Speaking against Bangladesh, India fielded a second-tier team. The team does not include Jasprit Bumrah, Rishabh Pant, Shivam Dubey or Yasswi Jaiswal. Team India fielded a total of 3 players from the World Cup winning squad. Against that team, Bangladesh has been beaten. Batting themselves, they got out for 127 runs. And they did not create any pressure on the opponent with the ball.
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Arshdeep Singh struck first in Bangladesh's shaky batting lineup. Liton forced Das to take a catch in the first over. And Parvez bowled Eamon in his next over. This opener has been bowled inside edge.
And due to this, this world cup winning pacer touched a new milestone in the world of cricket. This Indian pacer has come up third in the list of taking two or more wickets in Powerplay most times in T20 cricket. Arshdeep took two wickets in the powerplay for the 9th time in his career in the match against Bangladesh yesterday.
New Zealand's Tim Southee holds the record for taking two or more wickets in the T20 Powerplay in the world of cricket. The Kiwi fast bowler has taken two wickets in the first 6 overs of 13 T20Is. Naveen Ul Haq is in two. Afghanistan's pacer has such a feat 11 times.
Arshdeep took 32 wickets in the Powerplay since his debut with yesterday's two-wicket haul. This cricketer from Punjab made his T20 debut in 2022. Since then, no one has taken more wickets in the first 6 overs of a T20I. Rwanda's Bimenoyimana got 29 wickets in the powerplay.
Another pacer has added his name to the list of milestones. Indian pacer Mayank Yadav got a maiden over yesterday in his first over on his international T20 debut. Coming to bowl the 6th over of the innings, Tawheed gave the heart a hard time. Get the maiden over. This is the third time such an incident has happened for India in international cricket.
In 2006, Ajit Agarkar got a maiden in the first over in his debut T20 match against South Africa. Arshdeep Singh made such a feat in 2022. Southampton's opponent in that match was England. And lastly, Mayank Yadav got a maiden in the first over in his debut match against Bangladesh yesterday in Gwalior.
On this day, India also set a new record in its history as a team. By bowling out Bangladesh for just 127 runs, India crossed that target with 49 balls in hand And through this, Suryakumar Yadav's team made a record. This is India's biggest win in terms of batting at a target of over 100 and keeping the ball in hand.
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Team India's previous biggest win in terms of possession was against Zimbabwe in 2016. In that match in Harare, India won by 10 wickets with only 41 balls to bat against a target of 100 runs. India also topped that yesterday.
