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With a comprehensive 109-run win over Bangladesh in the quarter-final clash at the Melbourne Cricket Ground India advanced into the semi-finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup, 2015. Rohit Sharma, who had been in patchy form on the tour, lifted India to a formidable total in the all-important knock-out game against Bangladesh. The stylish opener, who last scored a century (138 vs Australia) at the same venue, chose the big occasion to come good again. He held the innings together with a stoically compiled 137 as wickets fell at other end. He bided his time at the crease as he shaped the innings and changed gears later to capitalise on the start. He found an able ally in Suresh Raina (65 off 57) and their 122-run stand for the fourth wicket helped India set Bangladesh a 303-run target.   The Umesh Yadav (four for 31), Mohammad Shami-led attack then bowled the opponents out for 193 to take India into the next round.   Earlier, after beginning the game with a beautif...

The third ODI between India and Bangladesh was abandoned due to persistent rain in Dhaka. India won the three-match series 2-0.   (Useful Link:  Stats: Bangladesh vs India, 2nd ODI – Sahara Cup 2014 ) India stand-in captain Suresh Raina won the toss and chose to bat. The visitors scored 119 for nine after being asked to bat in a rain interrupted innings until the game was called off. India were reduced to 17 for four by the Bangladesh pace attack. The opening pair of Ajinkya Rahane and Robin Uthappa made a slow star scoring just 6 runs in first three over. After a slow start, India lost Robin Uthappa in the 5th over when he edged a Mashrafe Mortaza delivery. Rahane too did not last long as he as Al-Amin Hossain got him out in the sixth over of the inning. Ambati Rayudu too did not do anything special with the bat and departed in the 9th over off the bowling of Taskin Ahmed. After Rayudu's wicket, rain took over the game for some time. However, with rain stopping well in tm...

Twenty wickets fell for 163 runs in the match, an average of 8.15 runs per wicket - the seventh-lowest average in any completed ODI. The lowest is 6.63, in a 2003 World Cup game between Sri Lanka and Canada: Canada were bowled out for 36, and Sri Lanka chased it down for the loss of one wicket.  (Useful Link:   Report: Bangladesh vs India, 2nd ODI – Sahara Cup 2014 ) The aggregate of 163 is the lowest, by some distance, in an ODI in which 20 wickets fell; the previous lowest was 203, in a match between Kenya and Zimbabwe in Harare in 2006 - Kenya scored 134 and bowled Zimbabwe out for 69. Bangladesh's total of 58 equals their lowest ODI score - they had also made 58 in the 2011 World Cup match against West Indies. This was the 14th instance of Bangladesh getting bowled out for less than 100 in an ODI - seven of those have been in home games. It is also the lowest total for any team against India, seven runs fewer than what Zimbabwe had managed in Harare in 2005. Befo...

In a thrilling encounter, India won the rain reduced, low scoring second ODI by 47 runs (D/L method) to seal the three-match ODI series. Stuart Binny was the show stopper as he claimed six for four runs in 4.4 overs to defend 105 runs at the Shere Bangla Stadium and take an unassailable 2-0 lead against Bangladesh.   (Useful Link:  Stats: Bangladesh vs India, 2nd ODI – Sahara Cup 2014 ) The day belonged to pacers as Bangladesh first bundled India out for 105, while the Indian attack, spearheaded by Mohit Sharma and superbly complemented by Binny, bowled the hosts out in 17.4 overs claim victory.  Bowling a disciplined line and utilizing the conditions to his advantage, Bangladesh fast bowler Taskin Ahmed finished with a five-wicket haul on debut. The rest of the attack too, responding to the Bangladesh captain’s decision to field, didn’t allow the Indian batsmen to break the shackles after reducing the opposition to 28 for three and then bowling them out for their...

Including Parvez Rasool and Akshar Patel, seven players have debuted for India in ODIs over the last one year. No other Full Member nation has had more debutants in this period. England have had as many debutants as India in this phase. (Useful Link:   Report: Bangladesh vs India, 1st ODI – Sahara Cup 2014 ) This is the second time that two spinners are making their ODI debuts for India in the same match and the 35th time that two or more India players are making their debut in the same match. Robin Uthappa scored exactly 50 before being dismissed today. His last four 50+ scores have been between 50 and 55. Today's match was also the first time that Uthappa bowled in 39 ODIs. India's five regular bowlers had collectively played 56 previous games. Bangladesh's bowlers in today's match had collective experience of 529 games. Cheteshwar Pujara has now scored two ducks in his three ODI innings. He scored 13 in his only other innings, which means that his ODI ave...

Propelled by half-centurions Robin Uthappa and Ajinkya Rahane, India won the rain truncated first ODI under the Duckworth/Lewis method by seven wickets at the Shere Bangla National Stadium. (Useful Link:  Stats: Bangladesh vs India, 1st ODI – Sahara Cup 2014 ) After a sluggish start, Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim had earlier shaped the hosts’ innings with a half-century and set the tone. Opting to bat, the home team had lost two wickets with just 35 runs on the board in 10.2 overs. While an initially shaky Anamul Haque helped the skipper lay a foundation, Shakib Al Hasan’s well paced 52, and Mahmudullah’s free flowing 41 took the team to 272 for nine. In a contrasting batting display, the Indian openers got the visitors off to good start with a 99-run stand. With rain threatening to make an appearance in the second innings, Uthappa and Rahane ensured that they kept their wickets intact while maintaining a steady flow of runs. Their innings helped India attain the revise...

The All-India Senior Selection Committee met in Mumbai, earlier today, to pick the Indian teams for the tours of Bangladesh. ( Useful Link:   Schedule: India’s ODI Tour of Bangladesh 2014 ) The teams are as follows: INDIAN TEAM FOR THE ODI SERIES IN BANGLADESH Suresh Raina (Captain), Robin Uthappa, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ambati Rayudu, Manoj Tiwary, Kedar Jadhav, Wriddhiman Saha, Parvez Rasool, Akshar Patel, Vinay Kumar, Umesh Yadav, Stuart Binny, Mohit Sharma, Amit Mishra. source: bcci.tv

Bangladesh Cricket Board announced the Itinerary of India tour of Bangladesh for a three-match ODI series in June. India will tour Bangladesh for a three-match ODI series after the IPL and before their departure for England. MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli are unlikely to be on the tour ahead of a long season starting with the England trip and culminating with the 2015 World Cup. Dhoni has planned a family vacation and the BCCI is inclined towards resting the captain for a rigorous season starting with the England tour and culminating with the 2015 World Cup. Similarly, Kohli, who led India during the Asia Cup in March in the absence of the injured Dhoni, has also indicated to the BCCI hierarchy that he would prefer a break going into the hectic season. The other three players who have led India in the recent past are Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Suresh Raina.  None of them were part of the Asia Cup campaign. As a result, the selectors could be forced to choose...

90.90  India’s winning percentage while chasing a target of under 140 – 10 wins in 11 games. Their only loss came against South Africa at Nottingham in 2009.  (Also Read:  Report: Bangladesh vs India – WT20 2014  ) 70.66  Virat Kohli’s average in chases in T20Is – highest for any batsman playing 10 innings. Australia’s Michael Hussey is a distant second with 52.62 15  Number of consecutive tosses MS Dhoni has won in international cricket across different formats. 13  Runs scored by Bangladesh in the first over of match – equals the most India have conceded in first over of a Twenty20 International. They had also done so against South Africa at Johannesburg and also against Pakistan at Colombo (RPS) in 2012. 3  The Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli pair becomes only the third duo in T20Is to put on century partnerships in back-to-back matches. Others are: Kenya’s David Obuya and Steve Tikolo; and New Zealand’s Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum. 1 ...

With a comprehensive eight-wicket win over Bangladesh, India posted their third consecutive win in the 2014 ICC World T20. The Indian spinners responded to their captain’s call by restricting Bangladesh to 138 for seven after MS Dhoni opted to field first.     (Also Read:  Stats Highlights: Bangladesh vs India – WT20 2014  ) While Ravichandran Ashwin (2/15) applied the breaks at the top, India’s man of the moment, Amit Mishra (3/26), spun a web around the Bangladesh batsmen later in the innings. Unfortunately, both spinners missed out on hat-tricks. Rohit Sharma (56) and Virat Kohli (56*) then helped India to an easy victory.  Earlier, with 13 runs off Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the first over, the Bangladesh openers had got their team off a good start despite Ashwin’s miserly bowling at the other end. Tamim Iqbal picked a boundary through the slips, while Anamul Haque sent the pacer through the covers and claimed four runs to deep square leg. The beating forced D...

With a seven-wicket win the last game of the bilateral series, India Women claimed the three-match T20I series 3-0. Led by Harmanpreet Kaur in the third game, India Women coasted to the paltry target with ease after spinners, Sravanthi Naidu and Gouher Sultana, helped restrict the hosts to 81 for eight. Both took three wickets apiece, while S Sharma chipped in with one wicket to set up the match in India's favour.   (Also Read:  Report: Bangladesh vs India (Women) – 1st T20I, 2014 ) Earlier, after opting to bat first, Bangladesh lost Shamima Sultana in the first over. Shubhlakshmi Sharma sent back the opener for a duck. And though captain Salma Khatun put up a lone fight, the batsmen to follow returned for single-digit scores. Khatun garnered 34 off 41 balls, while opener Ayasha Rahman was the only other batter to reach double-digit scores before being castled by Naidu. Rest of the Bangladesh line-up caved in to the visitors' bowling attack.  India opener Latika Kumari...

India Women cantered to an eight-wicket win after the Jhulan Goswami-led attack restricted Bangladesh Women to 65 for nine to set up the match in visitors’ favour. With the comprehensive win in the second T20I, India have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match T20I series. (Also Read:  Report: Bangladesh vs India (Women) – 1st T20I, 2014 ) Chasing the paltry target, Madhuri Mehta opened the innings with Shikha Pandey and they put together 45 for the first wicket. Goswami then slammed 18 off 13 balls to attain the target along with Harmanpreet Kaur at the other end to cruise to victory with 45 balls to spare.  Earlier, after electing to bat first, Bangladesh opener Sanjida Islam was run out for five. And two overs later, Ayasha Rahman followed her back. With the score still on 18, Rumana Ahmed was sent back by Poonam Yadav, who also dismissed Salma Khatun later in the over. Nuzhat Tasnia and Shaila Sharmin were the next to return. Both were bowled by Goswami ...