India initially were tottering with their run rate as over just 3 runs an over. Then with couple of wickets down with 10 overs bowled at them, they were in deep trouble. They scored their first fifty by consuming 14 overs and lost Virat Kohli. Kohli was out to keep India in disarray. However, after 4 wickets down MS Dhoni and KL Rahul built Indian innings. And for almost next 10 overs they were cautious. Thereby, Bangladesh continued spin for a long period of time. Thus, these two capitalized on with good hits and raised the scoring rate with clean hits off spin bowling.
Bangladesh then found themselves clueless to stop both powerful players of spin bowling (Rahul and Dhoni). They smashed Bangladesh bowlers all over the ground with lusty blows in the later part of the Indian innings. They both scored powerful centuries with good strike rate and took India from nowhere to 359. Well, the target set for Bangladesh as 360 to win. Earlier, India was considered by the commentators that even reaching 250 for them was tough. But these two compiled a big score and that’s how currently by dominating Bangladesh, India’s morale boosted. They’ll feel happy to play their first world cup match scheduled on June 5. The move for the Indians believed to be marching ahead with each match they play.
Indian fans are delighted as MS Dhoni once again rescued India from a paltry position. KL Rahul also played good cricketing shots and was top of the tidy Bangladesh attack throughout his innings.
The target of 360 looked achievable for Bangladesh in the middle overs but Kuldeep Yadav picked two vital wickets. Thereon, Bangladesh surrendered. India on a high note with this match will celebrate and regroup again to aim for reaching the final of 2019 world cup.
Khalid M Raza
