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ICC Men's T20 WC'24: Kuldeep's 3-19 Powers India Past Bangladesh, Nears T20 Semis
Left-arm wrist-spinner Kuldeep Yadav delivered a game-changing spell, taking 3-19, while fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh each claimed two wickets. Their combined efforts helped India secure a dominant 50-run victory over Bangladesh, marking their second win in the Super Eight stage of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.
Vice-captain Hardik Pandya top-scored with an unbeaten 50 off 27 balls, hitting four boundaries and three sixes, leading India to their highest total in the competition with 196/5. Kuldeep Yadav then bowled a brilliant spell on a pitch with bounce and some grip, leaving Bangladesh in disarray.
The rest of the bowlers produced another outstanding show, and the fielders backed them up very well to restrict Bangladesh to 146/8 and inch closer to the semi-finals. India will confirm their semifinal spot if Afghanistan fail to beat Australia at St Vincent. Chasing 197 was always going to be an uphill task for a middling Bangladesh batting line-up.
Despite the stiff target, Tanzid Hasan began strongly by hitting four boundaries, followed by Litton Das smashing two boundaries. Pandya got the breakthrough for India when Litton couldn’t control a pull shot on a wide outside off delivery and was caught at deep mid-wicket.
Tanzid was dropped on 24 by Rishabh Pant off Bumrah but was trapped lbw on the back leg by a stunning googly from Kuldeep. Towhid Hridoy was next to fall as Kuldeep got a leg-break delivery to turn in slightly and go past the attempted slog-sweep to trap him plumb lbw.
Despite Najmul Hassan Shanto and Shakib Al Hasan hitting some boundaries, Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Shakib by inducing a mistimed loft to cover. India’s success continued as Bumrah outfoxed Shanto with an off-cutter that was sliced to short third man, and Arshdeep bowled a similar delivery to dismiss Jaker Ali.
Rishad Hossain impressed with his hitting skills, smashing a four and three sixes before top-edging a pull to extra cover off Bumrah. Bumrah, who maintained an impressive economy rate of just 3.2, helped secure another comprehensive win for India.
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