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Champions Trophy: Best Oppo Moments from India-Bangladesh game
Birmingham, June 16: India cantered to a nine-wicket win over Bangladesh in a lopsided second semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy at the Edgbaston Stadium here on Thursday, setting up a clash with arch-rivals Pakistan in the final.
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Chasing 265 to win after electing to field first, the defending champions did not flinch for one moment as they achieved the target in 40.1 overs for the loss of just one wicket.
India won the match convincingly with 59 balls to spare.
Rohit Sharma scored his 11th career ton (123 not out) and captain Virat Kohli notched up his 42nd fifty (96 not out) to stitch up an unbeaten 178-run partnership for the second wicket.
While Sharma's innings was laced with 15 fours and one six, Kohli smashed 13 boundaries.
Kohli, in the process, became the fastest cricketer in the world to reach 8,000 runs in ODIs in just 175 innings.
Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Sharma were off to a rollicking start in the first six overs.
Earlier, Jadhav's 'golden arm' provided decisive twin blows, helping India restrict Bangladesh opting to bowl. Jadhav's 2/22 in six overs brought India back in the game as he took the crucial wickets of Tamim Iqbal (70) and Mushfiqur Rahim (61) with his fastish off-breaks.
The two wickets proved to be the difference as Bangladesh only crossed the 260-mark instead of a projected 310 after Tamim and Rahim had added 123 runs for the second wicket in 21.1 overs.
Jasprit Bumrah (2/40 in 10 overs) played his regular part to perfection, stifling the opposition with as many as 40 dot balls. The third powerplay (41-50) saw Bangladesh scoring only 62 runs, primarily due to a cameo from skipper Mashrafe Mortaza (30 no off 25 balls).
Here are the Oppo moments from the match between India and Bangladesh:
Bhuvneshwar Kumar strikes in the first over itself
Bhuvneshwar Kumar clean bowled Bangladesh opener Soumya Sarkar for duck in the very first over of the innings. The right-arm pacer bowled a length ball, angling away wide of off stump.
Sarkar didn't move his front foot and went for the drive, played it with an angled bat, and the ball went into his stumps. Bhuvneshwar gave India the much needed start in the very first over and that was certainly the Oppo Moment of the Match.
He also took the second wicket for India by dismissing Sabbir Rahman.
Virat Kohli's epic tongue out reaction
Virat Kohli caught Mushfiqur Rahim off Kedar Jadhav's delivery to give Bangladesh their fifth jolt. Kohli teased Mushfiqur (61) by stucking his tongue out as he and Jadhav celebrated the fall on another well set Bangladeshi batsman.
After dismissing Tamim, Jadhav was back in thick of things, in a space of few overs, this time getting Rahim to drive uppishly that went straight to Kohli at mid-wicket.
The images of Kohli's tongue out were all over the social media in no time. Kohli's animated celebration certainly was the Oppo Moment of the match.
Rohit Sharma slams 11th ODI century
The right-handed opener slammed a brilliant half-century against Bangladesh. The aggressive opener completed his career's 32nd ODI fifty off 57 deliveries. His half-century was laced with seven boundaries.
The aggressive batsman then converted his fifty into a sensational ton. Rohit slammed his career's 11th ODI hundred off 111 deliveries and first of the ICC Champions Trophy. His century was definitely the Oppo Moment of the Match.
He reached the hundred in style with a six and acknowledged the crowd.
The Mumbaikar remained unbeaten at 123 as India defeated Bangladesh by 9 wickets. His gritty knock was laced with 15 fours and a six.
Jasprit Bumrah's perfect yorker to dismiss Mahmudullah
India's yorker specialist Jasprit Bumrah produced a beauty and rattled the stumps of dangerous Mahmudullah Riyad for 21.
Bangladesh's last hope for a big score was Mahmudullah Riyadh (21), who got the perfect yorker and he could have done nothing about it.
There wasn't much Mahmudullah could do as he was trying to score runs but couldn't do much against Bumrah's lethal yorker delivery. Bumrah's beauty with the ball was another Oppo Moment of the match.
Virat Kohli becomes fastest to 8000 ODI runs
India's batting masterclass Virat Kohli on Thursday (June 15) touched another milestone by becoming the fastest to score 8000 ODI runs.
The right-handed batsman took 175 innings to complete 8000 runs and broke South Africa skipper AB de Villiers' record.
The 28-year-old required 88 runs to reach the milestone when he came out to bat. Batting on 87*, Kohli punched Sabbir Rahman towards long-off for a single and became the quickest ODI batsman to 8000 runs.
Another milestone moment for the 'Run Machine' was definitely the Oppo Moment of the Match.
Kohli hits the winning runs for India
Skipper Virat Kohli hit the winning runs for India as the defending champions booked a spot in their fourth Champions Trophy final.
The captain smashed a boundary and finished on 96*.
A very wide over-pitched delivery from Sabbir Rahman was driven through the cover for four. After hitting the winning runs, Kohli punched his hand in the air in delight.
Both the batsmen (Rohit and Virat) hugged each other and congratulated for a clinical performance against Bangladesh. With this boundary India stormed into the finals of the tournament. It was the Oppo Moment of the match.
Fans take selfie with OPPO F3
Fans click selfie with OPPO F3 during India-Bangladesh match.
Note: Images taken from ICC Official Twitter Handle.
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Story first published: Thursday, August 3, 2017, 7:52 [IST]
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