The Champions Trophy 2025, game between India and Bangladesh is going through rough patch for the latter who lost early wickets in first 9 overs where they lost 5 wickets for 39 runs.
Couple of chances dropped by Indian fielders in the form of- Rohit Sharma, Kl Rahul and Hardik Pandya which gave Bangladesh an advantage of scoring most runs on sixth wicket.
More than 50 runs stand among Jaker Ali & Towhid Hridoy bult a solid partnership, to accommodate 112 runs on the board with 5 wicket remaining.
Let’s talk about entire scenario of the game so far, Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first.
Mohammad Shami brought early inroads for Bangladesh, by picking Soumya Sarkar wickets on 0.
Later Rana joined him at the party, supported again from Axar and Shami with couple of wickets.
India would be keenly looking to pick Bangladesh wickets under 170 so that they can effectively chase that target.
Let’s decode some of the batters who will be expected highly to chase down this target effective to be shared in the below format:
1. Rohit Sharma: Rohit Sharma is one of the most vital cog in Indian batting, the moment he would step on to chase this total, he is running short of few runs when it comes to etching his 12,000 runs in ODI cricket.
In 268 ODI matches, he has played for India, the ace batter has scored 10,988 runs with 32 centuries and 57 half centuries under their belt.
His highest total have been 264 in ODI cricket.
He is the only cricketer to score three double centuries in ODI Cricket which in itself is a rare feat for some other batter to accomplish.
2. Virat Kohli:
Virat Kohli is another batter who will be talked about and expected to chase down this total, he is also few runs short when it comes to scoring 14,000 ODI runs.
The ace batter needs to fire big time now, considering he is certainly the legend of this format.
The big knock is awaited from him if you look at his batting record, where he played 297 ODI matches and scored 13,963 runs with 50 centuries and 73 half centuries under his belt.
His highest total being 183 runs against arch rivals Pakistan.
3. Shreyas Iyer:
Shreyas Iyer played 65 ODI matches so far for India, where he scored 2,602 runs where he amassed 5 centuries and 20 half centuries under his belt and he is currently in the best form so he will be expected to deliver big time when it mattered the most.
4.Hardik Pandya:
Hardik Pandya comes another batter which would be expected to deliver with bat again considering his ferocious ability with the bat.
Pandya with blistering sixes can dismantle any opposition on the given day
Till the time I am writing this, Bangladesh scored 132 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in their 35 over quota.
