IND vs BAN Highlights, T20 World Cup 2024 Warm-up: Pant, Hardik, Arshdeep star as India thrashes Bangladesh by 60 runs

A comprehensive win for India, but more than the win, the Men in Blue will be happy about the takeaways from this warm-up match. Rishabh Pant scored a brisk fifty at No. 3, Hardik Pandya smashed three back to back sixes and was at his destructive best with the bat, having put his woeful IPL form behind him, and Arshdeep Singh was spot-on with the new ball in the PowerPlay. Other than that, it was good to see Shivam Dube bowling three overs, and also picking a couple of wickets, albeit at the death. 

Although Virat Kohli didn’t play, it was a good warm-up for Team India ahead of its campaign opener against Ireland on June 05 at the same venue. The conditions today weren’t really conducive to run-scoring. There was some awkward bounce, and the pitch seemed slow with the ball not really coming onto the bat. Moreover, the outfield too wasn’t the fastest, with puffs of sand coming off upon contact with the ball in some parts of the field. It will thus be interesting how India approaches its game, especially at this venue, where it has to play three matches, including the big one against Pakistan on June 9. 

That will be all from us for tonight. Tune in and follow our coverage of the T20 World Cup, which begins tomorrow at 6 AM IST with USA and Canada facing off in the tournament opener. Until then, it’s goodnight from us! 

Dube to bowl the final over. OUT! Now Dube has a wicket too. Slower one, Rishad swings for the fences but ends up getting more height than distance. Good high catch by Axar. Jaker Ali comes in next and goes for a golden duck, caught at deep midwicket. Dube on a hat-trick. Slow, short and outside off and Tanzim lets it go. Hat-trick averted. Flicked to mid-on for a single by Tanzim. Belted past the bowler by Mahedi for just a single. That’s it then. India has won comfortably, by 60 runs. 

Bumrah is back for his second over. Around the wicket to Shakib. Short and dragged to deep midwicket by Shakib for a single. FOUR! Full just outside off and Mahmudullah reaches out for it and squeezes it behind to find the boundary. A quick single next ball after Mahmudullah stabs this to mid-off. OUT! Short, Shakib looks to uppercut it but gets some glove on it as Pant takes an easy catch behind the stumps. 

Mahedi Hasan comes in now. He is off the mark with a couple of runs. Meanwhile, Rishad Hossain has come in for Mahmudullah, who has retired out. 

Shakib Al Hasan c Rishabh Pant b Jasprit Bumrah 28 (34b 2x4)

Siraj is back now. Pulled away by Mahmudullah for a single. Good yorker and dabbed away by Shakib for a single at third man. Slower bouncer and Mahmudullah goes for the pull but can’t put bat on ball. Angled in on the pads and flicked away for a single by Mahmudullah. Full just outside off and Shakib swings and misses. Full toss and pushed to long-off by Shakib for a single to end the over. 

Arshdeep comes back for his third. Starts off with a scorching yorker to Shakib. Another good yorker to Mahmudullah. Just two singles off the first two balls. Short and pace off now and Shakib misses it completely. Shakib gets the ball to balloon high in the air as he looks to whip this on leg-side but only gets a single as the ball lands just away from the man at long-on. FOUR! In the slot and outside off and Mahmudullah with a lofted drive over extra-cover to find the boundary. Wide yorker attempted next ball but called a wide. Wide yorker attempted again and put away to deep point for a single by Mahmudullah. 

Dube to bowl his second over. Shortish and put away in the deep at square-leg for a single by Mahmudullah. Slower one angling away outside off and Shakib is too early into the cut and misses. Yorker length this time and squeezed out for a single by Shakib. Pulled away to deep square for one more by Mahmudullah. Shakib shuffles across and flat-bats this for a single at through midwicket. Mahmudullah goes for a scoop and misses to end the over. Dube goes for just eight in two overs. 

Hardik to bowl his third over. SIX! Down the leg-side and Mahmudullah flicks it with ease over deep square-leg for Bangladesh’s first maximum of the innings. FOUR! Mahmudullah hops and cuts this to the third-man boundary. FOUR! Top-edge on the pull and another boundary for Mahmudullah, this time in the fine-leg region. Flicked on the on-side for a single by Mahmudullah. FOUR! Flat-batted pull by Shakib in front of midwicket and he finds the boundary. 

Jadeja will continue. Pulled to deep square by Shakib for a single. Mahmudullah now pulls this to square-leg for one more. FOUR! Hammered down the ground by Shakib for a boundary. Beaten! Shakib looks to slog this away too but this is pushed wider outside off and he cannot connect. Single at deep midwicket for him next ball. Mahmudullah misses a sweep off the last ball of the over. 

Kuldeep will continue. A couple of dot balls to start the over as Kuldeep follows Shakib after the latter looks to make room outside off. This is heaved away to long-off by Shakib for a single. This is turning away outside off and called wide. Cut away through point by Mahmudullah for a single. Shakib steps out and pushes this to long-on for one more. A bit of a bottom edge for Mahmudullah to end the over. 

Here comes Jadeja. Just three singles from the first four balls of this over. Mahmudullah flicks this off his pads for another single. One leg-bye to end the over. 

Kuldeep Yadav into the attack. Shakib goes for a paddle sweep first ball and collects a couple of runs. Shakib steps out now and lofts this over mid-off for one more. Cut away through point by Mahmudullah for a single and 50 up for Bangladesh in 10.3 overs. Swept behind the keeper by Shakib for one more. FOUR! Reverse-sweep by Mahmudullah and he gets a boundary at third-man. This is now clipped behind to fine-leg for a couple more to end the over. Eleven runs from Kuldeep’s first over. 

Shivam Dube will now have a bowl. Mahmudullah steps out but Dube darts it in full on his pads and the batter misses the flick. After two dot balls, Dube goes short and Mahmudullah hooks it away for a single. Shakib misses a cut outside off. He clips the next one off his pads for a single. Mahmudullah rides the bounce and cuts this away behind point for a couple to end the over. Time for a drinks break! 

Hardik is back for his second over. OUT! Tanzid ends up slicing this in the air and taken by the mid-off fielder just outside the circle. Mahmudullah the new man in. He is off the mark with a single off his second ball. Hardik surprises Shakib with some extra bounce as the batter comes forward to defend. Leading edge for Shakib to end the over. 

Tanzid Hasan c Arshdeep Singh b Hardik Pandya 17 (18b 2x4)

Axar continues. OUT! Hridoy goes for the slog sweep and straight into then hands of Jadeja at in the deep square-leg region. Shakib Al Hasan is in now. He goes for a reverse-sweep and misses.

Towhid Hridoy c Ravindra Jadeja b Axar Patel 13 (14b 1x4)

Siraj again. FOUR! Tanzid steps out and hammers this over extra-cover to find the boundary. FOUR! Shorter, Tanzid steps out again and again clears the infield on the off-side for consecutive boundaries. This is on the hips and it’s tucked away for a single by Tanzid. Top edge on the pull as Tanzid gets lucky again and the ball falls just short of the fine-leg fielder. This one keeps low and Hridoy can only scuff it to mid-on. 

Axar Patel to bowl the last over of the PowerPlay. Pulled away by Hridoy in the deep midwicket region for a single. Pulled away to deep square-leg by Tanzid for a single. Hridoy now stays back and plays this with soft hands but finds the fielder behind point. This is going down leg-side and the batters also will collect a couple after getting the ball past the keeper. Chipped in the air by Tanzid as he again can’t really time his pull shot and he gets a single at deep midwicket. Dot ball to end the over as a stifled caught behind appeal is turned down. 

Hardik Pandya with the ball now. In the slot just outside off and Hridoy swings his bat and collects a couple in the midwicket region. Beaten! Hridoy swings his bat across the line and misses as the ball flies just over the stumps. This is hoicked away in the deep midwicket area again for a couple of runs by Hridoy. Similar shot but the ball stays low on the occasion and Hridoy misses. FOUR! This is flicked away to the square-leg boundary by Hridoy as Hardik bowls a length ball on the stumps. 

Run out chance missed! Hridoy wanted a single after tapping the ball on the off-side but his partner hesitated. Both batters were almost at the non-striker’s end at the same time but the throw at the keeper’s end wasn’t great. 

Mohammed Siraj into the attack, replacing Bumrah. Cut away behind point by Tanzid for a single. Back of a length and angling away just outside off, and Shanto punches this to the cover-point fielder. Pushed off the backfoot to point by Shanto for one more dot ball. Extra bounce has Shanto missing his flick and the ball goes off his thigh pad to the slip cordon. 

Wow! What was that! The ball slips out of Siraj’s hand and lands somewhere in the square-leg region. Dead-ball signalled by the umpire. OUT! Pulled away by Shanto and straight into the hands of Pandya at midwicket. 

Towhid Hridoy is in next. He is off the mark with a single at deep square-leg. End of over. 

Najmul Hossain Shanto c Hardik Pandya b Mohammed Siraj 0 (6b)

Arshdeep again. OUT! Knocks Litton over and the left-armer has his second wicket. This one came in sharply to beat Litton’s defence and rearrange his woodwork. 

Skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto is the next man in. He is first greeted by one that keeps low and then he gets hit in the rib after stepping out to a short ball and missing. Steals a leg-bye though. Tanzid looks to go over the mid-on fielder can can only collect a single off the last ball of the over. 

Litton Das b Arshdeep Singh 6 (8b 1x4)

Jasprit Bumrah from the other end. Beaten! Misses Litton’s outside edge by a whisker and Bumrah is already up and running. Beaten! Similar delivery and Litton can’t put bat on ball again. FOUR! This was full on middle and off-stump and Litton shuffled across slightly and clipped this off his pads for a boundary behind square-leg. 

Bumrah is now back to bowling outside off-stump and Litton lets the ball go through. Cut away now by Litton for just a single. Full toss and Tanzid stabs it to the cover fielder to end the over with a dot ball. 

Tanzid Hasan and Soumya Sarkar will begin Bangladesh’s chase. Arshdeep Singh with the ball. He moves it away slightly from the left-hander Tanzid to beat the outside edge first ball. This is slightly shorter and Tanzid gets a single at short third. Beaten! Sarkar’s outside edge is beaten this time and Pant collects the ball behind the stumps. OUT! Sarkar goes for the drive but gets an outside edge to Pant. 

Litton Das is the next batter in. A confident push to the cover fielder by Litton to start off. Pushed to mid-off for a single by Litton to end the over. 

Soumya Sarkar c Rishabh Pant b Arshdeep Singh 0 (2b)

Shoriful Islam to bowl the last over. Hardik carves the full ball on off at cover for a single. Jadeja tried to whip down the leg ball, and WIDE called. Pandya returns on strike after Jadeja manages only a single. Shorfiul follows it up with a beautiful slow bouncer. Shoriful to Hardik, FOUR! Short ball, targetted into the body, a mistimed pull from Hardik still manages a boundary. Shoriful walks out after splitting his webbing while trying to stop the hit from Hardik. Tanzim Hasan Sakib will complete the over. He gets away with a dot ball as India manages 182/5 in 20 overs.

Rishad Hossain to bowl the penultimate over of this innings. An anxious Jadeja runs for a single and the direct would have cut down his stay in the middle but he survives, once again. Hardik tries for a heave but he misses his and could have been stumped but manages to set his foot back. Rishad to Hardik, SIX! Quicker delivery and slammed over extra cover with ease. 

Shoriful Islam with his third over. He uses his pace to deceive Hardik and Jadeja and gives just six runs including two wides. Is the momentum shifting towards Bangladesh at the right time? 

Tanvir Islam with his second over. Tanvir to Hardik, SIX! Full on leg and Hardik finds it easy to deposit in the stands towards long-on.Tanvir to Hardik, SIX! Another biggie, this time over long-off. Bowler is finding it tough against Pandya who now looks very dangerous. Tanvir to Hardik, SIX! Make it three off three! Tad short from Tanvir and Hardik slams it over deep midwicket. A single follows as SKY gets the strike. Tanvir to Suryakumar, OUT! Good intent from SKY who looked to hit another boundary but he ended up holing out to Towhid Hridoy at long-on.

Suryakumar Yadav c Towhid Hridoy b Tanvir Islam 31(18)

Ravindra Jadeja comes in at no. seven. He tries for a big shot and there is a stumping appeal. The benefit of the doubt goes to the batter as Jadeja survives. 

Shakib Al Hasan will complete his quota. Shakib to Hardik, FOUR! Hardik walks down the ground and hits his first boundary over extra cover. Shakib to SKY, FOUR! A risky cut from Suryakumar gives him another boundary. 

Mahedi Hasan with his fourth over. Mahedi to Dube, SIX! Finally, this is the Dube we know! A full wide ball, Dube reached the line and hit it long over long-off. Mahedi to Dube, OUT! Hits hard by Dube but boundary rider Mahmudullah takes a wonderful catch to limit his stay in the middle. It was sailing over long-on but Mahmudullah covers good ground on his right to keep the ball inside. 

Shivam Dube c Mahmudullah b Mahedi Hasan 14(16)

Hardik Pandya, the new man in, plays out the rest of the over. 

Tanvir Islam into the attack. Tanvir to Dube, DROPPED! Dube middles the full-length delivery but could not clear the long-on region, but none of that mattered as Bangladesh puts down a dolly. Tanvir to SKY, FOUR! Suryakumar punishes Tanvir for bowling too full by bringing out his ferocious sweep. 10 from this over. 

Mahedi Hasan replaces Tanzim Hasan Sakib. FOUR BYES! Dube swings hard but misses, and so does the keeper as the ball runs away to the fence, giving four free runs to India. Still just six runs of this over. 

Shakib Al Hasan comes back into the attack. Shakib to Pant, FOUR! And Pant gets to his cracking half-century and has also been retired out. Shivam Dube is the new batter. He gets off the mark with a single off the last delivery as seven comes from this over. 

Tanzim Hasan Sakib comes into the attack. Tanzim to Sukryakumar, FOUR! Poor delivery from Tanzim who bowls short and down the leg, allowing SKY to scoop it past fine leg fielder for a boundary. 

Rishad Hossain in place of Soumya Sarkar. Rishad to Suryakumar, FOUR! This time SKY opens his arms. slams the full ball for a straight boundary. Both batters are keeping themselves busy with singles. A boundary and five singles fetch India off this over. 

Mahmudullah continues. Mahmudullah to Pant, SIX! A classic one-handed lofted shot over the bowler’s head will fetch Pant a full six runs this time. 10 off this over. 

Soumya Sarkar in place of Shakib Al Hasan. Four singles including a leg bye in the first four deliveries. Sarkar to Pant, FOUR! Clever from Pant. He waited long before playing the shot over the short fine leg. FOUR! Another boundary for the left-hander as he moves near the 40s. 

Mahmudullah comes into the attack. A couple of singles and a quick couple in the first three deliveries. Mahmudullah to Rohit, OUT! A tempting full delivery in the slot for Rohit, who goes for an aerial route but did not get the distance this time. Rishad Hossain takes a clean catch near the fence at long-on. Suryakumar Yadav is the new man in at no. four. 

Rohit c Rishad Hossain b Mahmudullah 23(19)

Shakib Al Hasan to bowl his second over. Shakib to Pant, SIX! Short ball on off and Pant muscles over square leg for a maximum. SIX! Another one! This time it is a reverse sweep behind point. SIX! What a way to end this over as Pant takes India past fifty with his third six of the over. 22 off this over. 

Mahedi Hasan returns. Mahedi to Pant, FOUR! Positive intent from Pant who dances down the track to hit it over mid-on. Just seven off this over. 

Shoriful Islam continues. Shoriful uses the movement in his favour to cramp Pant first before keeping Rohit quiet but not for long as the Indian skipper ends the over with a SIX! Full length onto the middle and a KL Rahul-like pick-up shot brings a maximum. 

Shakib Al Hasan from the other end. Shakib to Rohit, FOUR! Back-of-length delivery on leg and Rohit pulls it over deep mid-wicket. FOUR! Full this time and here comes the sweep from Rohit to get his second boundary. Three dots to end the over. 

Shoriful Islam from the other end. Starts off with a wide outside off. This is full and on the pads and Samson can only whip it away as far as short fine-leg. Angling away outside off now and Samson shoulders arms. 

FIVE-WIDES! Going down leg-side, beats Samson’s attempted flick and also the wicketkeeper to run away for five runs. Samson flicks again but finds the short fine-leg fielder. Driven by Samson but this is straight to the extra-cover fielder. 

OUT! Samson is given leg-before and has to walk back. Shaped in from a middle-stump line and Samson missed the flick on this occasion. It could be missing leg-stump but no review in this contest. Rishabh Pant is the new man in. He starts off by leaving one outside off to end the over. 

Samson lbw b Shoriful Islam 1(6)

Rohit Sharma and Sanju Samson will open the innings for India. Mahedi Hasan to start off with his off-spin. Rohit lofts the first ball over cover for two runs. This is punched to the cover fielder off the back foot for a dot ball. Tucked on leg-side by Rohit for a single. Pushed on the front-foot through mid-on for one more by Samson. Rohit shuffles across and misses the sweep but the ball is going down leg-side and called wide. Goes for the sweep again but gets it too high off the bat. Dot ball. Rohit gives himself some room on the off-side now but again he can’t really connect too well. 

Najmul Hossain Shanto, Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Mahmudullah, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahedi Hasan, Shoriful Islam, Towhid Hridoy, Jaker Ali, Rishab Hossain. 

Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Surykumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal. 

Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Tanvir Islam, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib. 

Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal. 

India wins the toss and opts to bat first. Skipper Rohit Sharma confirms that Virat Kohli will miss today’s practice match. 

The upcoming warm-up game will not only be crucial for India in terms of firming up the playing XI and combinations, but also to assess the conditions at the venue, where the Men in Blue play three of their four Group Stage matches. The high-intensity clash against Pakistan will also be held here, on June 09. India opens its campaign against Ireland on June 5 also at this venue. 

Matches played: 4

India won: 4

Bangladesh won: 0

Last result: India won by five runs (Adelaide, 2022) 

In the warm-up game, it is expected that save for Virat Kohli, who is expected to touch down some time before the practice game, all other 14 players will be given a go as it doesn’t have an official status.

- PTI

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T20 World Cup: A chance to test India’s second pace-bowling option in warm-up match against Bangladesh

Yashasvi Jaiswal will aim to add his bit to the combination conundrum with a handy contribution while Arshdeep Singh and Mohammed Siraj need to put their best foot forward.

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Sanju Samson, Hardik Pandya (VC), Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.

Reserves: Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Khaleel Ahmed and Avesh Khan.

Bangladesh: Najmul Hossain Shanto (captain), Taskin Ahmed, Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Shakib Al Hasan, Tawhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah Riyad, Jaker Ali Anik, Tanvir Islam, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.