2024-10-07 22:12:11
International cricket returns to the city of kings after 14 years. By afternoon, Gwalior erupted in festivities, defying the threat of the Hindu Mahasabha. The Srimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium will step into the international arena for the first time, and thousands of spectators in the city of Madhya Pradesh, India, could not contain their joy.
Srimant Madhavrao Stadium, surrounded by hills, takes a scenic view at dusk. The stage is set, the audience takes their seats, the evening and night of Super Sunday is just bliss. But no, the Bangladeshi batsmen ended the match in a series of failures with the bat. The original form of T20 is lost. At one point in the procession of the wicket, the excitement of the audience also decreased.
After losing the toss and batting, Bangladesh collected only 127 runs. All out in 19.4 overs. 6.45 per over. Only 39 after losing 2 wickets in the power play! India scored 71 runs in the power play on the same wicket. It took just 11.5 overs to reach the target of 128 runs. 3 wickets fell. India won the first of the three-match series to take a 1-0 lead.
Hardik Pandya gave the team a big win by hitting two consecutive fours and a six off Taskin Ahmed. Before hitting the six, the bat misses the hand and flies. 39 runs off 16 balls from his bat. 2 sixes and 5 fours. Hardik was accompanied by Nitish Kumar Reddy who came down to play the debut match. He scored 16 runs off 15 balls. 52 runs came from the pair of 24 balls.
Sanju Samson-Abhishek Sharma got off to a stormy start in goal. Abhishek returned with 16 runs off 7 balls. 25 runs from 12 balls came from the opening pair of the two. Sanju survived but could not score more than 29 runs. Suryakumar Yadav scored equal 29 runs. Taskin bowled randomly for Bangladesh. He gave 44 runs in 2.5 overs. Mostafizur Rahman took 1 wicket but gave 36 runs in 3 overs. Miraj took 1 wicket with 7 runs in 1 over.
Earlier in the fourth ball of the innings, Liton Das started the innings with a brilliant four through the third man region using the pace of Arshdeep. The right-handed batsman is out without breathing a sigh of relief. He was caught at short cover while being bowled. 4 runs come from 2 balls. In the next over Parvez Hossain Imon’s great six. Hardik flicked Pandya to the gallery. Even with a glimpse, Imon could not walk the path of a big innings, Tanjeed Hasan replaced Tamim. He scored 8 runs off 9 balls.
After the return of the two openers, captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto-Tawheed Hriday tried to build resistance. But the heart was not doing well. The ball-to-run margin continues to increase. A heart-wrenching innings ends with an unnecessary pull. The pair broke by 26 runs. Mahmudullah Riyad-Zaker Ali Anik came and went to the crease after the return of Hriday.
At such a moment, the veteran Mahmudullah’s out is more dangerous. Mayank wanted to come forward and kill Yadav. The timing is not right. Washington was caught in deep point by Sundar. The most experienced batsman of Bangladesh team scored 1 run. Mahmudullah was Mayank’s first victim in the debut match. Zaker Ali did not understand Varun Chakraborty’s ball after one over. 8 runs off 6 balls from his bat.
Bangladesh lost 5 wickets for 57 runs. At the other end Shanta was fighting. Mehdi Hasan Miraj came to the crease instead of Shakib Al Hasan. Shanto returned with 27 runs off 25 balls. Then Miraj took the lead. Rishad gave him great support with a cameo of 11 runs off 5 balls. Taskin Ahmed also scored equal runs. At the other end, India could not get Mirage out. This all-rounder contributed to a somewhat respectable score by scoring 35 runs off 32 balls.
Arshdeep Singh took 3 wickets in 3.5 overs for just 14 runs. He was also the man of the match. Varun Chakraborty took the same wicket with 31 runs. Hardik, Mayank and Washington took 1 wicket each. There are no bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah or Mohammad Siraj, but the Bangladeshi batsmen seem to see Sarsheful in their eyes.
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