New York; News Agency: India successfully completed the first leg of their World Cup 2024 campaign on American soil with a comfortable 60-run win over Bangladesh in a warm-up match. Batting first, India scored 182 for 5 in the stipulated 20 overs. After that, Bangladesh bowled out the country for 122 runs. Rishabh Pant's knock (53 off 32 balls) and Hardik Pandya's all-round play (40 runs off 23 balls and 1 wicket) boded well for India in this match.
Bangladesh got off to a poor start chasing India's challenge at New York's Nassau Stadium. Arshdeep Singh took two wickets in his two overs. He dismissed Saumya Sarkar for a run on the fourth ball of the innings. He gave a catch to Rishabh Pant. Then Lytton Das (6) hit a triple on the first ball of the next over. Then Bangladesh captain Najmul Shanto Hussain was also dismissed for zero. In just 41 runs, half of their team was back in the tent.
After this, however, Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah recovered the innings. Both tackled the Indian bowling cautiously; But they could not maintain the required pace. Mahmudullah retired after scoring 40 runs. Jasprit Bumrah then dismissed Shakib (28). Shivam Dubey took 2 wickets in the last over. Bangladesh scored 122 for 9 in 20 overs.
Earlier, Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and invited Bangladesh to bowl first. Virat Kohli was given a break as he recently arrived in the US. India conducted a separate experiment as a practice. Skipper Rohit Sharma and Sanju Samson opened the innings, but Samson could not make a big knock and returned to the tent for 1 run. Rishabh Pant showed that he is ready for the World Cup with a half-century. Pant had to return to the tent from the half to allow the other batsmen to practice. He returned unbeaten with 53 off 32 balls. After that, Hardik Pandya played an explosive knock. He scored 40 runs in 23 balls. He scored a hat-trick of sixes in the seventeenth over of the innings. Pandya, who has been struggling for form in the IPL, comes as a pleasant shock to Indian fans.
Apart from these two, Rohit Sharma (23), Suryakumar Yadav (31), Shivam Dubey (14) and Ravindra Jadeja (4) scored not out for India. Hardik hit 4 sixes and 2 fours. India scored 182 for 5 in the stipulated 20 overs. 8 bowlers practiced from Bangladesh.
