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- Mohammed Shami started his campaign with a fifer after which Shubman Gill scored his second consecutive century as India saw off a spirited Bangladesh fightback
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Shubman Gill continued his sensational purple patch as he played through the Indian chase on a sluggish pitch in their first match against Bangladesh in the 2025 Champions Trophy. Gill was unbeaten on 101 off 129 balls as India beat Bangladesh by six wickets. (AP)
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Bangladesh were shredded to pieces in the first 10 overs of the match after captain Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss in Dubai and opted to bat first. Bangladesh lost as many as five wickets in the first nine overs and were reeling at 35/5. It would’ve been six wickets and a hat-trick for Axar Patel in the ninth over had it not been Rohit Sharma dropping an absolute sitter off Jaker Ali. (AFP)
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Jaker and Towhid Hridoy put on a display of some old-school middle-over ODI batting to steady the ship for Bangladesh. They went on to put up a 154-run stand for the fifth wicket, Bangladesh’s highest for any wicket against India in ODIs. (AFP)
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Jaker went on to score 68 off 114 balls and finally fell to Shami in the 43rd over. (AFP)
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Towhid Hridoy fought cramps to score 100 off 118 balls. His century and his record stand with Jaker Ali helped Bangladesh recover from 35/5 in the ninth over to being all out for 228 in the last.(AP)
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Mohammed Shami’s 5/53 against Bangladesh are the best figures by an Indian pacer in Champions Trophy history. (HT_PRINT)
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Rohit Sharma got India off to a quick start, as he usually does. Rohit put up a 69-run opening stand with Shubman Gill before falling to Taskin Ahmed for 41 off 36 balls in the 10th over. He went past 11,000 ODI runs in that innings(REUTERS)
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India then wobbled as Virat Kohli and Axar Patel fell close to each other after the end of the opening stand. (AP)
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Gill stood strong and finally found a steady partner in KL Rahul, who had come into the tournament on the back of some up and down innings in the preceding series against England. (AP)
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