Bangladesh batsman Soumya Sarkar gets bowled out by Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 MD Manik/Dhaka TribuneKumar struck again on the fifth ball of the seventh over when Sabbir Rahman, in at first down, slashed a short ball to Ravindra Jadeja at backward point to leave Bangladesh at 36/2. The batsman had scored 19 runs off 21 balls.
Tamim Iqbal was then bowled out off the bowling of Jadav on the last ball of the 28th over, after scoring 70 runs off 82 balls. He had earlier been bowled out by Hardik Panya when on 17, but survived due to a no-ball. Tamim's brisk 123-run partnership with Mushfiqur Rahim put Bangladesh in a strong position, but a middle order collapse curtailed Bangladesh's hopes of setting a total over 300.
Bangladesh batsman Tamim Iqbal hits a six in the semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 MD Manik/Dhaka TribuneShakib Al Hasan scored 15 runs off 23 balls before he was dismissed on the second ball of the 35th over, bottom-edging a catch to Indian skipper Dhoni off the bowling of off-spinner Jadeja, as the bowler picked up his second wicket .
Mushfiqur Rahim was then caught out in the very next over, as Jadav also picked up his second wicket. The Bangladesh wicket-keeper batsman mistimed a shot to Virat Kohli at mid-wicket after having scored a fine 61 runs off 85 balls.
Bangladesh batsman Mushfiqur Rahim plays a shot in the semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 MD Manik/Dhaka TribuneMosaddek Hossain, 15 runs off 25 balls, was next to get out after he was caught and bowled by Bumrah on the third ball of the 43rd over.
Mahmudullah, unable to repeat his heroics from the match against New Zealand, was then bowled out by a yorker in the 45th over, Bumrah once again picking up the wicket. Mahmudullah had scored 21 runs off 25 balls.
India captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to field against Bangladesh in a Champions Trophy semi-final at Edgbaston on Thursday.
Light rain delayed the toss and overcast conditions would have encouraged Kohli to believe there would be assistance for his pacemen.Champions Trophy title-holders India thrashed Bangladesh by 240 runs in a warm-up match at the Oval last month, a fixture where the Tigers collapsed to 84 all out. India will play Pakistan, who hammered England by eight wickets in Wednesday's first semi-final in Cardiff, in Sunday's final at the Oval in London.??v??
Here come the teams, let's go!#BANvIND #CT17 pic.twitter.com/84tI3j8Dr3— ICC (@ICC) June 15, 2017
The start has been delayed 10 minutes - in the meantime, see what the captains said at the toss #BANvIND #CT17https://t.co/hNawVEq4j4 pic.twitter.com/B5FQmYgGa7— ICC (@ICC) June 15, 2017India launched their title defence by thrashing arch-rivals Pakistan by 124 runs at Edgbaston on June 4. Both India and Bangladesh retained the sides that defeated South Africa and New Zealand respectively in the final round of the group stage.
