In the first T20 match against Bangladesh, India achieved a resounding victory. The match, part of a three-match T20 series, took place on Sunday in Gwalior, where Team India won by 7 wickets, successfully chasing down the target of 128 runs with 49 balls to spare.
After losing the toss and opting to bat first, Bangladesh was all out for 127 runs in 19.5 overs. Mehidy Hasan Miraz was the top scorer with 35 runs off 32 balls, including 3 fours. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto contributed 27 runs from 25 balls, hitting 1 four and 1 six. Among the Indian bowlers, Varun Chakravarthy excelled with figures of 3/31, while Arshdeep Singh claimed 3 wickets for just 14 runs. Mayank Yadav, Washington Sundar, and Hardik Pandya each took one wicket.
In the batting department for India, Sanju Samson scored 29 runs, Abhishek Sharma contributed 16 runs, and Suryakumar Yadav also made 29 runs. Nitish Kumar Reddy finished not out with 16 runs, and Hardik Pandya played a crucial role, remaining unbeaten on 36 runs, leading the team to victory.
๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ค ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ! ๐ฅ
A comfortable seven-wicket victory for Team India in the first T20I against Bangladesh at Gwalior! ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ค#INDvBAN #T20Is #Gwalior #Sportskeeda pic.twitter.com/48dGmNT2Il
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