Twitter Reacts As India Inch Closer To Semis With A 5-Run Win Over Bangladesh In ICC T20 World Cup 2022

Updated - 02 Nov 2022, 07:13 PM

Twitter Reacts As India Inch Closer To Semis With A 5-Run Win Over Bangladesh In ICC T20 World Cup 2022
Twitter Reacts As India Inch Closer To Semis With A 5-Run Win Over Bangladesh In ICC T20 World Cup 2022

The Rohit Sharma-led India National Cricket Team locked horns with Shakib Al Hasan-led Bangladesh National Cricket Team in their 4th match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 at the Adelaide Oval on Wednesday, November 2.

India National Cricket Team defeated Bangladesh National Cricket Team by 5 runs to inch closer to the semi-finals of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022. This was India’s 11th T20I win over the Bangla Tigers and 4th win in the T20 World Cups.

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Earlier, Bangladesh National Cricket Team won the toss and elected to bowl first in the match. They made a sole change to the playing XI as Shoriful Islam replaced Soumya Sarkar. India National Cricket Team, on the other hand, brought back Axar Patel in the playing XI for Deepak Hooda.

KL Rahul
KL Rahul. Pic Credits: Twitter.

Batting first, India National Cricket Team lost the wicket of captain Rohit Sharma in the 4th over itself. However, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli batted very well and they had a 67-run partnership in 37 balls.

Rahul was cleaned up by Shakib Al Hasan in the 10th over after scoring 50 runs off 32 balls, including 3 fours and 4 sixes. The Bangladesh captain also ended Suryakumar Yadav’s quickfire 30-run knock in the 14th over.

In the end, India lost quick wickets of Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik and Axar Patel. However, Ravichandran Ashwin smashed a couple of good boundaries and Virat Kohli remained unbeaten to help India post 184/6 on the board. Kohli smashed terrific 64 runs off 44 balls, including 8 fours and 1 six.

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Virat Kohli (PC-Getty Images)

Talking about the Bangladesh bowlers, young pacer Hasan Mahmud bagged three wickets and spinner Shakib Al Hasan bagged 2 wickets.

Chasing the target, Litton Das provided his side with an exceptional start in the match. Bangladesh were at 66/0 after 7 overs, before the rain interrupted the play. Due to the rain, the overs were reduced to 16 and Bangladesh got the revised target of 151 runs.

Liton Das. PC- Getty
Liton Das. PC- Getty

Soon after the play resumed, Bangladesh lost the wickets of Litton Das, who scored 27-ball 60, Najmul Hossain Shanto (21), Afif Hossain (3) and Shakib Al Hasan (13).

In the end, Bangladesh needed 20 runs off 6 balls to win. They were unable to chase the target and were restricted to 145/6. Notably, Nurul Hasan played an incredible 25-run cameo knock and Taskin Ahmed chipped in with crucial 12 runs to help the Bangla Tigers get closer to the win.

Here’s How Twitter Reacted To India vs Bangladesh ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 Clash:

 

 

 

 

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