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Bangladesh Tamim Iqbal b Jadhav 70 Soumya Sarkar b Kumar 0 Sabbir Rahman c Jadeja b Kumar 19 Mushfiqur Rahim c Kohlu b Jadhav 61 Shakib Al Hasan c Dhoni b Jadeja 15 Mahmudullah b Bumrah 21 Mosaddek Hossain c and b Bumrah 15 Mashrafe Mortaza not out 30 Taskin Ahmed not out 10 Extras (lb9, w7, nb2, pen5) 23 Total (7 wkts, 50 overs) 264 India R. Sharma not out 123 S. Dhawan c Mosaddek Hossain b Mashrafe 46 V. Kohli not out 96 Extras 0 Total (1 wkt, 40.1 overs) 265 Result: India won by nine wickets Man-of-the-match: Rohit Sharma (IND)
Birmingham ohit Sharma’s unbeaten century sealed India’s place in Rohit a Champions Trophy final against arch-rivals Pakistan afterR the title-holders thrashed Bangladesh by nine wickets at Edgbaston yesterday. ton fires Bangladesh’s total of 264 for seven never looked like being enough and was duly made to look inadequate by India’s powerful top-order. Sharma and fellow opener Shikhar Dhawan (46) put on 87 before Sharma (123 not out) and India captain Virat Kohli (96 not out) completed the job with nearly 10 overs to spare. Their unbroken partnership of 178 delighted the huge India contingent in a crowd of 24,340 -- a record for a one-day India to international at Edgbaston. “Hopefully our two openers can give us a solid base in the final,” Kohli told Sky Sports. “We have to take the mindset that it’s just another game into the final, even though I know that sounds boring. “You have to keep your composure and I’m confident my guys will deliver.” dream final For all the blistering batting, the real India hero of this match was part-time spinner Kedar Jadhav, who dismissed both of Bangladesh’s top-scorers in Tamim Iqbal (70) and Mushfiqur Rahim (61) in a spell of two for 22 in six overs. The third-wicket duo shared a stand of 123, but Bangladesh’s innings faltered after their exits. “Kedar Jadhav is not a surprise package,” said Kohli. with Pakistan “He’s a smart guy and knows where to pitch the ball and get purchase off the wickets.” Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza was left to rue the dismissals of Tamim and Mushfiqur. “We could’ve scored 300 or 320 but once they got our two set batsman out that was a big setback for us,” he said. Mortaza added: “We have some experienced players now and hopefully next time we will come strongly.” India hammered Pakistan by 124 runs in the teams’ Champions Trophy opener at Edgbaston 11 days ago. But Pakistan themselves trounced much-fancied tournament hosts England by eight wickets in another lopsided semi-final in Cardiff on Wednesday. Sunday’s match at the Oval in London will be just the second time the Asian giants have met in the final of a major International Cricket Council tournament. India beat Pakistan by a mere five runs in the 2007 World India’s Rohit Sharma Twenty20 final in Johannesburg, a victory that led to the celebrates after creation of the lucrative Indian Premier League. (AFP) reaching his 100
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