India vs Bangladesh Match Overview
India faced Bangladesh in the second match of the Champions Trophy 2025 on Thursday, February 20, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat. Bangladesh were bundled out for 228 runs in 49.4 overs. India chased down the target of 229 runs in 46.3 with six wickets in hand.
First Innings: Bangladesh’s Batting Performance
Bangladesh had a terrible start to their innings and lost five wickets for just 35 runs in 8.3 overs. On the fourth delivery of the ninth over, Rohit Sharma dropped the catch of Jaker Ali off the bowling of Axar Patel.
Jaker added 154 runs for the sixth wicket along with Towhid Hridoy. Jaker was dismissed in the 43rd over after scoring 68 runs off 114 deliveries. Hridoy scored his maiden century and was dismissed after scoring 100 runs off 118 deliveries.
Bangladesh were bundled out for 228 runs in 49.4 overs. Only four batters managed to make a double-digit score for the team. Mohammed Shami was the pick of the bowlers for India and took five wickets for 53 runs in 10 overs. Harshit Rana finished with three wickets for 31 runs, while Axar Patel took two wickets as well.
Second Innings: India’s Run Chase
Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill provided a solid start to India. The duo added 69 runs for the first wicket in 9.5 overs. Rohit was dismissed after making 41 runs off 36 deliveries. Virat Kohli was next to depart after scoring 22 runs off 38 deliveries.
Shreyas Iyer was dismissed after making 15 runs off 17 deliveries in the 28th over. Axar Patel batted in the number fifth position for the team and could score only eight runs off 12 deliveries.
KL Rahul remained unbeaten on 41 runs off 47 deliveries. Shubman Gill finished with 101 runs off 129 deliveries in the end. India reached the target of 229 runs in 46.3 overs and won the match by six wickets.
India vs Bangladesh Performances & Player of the Match
Shubman Gill (India)
- Shubman Gill Won the Player of the Match award.
- Scored his fifth century in ODIs and became only the fourth Indian to score a century in the Champions Trophy on debut.
- Won his seventh Player of the Match award in ODIs.
Towhid Hridoy (Bangladesh)
- Scored his maiden century in ODIs in this match.
- He is 23 runs away from scoring 1000 runs.
- Became the fifth Bangladeshi batter to score a century in the Champions Trophy.
Jaker Ali (Bangladesh)
- Made his highest individual score in ODIs in this match.
- It was his second half-century in ODIs.
Mohammed Shami (India)
- Took his sixth five-wicket haul in ODis.
- Shami became the eighth Indian bowler to take more than 200 wickets in ODIs.
- Has now picked the most wickets for India in ICC ODI tournaments (World Cup and Champions Trophy)
Harshit Rana (India)
- Harshit delivered his best bowling figure in ODIs in this match.
- He took three wickets for 31 runs in 7.4 overs.
India vs Bangladesh Match Summary
India started their campaign in the Champions Trophy 2025 with a win here against Bangladesh. They will now face Pakistan on Sunday, while Bangladesh will face New Zealand in their next match on Monday.
