India tried 8 bowlers… still the team was not all out, Pant hit, new opener flopped

New Delhi. The Indian team tested its preparations well in the warm-up match. Rohit and company registered a spectacular victory in the warm-up match against Bangladesh before the T20 World Cup. India defeated Bangladesh by 60 runs at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. In this match, wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant was a hit with the bat while Sanju Samson, who came in as an opener, disappointed. The Indian team will start its campaign in the T20 World Cup against Ireland on June 5. This match will be played at 8:00 pm according to Indian time.

Chasing the target of 183 runs, Bangladesh (IND vs BAN) could only score 122 runs for 8 wickets. For India, Arshdeep Singh and Shivam Dubey took 2-2 wickets while Siraj, Bumrah, Akshar Patel and Pandya took one wicket each. Team India tried 8 bowlers in this match, but they could not bowl out the opposition team. Arshdeep, Bumrah, Siraj, Akshar, Pandya, Shivam Dubey, Kuldeep and Jadeja bowled for India.

Bangladesh had a very bad start. Half of its team returned to the pavilion at a total score of 41. Opener Soumya Sarkar was sent to the pavilion by Arshdeep Singh on the fourth ball itself. Sarkar could not even open his account. Liton Das was bowled by Arshdeep Singh at a personal score of 6 runs. Captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto was caught by Siraj at the hands of Hardik Pandya. Shanto could not even open his account. Tauheed Hridaya returned to the pavilion after scoring 13 runs. Opener Tanjid Hasan was out after scoring 17 runs. Mahmudullah retired hurt after scoring 40 runs while Shakib Al Hasan contributed 28 runs.

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India scored 182 runs for 5 wickets
Earlier, Rishabh Pant strengthened his claim as a wicketkeeper batsman in the playing XI for the T20 World Cup by scoring a stormy half-century. With the help of which India scored 182 runs for 5 wickets. Pant is making a comeback in the Indian team after a horrific car accident in December 2022. He retired out after scoring 53 runs with the help of four fours and four sixes in 32 balls on a slow pitch. With this innings, he left Sanju Samson behind as a contender for the wicketkeeper in the team.

Sanju Samson was a flop
Samson opened the innings with captain Rohit Sharma (23 off 19 balls) but he could score only one run in six balls. Virat Kohli is likely to open the Indian innings with Rohit in the main matches of the World Cup, but Kohli joined the team after reaching the US on Friday. He was not a part of this practice match. Pant made a crucial partnership of 48 runs for the second wicket and 44 runs for the third wicket with Suryakumar Yadav (31).

Rishabh Pant scored half century in 32 balls
All-rounder Hardik Pandya contributed an unbeaten 40 off 23 balls by playing some big shots effortlessly in the last overs. Pant, who made a brilliant comeback to competitive cricket from IPL 2024, continued his rhythm here as well. He hit a brilliant four on fine leg against Soumya Sarkar and sent the ball into the crowd with one hand against Mahmudullah Riaz. After hitting sixes on consecutive balls against Shakib, he completed his half-century off 32 balls by hitting a four against this bowler in the 12th over and then retired out.

Hardik Pandya hit a hat-trick of sixes
Shivam Dubey got a reprieve on four runs but he could not take advantage of it. He was out after scoring 14 runs off 16 balls. India now needed to score runs quickly and Hardik lived up to this test. Hardik got a reprieve on 26 runs. He hit a hat-trick of sixes against left-arm spinner Tanveer Islam. After a disappointing campaign in the IPL, such an innings will definitely boost Hardik's morale and the team management's confidence in him will increase.

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