Teams – Playing XI
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav.
Bangladesh: Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman.
– PTI
February 20, 2025 22:15
Gill, Shami shine as India beat Bangladesh by six wickets
Riding on Mohammed Shami’s 5/53 and Shubman Gill’s excellent hundred, India registered a comfortable six-wicket win over Bangladesh in their opening match of the Champions Trophy here on Thursday.
Pacer Shami returned to an ICC tournament with a five-wicket haul to help his team bowl out Bangladesh for 228. In reply, India completed the chase with 21 balls to spare.
Gill made an unbeaten 101 off 129 balls, and skipper Rohit Sharma blazed away to a characteristic 36-ball 41 while completing 11,000 runs in ODIs. This was Gill’s eighth ton in the format.
PTI
February 20, 2025 21:50
Gill’s ton secures India first victory in tournament
Gill’s century secures team India their first victory in the ongoing tournament. India beat Bangladesh by 6 wickets with 3 overs to spare.
February 20, 2025 21:46
Gill scores 100
Gill scores 100, closing in on the first victory at the CT-2025.
The 25-year-old right handed batsman scores his 8th ODI ton.
February 20, 2025 21:32
200 comes up for India with Gill leading scoreboard at 86 runs
February 20, 2025 21:20
Gill at 78 pushes India to 185 with 4 wickets loss
Gill at 78 (103 balls) pushes India to 186 with a loss of four wickets. Rahul eases into the partnership, scores 20 runs in 27 balls.
February 20, 2025 20:45
India needs 84 runs from 114 balls; Rahul, Gill on the crease
February 20, 2025 20:43
India loses 4 wickets quickly as team fights to chase
India loses 4 wickets quickly, in succession, after Rohit, with Virat, Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel. Team fights to chase the otherwise comfortable score.
Score: 144/4 after 30.1 overs
February 20, 2025 20:31
Mustafizur dismisses Shreyas Iyer with India at 133/3
February 20, 2025 20:27
India loses second wicket with Virat
India loses their second wicket as Rishad dismisses Virat. Shreyas Iyer comes in next, even as Gill scores 50.
February 20, 2025 19:49
India at 88/1 after 16.1 overs
February 20, 2025 19:28
India loses Rohit as Taskin dismisses him at 41
Taskin dismisses Rohit at 41 (36 balls), with a catch by Rishad, giving India the first wicket loss.
The captain, hoping to score a 50, had recently scored one in the match against England during the limited series. Prior to that, Rohit had not been able to score a 50 in 10 innings.
Score: 69/1 (10 overs)
February 20, 2025 19:20
Gill smashes match’s first 6, pushes India to 54/0
February 20, 2025 19:17
50 comes up for India as team looks to win first match
India crosses the 50-run mark on Thursday as the team looks to win their first match in the Champions Trophy 2025.
Rohit’s 7 4s and Gill’s 3 helps India reach 53.
February 20, 2025 19:13
Rohit reaches 11,000 ODI runs, becomes second-fastest in the world to do so
Hitman Rohit Sharma becomes the second-fastest in the world, after Virat Kohli to reach 11,000 ODI runs. Rohit reached the milestone in 261 innings. The captain also became the fourth Indian batter to achieve the feat after Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Virat Kohli.
Score: 46/0 at 7.3 overs
February 20, 2025 18:58
Rohit, Gill ease into partnership; India at 22 for no loss
As Rohit and Gill ease into the partnership, India stands at 22 for no loss, at the end of the 4th over.
February 20, 2025 18:42
Rohit, Shubman at the crease
As India looks to chase 229 runs, openers for the match Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill arrive at the crease, with Gill hitting the first 4.
February 20, 2025 18:12
Hridoy helps Bangladesh reach 228/10 in 48.4 overs
With his maiden ODI century Hridoy helps Bangladesh reach 228 in 48.4 overs.
As Rana takes the final wicket, Shami takes the catch, restricting Bangladesh to 48.4, two short of 50.
Target for India: 229 to win in 50 overs with 10 wickets.
February 20, 2025 18:05
Shami takes his 5th wicket as Bangladesh loses Taskin at 228
Shami takes his 5th wicket in the match against Bangladesh on Thursday as the team loses Taskin at 228. Score: 228/9 at 48.4 overs.
February 20, 2025 18:02
Hridoy scores maiden century, pushes Bangladesh to 228/8
Hridoy scores his maiden international century as he helps Bangladesh reach 228. He reaches 100 in 114 balls, with a strike rate of 87.72.
The 24-year-old right hand batsman has scored 92 on ODI debut against Ireland. It was the highest individual score by a Bangladeshi player on his ODI debut.
Score: 228/8 (48.1 overs)
February 20, 2025 17:49
Bangladesh loses their 8th, Shami takes his 4th
Bangladesh loses their 8th wicket at the 46th over to Shami, as he bowled Tanzim Hasan out. Score- 215/8 at 46.2 overs.
February 20, 2025 17:43
Bangladesh loses 7th wicket, score at 214/7
February 20, 2025 17:39
200 comes up for Bangladesh
As Bangladesh crosses 200-mark, Hridoy inches towards his century. Score: 205/6
February 20, 2025 17:32
Shami reaches 200th ODI wickets with Jaker
Mohammed Shami on Thursday becomes the fastest Indian bowler to pick 200 One-Day International wickets during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match against Bangladesh in Dubai.
He has taken three wickets in the ongoing match against Bangladesh.
Returning to international cricket after a long injury layoff, Shami grabbed three wickets to reach the milestone in his 104th match and better former India pacer Ajit Agarkar’s record of reaching the mark in 133 matches.
One of India’s finest seamers, Shami averages less than 25 in the ODI format and has already taken five fifers and 10 four-wicket hauls.
Shami is the eighth Indian to complete 200 wickets in ODI cricket.
February 20, 2025 17:30
Bangladesh loses Jaker; Shami takes his 3rd
Bangladesh loses Jaker after scoring 68, as Shami takes his 3rd wicket in the match. As Virat Kohli catches the ball, Bangladesh stares at 189-6 at 42.4 overs.
February 20, 2025 17:17
Bangladesh completes 41 overs, partnership reaches 142 runs
Bangladesh reaches 41 overs after Shami bowled 41st over. The partnership between Jaker and Hridoy reaches 142 out of 197 balls.
February 20, 2025 17:14
Hardik Pandya back, Bangladesh at 165-5
With Hardik Pandya bowling the over, Bangladesh reaches 165-5.
February 20, 2025 16:59
Hridoy brings his 50 with a boundary
Hridoy scores his half century with a boundary off Jadeja in the 37th over. Bangladesh at 142-5 after 37 overs.
February 20, 2025 16:57
Jaker gets to his 50
Jaker Ali gets to his 50 (51* of 87 deliveries), much to the relief of Bangladesh after their early scare. His team and the fans laud him Bangladesh at 134-5 after 35.1 overs. Hridoy is at 49*.
February 20, 2025 16:49
Bangladesh at 128-5 after 34 overs
Hridoy and Jaker are inching towards their half centuries.
February 20, 2025 16:26
Bangladesh crosses 100-mark
Bangladesh crosses the 100-mark and is at 101-5 after 28.3 overs as Jaker and Hridoy steady the innings.
February 20, 2025 16:16
Jaker and Hridoy build 60-run partnership
Jaker (30*) and Hridoy (31*) build a 60-run partnership of 108 balls to take Bangladesh to 95-5 after 26 overs.
February 20, 2025 16:00
Bangladesh finish 20 overs at 79-5
February 20, 2025 15:57
A boundary from the free hit
Kuldeep Yadav bowls a no-ball and Hridoy takes him for a boundary on the next delivery, the free hit. Bangladesh at 76-5 after 19.2 overs.
February 20, 2025 15:48
After 16 overs, Bangladesh at 65-5
February 20, 2025 15:34
Hridoy ends 12th over with a boundary
Hridoy scores a boundary to end the 12th over from Pandya. Bangladesh at 49-5 after 12 overs.
February 20, 2025 15:26
Bangladesh in trouble after 10 overs
Bangladesh struggles at 39-5 after 10 overs at the end of powerplay 1. Jaker (2*) and Hridoy (4*) are at the crease.
February 20, 2025 15:23
WICKET: Axar Patel misses a hat-trick
Axar Patel barely misses a hat-trick. He strikes with back-to-back wickets scalping Tanzid and Mushfiqur Rahim. Jaker Ali edges one from Axar Patel but Rohit Sharma misses it at the first slip.
February 20, 2025 15:07
WICKET: Miraz edges Shami to first slip
Shami celebrates yet again as Mehidy Hasan Miraz edges a delivery to Shubman Gill at first slip. Bangladesh at 26-3 after 6.2 overs.
February 20, 2025 14:57
Bangladesh at 17-2
Tanzid picks up Shami for a boundary taking Bangladesh to 17-2 after 4.2 overs.
February 20, 2025 14:51
Bangladesh loses two early wickets
At the end of three overs, Bangladesh has lost two wickets and are at 11-2. Tanzid Hassan (11*) and Mehidy Hasan Miraz (0*) are at the crease while Soumya Sarkar (c KL Rahul, b Shami) and Najimul Hosain Shanto (c Kohli,b Shami) depart without scoring.
February 20, 2025 14:40
Bangladesh opt to bat against India in CT opener
Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and opted to bat against India in their Champions Trophy opener in Dubai today (February 20, 2025).
India have made two changes from their previous ODI against England earlier this month, bringing in Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja in place of Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakaravarthy.
Bangladesh have fielded three seamers and two spinners and have opted for Tanzim Hasan ahead of much-talked about Nahid Rana in the pace department.
– PTI
Published – February 20, 2025 02:40 pm IST
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