Tanzim Hasan Sakib bids farewell to Virat Kohli; (right) an aggressive Rohit Sharma.©Twitter
The rivalry between India and Bangladesh is one in cricket that is quickly gaining a reputation as one of the most intensely contested and followed competitions. Over the years, emotions run high on both sides each time the two teams face each other. The same was the case during the T20 World Cup Super 8 match in Antigua on Saturday. There were aggressive reactions throughout the match. The first notable case is that where Bangladesh Tanzim Hasan Sakib kept looking aggressively Virat Kohli after bringing out the Indian star for 37 years. The fiery farewells quickly went viral on social media.
But then, Rohit Sharma also reciprocated when Hardik Pandya Bangladesh opener ruled out Litton Das as the team lost their first wicket.
Hardik Pandya’s unbeaten fifty guides India to 196/5 against Bangladesh in their second Super 8 match of the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup 2024 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.
Bangladeshi captain Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and opted to field against India in their second Super 8 match of the ongoing showpiece event. Batters Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli started the innings for the Men in Blue. The two batters put on a partnership of 39 runs from 22 balls before Rohit was dismissed after scoring 23 runs from 11 balls with the help of three fours and a six.
After the skipper’s wicket, the team’s keeper-batsman Rishabh pants came out in the middle.
The Indian team completed fifty on the penultimate ball of the sixth over as Kohli struck a maximum off the bowling of left-arm seamer Mustafizur Rehman.
India lost two wickets in the ninth over. Right-arm seamer Tanzim Hasan Sakib took the wickets of the former Indian skipper (37 runs off 28 balls, 1 four, 3 sixes) and Suryakumar Yadav (6 runs away with 2 balls, 1 six).
Following the loss of these two wickets, the Indian team’s score was 77/3 in 8.3 overs.
The Rohit Sharma-led completed the 100-run mark in 11.2 overs as Pant smashed a six off the bowling of the leg-spinner Rishad Hossain.
Pant was sent back to the pavilion in the 12th over after playing an innings of 36 runs in 24 balls which was interspersed with four boundaries and two maximums.
The team scored 150 runs in the 17th over.
Shivam Dube played a knock of 34 runs off 24 balls with the help of three maximums before returning to the dressing room.
Hardik Pandya played an unbeaten innings of 50 runs in just 27 balls with the help of four fours and three sixes in his innings.
For Bangladesh, two wickets each were broken by Tanzim Hasan Sakib and Rishad Hossain during their respective tenures. A wicket was bagged by Shakib Al Hasan.
With ANI inputs
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