India vs Bangladesh, World Cup 2023: Top five moments from Men in Blue's seven-wicket win

India’s relentless domination in World Cup 2023 continued as they defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in Pune Thursday to make it four wins from four matches. The Men in Blue is the only side apart from New Zealand to have not lost a single match so far in the World Cup and are second in the points, only behind Kiwis on net run rate (NRR). World Cup 2023:  News  |  Schedule  |  Results  |  Points table Bangladesh, on the other hand, suffered their third consecutive defeat and it has dealt a major blow to their knockout chances. With skipper Shakib Al Hasan missing due to a quadriceps injury, it was always going to be a tough ask for the Tigers against the Indian cricket team and it proved to be the same. Bangladesh batted first and were restricetd to 256/8 despite Tanzid Hasan (51) and Litton Das (66) putting up 93 runs for the first wicket. After a middle-order collapse, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah scored 38 and 46 respectively but couldn’t take the total close to 300. Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, and Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets each, while Shardul Thakur and Kuldeep Yadav had one wicket to their name respectively.

In reply, Rohit Sharma (48) gave India a blazing start followed by a fifty by Shubman Gill (53). The player of the match, however, was Virat Kohli who scored 103 not out for his 48th ODI hundred as India completed the chase in 41.3 overs. Mehidy Hasan Miraz took two wickets and Hasan Mahmud got one. Here we take a look at the top 5 moments from the India vs Bangladesh match Hardik Pandya twists his ankle India suffered an early scare when Hardik Pandya while trying to stop a straight drive off his own bowling, slipped down and twisted his ankle. He tried bowling again but was unable to do so and had to leave the field. The BCCI sent an update soon after that Pandya was taken for scans and after India’s win, captain Rohit revealed that there was no “major damage”.

Good news for India

Hardik Pandya's injury is not serious#INDvBAN #INDvsNZ #Hardikpandya #ICCWorldCup2023 #CWC23 pic.twitter.com/DN5gFdwgRE

— Siddharth Dwivedi (@Og_Siddharth) October 20, 2023

“He pulled up a bit sore. There is no major damage, that is good for us. But obviously with an injury like that, we have to assess every day and we will do whatever is required,” Rohit said. Virat Kohli completes Hardik Pandya’s over Pandya incident took place in the ninth over of the match which was also the all-rounder’s first over of the day. After he was unable to complete the last three deliveries, Kohli stepped in and completed the over, bowling right-arm medium pace. He gave away two singles in his three balls as the crowd at the MCA Stadium in Pune cheered for him loudly.

Ravindra Jadeja’s acrobatic catch Just when Mushfiqur and Mahmudullah were trying to steady Bangladesh’s innings, Jadeja broke the 22-run stand with an incredible diving catch at backward point. Capitalising on a wide ball from Bumrah, Mushfiqur went for a hard cut but Jadeja ended the stay of the well-set batter at the crease with a flying catch to his right.

A flying Jadeja spotted !
A stunning catch from the India star .#CWC23 #INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/1dDAHa1A8A

— BJP Tripura (@BJP4Tripura) October 19, 2023

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Shubman Gill’s maiden World Cup fifty From missing the first two matches due to dengue to bringing up his maiden fifty in a winning cause for India. It has been quite an eventful start to the World Cup 2023 for the young opener Shubman Gill. Playing in only his second ODI World Cup match, Gill was relentless in attack as he scored a quick-fire 53 off 55 before getting out to Mehidy Hasan Miraz in the 20th over.

Virat Kohli’s 48th ODI hundred The match was finished by the chase master Kohli who brought up his 48th ODI ton and is only behind Sachin Tendulkar by one century now. It was quite an eventful century though. At one point India needed just 26 to win the match and Kohli was on 74. This is when he decided with his batting partner KL Rahul to not take singles anymore. From thereon Kohli relied on double and boundaries to reach his century.

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In fact, towards the end, Bangladesh spinner Nasum Ahmed also bowled a wide down the leg side but it was not given by umpire Richard Kettleborough. Kohli reached his century with a six off Nasum Ahmed in the 41st over as India won the match.