladesh failed to build pressure on the new man as Kohli was handed two free-hits to get going. With India flying, Bangladesh badly needed wickets to storm back into the game. Even though they managed to pack off Gill immediately after he got to his fifty, Kohli and Shreyas Iyer ensured there were no hiccups.

India continued to stay on top of the chase even after Iyer’s dismissal as KL Rahul joined forces with Kohli for the finishing act. The last few overs were all about Kohli getting to his century. At one point when Rahul was batting on 33, Kohli was on 73 with India needing only 28 for the win. When India’s No.3 smashed a six off Hasan, he sensed an opportunity to get to a ton and Rahul duly obliged at the other end. He got to the landmark and finished the game with a six with Rahul staying unbeaten on 34.

Earlier in the day, Bangladesh squandered a very good opportunity to post a strong total on the board after the middle order failed to capitalise on the start provided by their openers. India’s new ball bowlers posed questions early on as Bangladesh scored just 10 runs in the first five overs. However, things changed dramatically in the next five as both Tanzid Hasan and Litton Das opened. A flurry of boundaries saw Bangladesh score 53 off the next five to put up 63 on the board in the powerplay.

India were also without Hardik Pandya, who had to leave the field in the powerplay for scans on his left ankle. The two batters continued to milk the bowling attack before Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja came to India’s rescue. Kuldeep broke the opening stand by trapping Tanzid leg-before-wicket and Jadeja ensured the in-form Najmul Shanto, who was also leading in Shakib Al Hasan’s absence, didn’t make an impact. Wickets then continued to tumble for Bangladesh as they went from 93/0 to 137/4.

With the scoring rate also dropping, India were in total control in the middle phase of the innings. The onus was now on the experienced duo of Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah to guide Bangladesh to a fighting total. While Rahim did keep the scorecard ticking, India struck again just before he could tee off at the death with a little over seven overs left in the innings. Thankfully for Bangladesh, Mahmudullah managed to fetch boundaries off India’s pace trio in the final five overs to guide his side past 250.

Brief scores:
Bangladesh 256/8 in 50 overs (Litton Das 66, Tanzid Hasan 51; Ravindra Jadeja 2/38) lost to India 261/3 in 41.3 overs (Virat Kohli 103*, Shubman Gill 53; Mehidy Hasan 2/47) by 7 wickets

(Cricbuzz)

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Shafali dazzles with 49-ball unbeaten 100 and India march into Asian Games final

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Shafali Verma raises her bat after scoring her maiden ton in white-ball internationals [BCCI]

A 49-ball unbeaten hundred from Shafali Verma and three-wicket hauls apiece for Nandani Sharma and Deeoti Sharma helped India march into the final of the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya.

Batting first in Nisshin against Bangladesh, India posted 195 for 4, with Shafali bringing up her maiden white-ball international hundred off the final ball of the innings. She pummelled nine sixes and three fours in an innings that left Bangladesh needing a record chase to reach the final.

Smriti Mandhana gave India a rapid start with a 19-ball 37, during which she became the leading run-scorer in women’s T20Is, while Harmanpreet Kaur found some form with a 33-ball 40 from No. 4.

India’s innings began with a 36-ball opening stand of 72, with Shafali setting the pace by smashing 34 off her first 17 deliveries, while Mandhana initially played second fiddle before gaining pace. G Kamalini, at No. 3, failed to make use of another opportunity, while Richa Ghosh made only two. Harmanpreet started sluggishly, as she has tended to in the recent past, but overcame those early struggles to land some lusty blows towards the end of the innings. She added 94 off 55 balls with Shafali for the third wicket.

Bangladesh never seriously threatened the target. Dilara Akter made 27 at the top of the order, but opening partner Juairiya Ferdous was dismissed for a duck and Bangladesh’s Nos. 3 to 5 were unable to get going. Sultana Khatun, batting at No. 9, was their second-highest scorer with just 12.

Nandani got the first wicket in the second over after which fellow new-ball bowler Kranti Gaud delivered a second blow in the third over. Shree Charani then sent Nigar Sultana back in the final over of the powerplay to leave Bangladesh at 38 for 3.

There was no way in as Bangladesh failed to get any partnership going and a double-wicket 11th over from Nandani exposed the tail. Deepti then trapped Marufa Akter lbw and had Sanjida Akter holing out in the 16th over to complete the resounding win.

India will now face Sri Lanka in the gold-medal match, a repeat of the final from 2023. Bangladesh will meet Pakistan for the bronze-medal fixture.

Scores:
India Women 195 for 4 in 20 overs (Smriti Mandhana 37, Shafali Verma 100*, Harmanpreet Kaur 40: Marufa Akter 1-43, Sanjida Akter Meghla 1-25, Rabeya Khan 1-35, Nahida Akter 1-45) beat Bangladesh Women 81 in 15.4 overs (Dilara Akter 27, Sharmin Akhter 10, Sultana Khatun 12*; Kranti Gaud 1-20, Nandani Sharma 3-25. Shree Charani 2-07, Shreyanka Patil 1-22, Deepti Sharma 3-07) by 114 runs

[Cricinfo]