Shubman Gill gave an superior show of his expertise whereas registering his fifth ODI hundred, however Bangladesh managed to eke out an sudden six-run win over India in an Asia Cup Tremendous 4 match in Colombo on Friday.
Gill’s 121 off 133 balls was distinctive. However it was not sufficient to pull India previous Bangladesh’s 265 for 8, constructed round fifties by Shakib Al Hasan (80) and Towhid Hridoy (54) after they had been put into bat. India had been bowled out for 259.
Axar Patel (42 off 34 balls) tried gamely to carry India again into the sport with some heavy blows, however the goal stayed simply past India’s grasp.
However within the match’s context, the consequence didn’t matter as India had already entered the ultimate. They’ll face Sri Lanka on Sunday. However the evening belonged to Gill, regardless of the tip consequence.
Gill’s batting is all about timing and minimalism. He pulls however not with the flourish of Rohit Sharma, and he drives however not with the aptitude of Virat Kohli. However Gill lends his personal aesthetics and beauty to his sport. Pattern this.
Shakib dropped one a bit quick and Gill stepped out simply sufficient to satisfy the ball in its pitch. It was not the shimmy of a ballet dancer, however the exact footwork of a boxer.
There was no explosive loft over covers that one would usually count on, however Gill ended the second with a easy verify drive that sailed for a six over vast long-off.
Gill did that twice in a single over towards off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz – as soon as over long-on and the second time straight over the bowler’s head.
The knock was outstanding additionally as a result of Gill hardly obtained any assist from the opposite finish.
Aside from Gill not one of the Indian batsmen regarded half on this evening, and so they began the chase on a disastrous word.
Since Virat Kohli and Hardik Pandya had been among the many 5 rested gamers, India wanted heftier contributions from captain Rohit Sharma and the remainder of the batters.
India additionally gave a break to pacers Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav.
However the contributions from different batsmen by no means actually arrived, as the very best partnership in India’s innings was a 57 between Gill and Ok.L. Rahul for the third wicket.
India began the chase in a rocky method as Rohit departed within the first over itself, perishing to Tanzim Hasan after a half-hearted, uppish drive.
Tilak Varma, who made his ODI debut on this match, shouldered arms to Tanzim solely to see his stumps getting disturbed.
Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav, who performed one sweep shot too many, didn’t get going towards a plethora of Bangladesh spinners. Among the many ruins round him, Gill batted with a variety of composure. However his innings was destined to finish as a examine materials to his distinctive batsmanship, somewhat than a catalyst to an Indian win. He holed out within the deep off Hasan.
Earlier, Shakib and Hridoy exploited the lowered firepower in India’s bowling assault to attain half-centuries. Shakib, who added 101 runs for the fifth wicket with Hridoy, made a confidence-boosting fifty for himself after struggling to make an impression just lately with the bat.
The left-hander was extreme on Axar, hammering the left-arm spinner for 2 consecutive sixes, however he discovered the specified assist solely from the younger Hridoy. The Shakib-Hridoy partnership additionally rescued Bangladesh from complete catastrophe which they appeared to have headed at 59 for 4 within the 14th over.
However they may not broaden their knocks as Shakib was cleaned up by Shardul Thakur, whereas Mohammed Shami accounted for Hridoy. Nonetheless, Nasum Ahmed (44 off 45 balls) pushed Bangladesh previous the 250-run mark as Indian bowlers misplaced some path in the direction of the enterprise finish.
India may have introduced curtains on Bangladesh innings a lot faster had they held on to a few catches – Suryakumar, Tilak and Ok.L. Rahul being the offenders.
That laxity on the sector and by the bowlers helped Bangladesh to publish a aggressive complete that proved simply sufficient.
