Jadeja, Rohit Star As India Pummel Bangladesh

Ravindra Jadeja who was making ODI comeback after almost fifteen months celebrated his return with an exceptional 4 for 29 before skipper Rohit Sharma starred with the bat in India's thumping 7-wicket win over Bangladesh on Friday 21 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai in the first match of the Super 4 stage.

India team once again were as clinical as they were against Pakistan in the previous match where they put on a very much similar performance to beat them by 8-wickets.



Much like against Pakistan, bowlers were again starred with the ball to bowled out Bangladesh on a modest total of 173 after Rohit Sharma asked them to bat first. And after that, without creating any sort of drama, chased down the target with 82 balls to spare. Shikhar Dhawan (40 off 47 balls) and MS Dhoni (33 off 37 balls) who was promoted at no. 4, batted brilliantly with Rohit Sharma.

Bangladesh while batting kept losing wickets at regular interval and therefore, they couldn't make any big partnership despite 66 for the 8th wicket between skipper Mashrafe Mortaza and Mehidy Hasan. Two of their most experienced batsmen, Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim got out playing poor shots and that didn't help Bangladesh's cause.

Mehidy Hasan was the top scorer with 42 off 50 balls. Shakib Al Hasan (17 off 12 balls), Rahim (21 off 45 balls), Mahmudullah (25 off 51 balls) and Mortaza (26 off 32 balls) they all got the start but could not capitalize into big scores. And for that, They should blame themselves for showing poor batting display on a pitch which was excellent for batting.



On the other hand, Indian bowlers were brilliant both with spin and pace. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah again produced crucial wickets with Kumar dismissed Liton Das (7) while Bumrah grabbed Hossain Shanto (7).

Once both the opener dismissed, Jadeja ran through Bangladesh's middle order with his leg break. He was awarded Man Of The Match for his match-winning spell. Kumar and Bumrah sported Him well with 3-wickets each. They were equally brilliant at the beginning as well as in the death. Both finished their spell with 3 for 32 and 3 for 37 respectively.

In the 3rd match of the Super 4 stage on 23rd September, India will be against Pakistan and in the second match of the day, Bangladesh will take on Afghanistan.

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