India vs Bangladesh, Champions Trophy 2025 Highlights: Shubman Gill's unbeaten 101 steers India to six-wicket win

Gill brings up the milestone by pulling a half-tracker towards the cow corner fence off Rishad’s last ball of the evening, resulting in the leg-spinner signing off with figures of 2/38.

The pendulum has swung India’s way once again as they find themselves needing less than 50 to win with plenty of wickets and overs in hand. Rahul and Gill have shifted gears with a flurry of boundaries after the former was dropped by Jaker in the deep. India 195/4 after 41, need 34 off 54

India had wasted a handful of opportunities during Bangladesh’s innings earlier today and looks like it’s Bangladesh’s turn to return the favour, with Jaker failing to collect a regulation catch in front of the boundary rope.

Meanwhile, the commentators are questioning Rahul for attempting a wild slog, especially when he’s hardly settled at the crease. To make matters worse for the Tigers, Taskin concedes a boundary two balls later with a wayward delivery. IND 172/4 after 37, need 57 off 78

Time for the final drinks break of the Champions Trophy Group A match between India and Bangladesh. Gill currently is batting on 66 and his presence will be crucial to India starting their campaign with a win. Joining him is wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul, who’s batting on 7 off 14 deliveries, collecting all of his runs through singles.

It’s not easy scoring runs at the moment. However, in India’s case, they have a set batter at the centre, six wickets in hand and a required rate that’s under five. IND 161/4 after 35; need 68 off 90 balls

Rohit’s dismissal had led to a slowdown of sorts as the boundaries began to dry up and dot balls began to accumulate after the end of the fielding restrictions. Gill, however, decides to tackle the issue head-on as he gives express pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib the charge, lofting the ball over cover in the second delivery of the 15th over.

He gets a pat of appreciation from Kohli. Gill, however, nearly perishes three balls later while trying to play a short-arm jab off Tanzim, which nearly results in a catch for Soumya Sarkar near mid-on. IND 84/1 after 15

India skipper Rohit Sharma’s (41 off 36) entertaining knock comes to an end as he depart for 41, getting caught by Rishad near backward point after a mishit – sending the ball high in the air off the toe end of the bat while looking to play inside out over extra cover.

The ‘Hitman’, however, leaves the Men in Blue in a decent position with India 69/1 after 10 overs.

Top start for the Indians in their chase of the 229-run target set by the Bangla Tigers in Dubai, as they move past fifty without losing a wicket with two overs still to go in the powerplay. Rohit brings up the milestone with a four, steering a length ball behind square and threading the gap between point, backward point wonderfully. Soumya Sarkar runs to his right from third man and isn’t able to cut the ball off despite putting in a slide.

That’s the second boundary of the over, and Rohit’s seventh in three overs from Mustafizur. IND 51/0 after 8

India captain Rohit gets a reprieve in the first delivery of the chase as he gets an inside edge off Taskin Ahmed’s bowling that somehow misses the stumps. The ‘Hitman’ collects a single nevertheless, and Shubman Gill collects the first boundary of the innings two balls later with a short-arm pull through midwicket.

Mustafizur Rahman bowls from the other end and he begins on a tidy note by conceding just a single. IND 6/0 after 2

Here’s the magical moment in which Mohammed Shami carried on from where he left off in the 2023 ICC World Cup, completing his five-for by dismissing Taskin Ahmed:

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Take a bow, @MdShami11! The only Indian pacer with 5 wickets in Champions Trophy, leading the charge as he bowls Bangladesh out for just 228! 🤩

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— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) February 20, 2025

Mohammed Shami becomes India’s leading wicket-taker in ICC ODI events (World Cup and Champions Trophy) with his five-for against Bangladesh today. He currently has 60 wickets to his name, one more than Zak. Third on the list is another pace icon – Javagal Srinath (47).

Spin-bowling all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who went wicketless today, is fourth on the list with 43 wickets.

Towhid Hridoy (100 off 118 balls) is the last Bangladeshi batter to perish, getting caught by Mohammed Shami nearly short fine-leg/backward square leg after a mishit sends the ball high in the air as Harshit Rana signs off with 3/31 in his maiden appearance in an ICC event. Eight of the 10 wickets are collected by Indian pacers, with Mohammed Shami leading the way with 5/53.

India need 229 runs to begin their Champions Trophy campaign on a winning note.

Rohit brings spinners back for a bit after Jaker’s dismissal, and while Kuldeep Yadav is able to keep things tidy, Axar Patel goes for 20 runs in his penultimate over.

Rishad Hossain starts swinging his arms almost right away after arriving at the crease, and ends up smashing the left-arm finger spinner for a four followed by back-to-back sixes. Bangladesh have gone past 200 and still have five overs in hand! BAN 212/6 after 45

Mohammed Shami with the breakthrough as India finally end the marathon sixth-wicket partnership between Jaker Ali and Towhid Hridoy that was worth 154 – Bangladesh’s highest ever against India in ODIs!

Jaker (68 off 114) is the man who has to depart after sending the ball high in the air off the toe end of the bat, with Virat Kohli safely latching on to the ball near long on. It was the short ball wide outside off that did the trick for the senior pacer. BAN 189/6 after 43

Jaker Ali brings up his second ODI fifty with a brace off Kuldeep Yadav’s bowling right after the drinks interval. He also brings up hundred of the partnership with Towhid Hridoy with a single later in the over.

Hridoy brings up his fifty – his seventh in ODIs – with a boundary off Ravindra Jadeja in the following over, getting an outside edge that beats short third. BAN 142/5 after 37