Bangladesh Tour of India: Arshdeep Singh stars as Indian bowlers set up win in first T20
Arshdeep Singh was adjudged the player of the match.
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A few hours after the bowling unit helped the Indian women’s cricket team set up a win against Pakistan in the 2024 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, the bowlers in the Indian men’s team played a crucial role to help the team get a seven-wicket win in the first match of the bilateral series against Bangladesh on Sunday.
Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh was the pick of the bowlers with a dominant display, picking up three wickets for 14 runs in 3.5 overs.
Captain Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and decided that the new-look Indian team will field first at the Gwalior International Cricket Stadium.
Singh got the better of Litton Das in the first over itself, and then bowled out Bangladesh’s other opener Parvez Hossain Emon in the first ball of the third over to peg the visitors back to 14/2.
Varun Chakravarthy, who also took three wickets, then got in on the act with the dismissal of Towhid Hridoy.
Hardik Pandya, Mayank Yadav and Washington Sundar also contributed with wickets as the Indians bowled out Bangladesh for a paltry 127, with Singh taking the final wicket of Mustafizur Rahman with a fine yorker.
Mehidy Hasan Miraz (unbeaten on 35) and skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto (27 off 25) were the only players in the Bangladesh lineup...
