Champions Trophy: Ruthless India whip Bangladesh in warm-up

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LONDON: India couldn’t have hoped for a better preparation for the ICC Champions Trophy as the defending champions annihilated Bangladesh by 240 runs in their warm-up on Tuesday.

After being put into bat, India amassed 324-7.

Rohit Sharma (1) and Ajinkya Rahane (11) both got out cheaply but Shikhar Dhawan (60) and Dinesh Karthik then put on 100 before Kedar Jadhav (31) partnered Karthik in a 75-run stand.

Karthik retired out after making 94. The rest of the innings was dominated by Hardik Pandya (80 not out off 54 balls).

Bangladesh soon ran into trouble when the first three wickets fell on the same score — 11 — and the next three for the addition of another run. At 22-6, an early finish seemed imminent but Mehdi Hasan (24) and Sunzamul Islam (18) held up the Indians in a defiant partnership of 30.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav took three wickets apiece as Bangladesh folded up for 84 in 23.5 overs.

Published in Dawn, May 31st, 2017

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May 31, 2017 09:03am

loved the title of the article

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INDIA

May 31, 2017 09:20am

Trailer of Champions trophy is out yesterday.... Blockbuster is on final .. Great India..A defending champions....

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Zakir hussain

May 31, 2017 09:22am

Come 4th June and same performance will be repeated by defending champions

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Imtiaz Mahmood

May 31, 2017 09:38am

@Zakir hussain It looks very likely as Pakistan's bowling is very weak as was displayed against BD in warm up match, letting them score 341.

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LAFANGA

May 31, 2017 09:51am

we too defeated them in warmup match. Our batting is better compared to Indians.

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Javed

May 31, 2017 10:10am

@LAFANGA hahaha in which angle for your knowledge kohli,dhoni and yuvraj singh in a team but not go for batting and even after making 94 runs in 78 balls Khali ask karti to retired to practise other batesman

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ANSHU JAIN

May 31, 2017 10:15am

@LAFANGA seriously

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Neer

May 31, 2017 10:27am

Gudluck, Pakistan......See you guyz on 4th. ~with love from India

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jay

May 31, 2017 10:29am

Remember in cricket, every day is a different day.

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Rahul Shah

May 31, 2017 10:34am

@LAFANGA Good luck to Pakistan. Indeed... Pakistan has got better batting line-up than India

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PAMNANI-INDIA

May 31, 2017 10:36am

This is just beginning. Let us wait and find good results from Team India in the Final of CT.

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Fudayl Z. Ahmad

May 31, 2017 12:41pm

I think Indian team has an edge over my team Pakistan, although we do have some surprise packages. I am looking forward to a great game on Saturday. Congrats India for humbling Bangladesh.

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omveer

May 31, 2017 01:58pm

Come on guys. It's just a game. Overhyped and oversold to people by media that creat a mountain out of a routine tournament and inflame people sentiments. . It has destroyed all other games in the subcontinent. The better team will win on 04 June.period.Lets get on with our lives.

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Azad

May 31, 2017 02:05pm

@Fudayl Z. Ahmad I am hearing this surprise package since a long time. First of all no surprise packages exist in Pakistan team. If a team is genuinely prepared then only can they defeat the opponent. Don't expect superstitious miracles on the ground.

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Navin from India

May 31, 2017 02:06pm

I'm already missing The West Indies.....Bangladesh just ain't cutting it in the big league......It was all just an illusion and now it's all laid bare for all to see....

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RAGS

May 31, 2017 02:17pm

Come on guys, lets not hate each other - just a cricket match. Pak somehow trying to recover the lost ground over the last decade. Sarfraz not a bad choice to captain considering his aggressive attitude. For india it should be like workmanlike attitude. As most of us know, on given day, any team can win if they do well in all departments. If they lose, they will have to focus on next 2 games to qualify for semis. No one is going to give the cup based on only June 4th match. Good luck to all cricketers who are thriving hard for success

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Pavan palamoor

May 31, 2017 03:40pm

Congratulations to Indian team.

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Milan Bhise

May 31, 2017 03:53pm

It just a practice game. Real game will start on 4th June. Wait for the fun.

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schali

May 31, 2017 04:34pm

@ANSHU JAIN He lives in a different world, called "Fantasy Land"!!!

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Desi

May 31, 2017 05:44pm

@LAFANGA just admit it, our team is in shambles. BD scored 341 against us, our batting failed and just batsman's heroic won us the match.If we had decimated BD than I would day, not a big job done by India. But admit what is right. India is much than us, results proved that. But I hope when they play against us, they have an off day and lose the game.

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Visitor

May 31, 2017 05:48pm

@LAFANGA i pity your confidence.

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J. Gamble

May 31, 2017 06:18pm

@PAMNANI-INDIA -India will not be able to reach the semi-final of the tournament.

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J. Gamble

May 31, 2017 06:21pm

@PAMNANI-INDIA -Remind you it is the beginning of an END.

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Ratnam Raj Prakash

May 31, 2017 06:39pm

India-Pakistan match, let cricket win.

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PRINCE Of WHALES

May 31, 2017 06:40pm

I am from Pakistan of course I want Pakistan to win on the 4th but seriously we are not going to. India team has the best batting line up and a formidable bowling roster - we are going to get toasted.

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Indian4RMBLORE

May 31, 2017 09:25pm

Too much of overconfidence, may bring us down, i will say 55% Ind and 45% pak. Coz of conditions and also this will b 1st match for both the teams.

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Vijay

May 31, 2017 09:30pm

@LAFANGA : Sorry man, the good old days of Pakistani cricket is over.

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Sab

May 31, 2017 10:03pm

Sunday is going to be a feast for all cricket fans across the globe regardless of the result. Hope we have a belter of a match.

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Honest

May 31, 2017 10:14pm

The young talent that India has which we witnessed in the IPL..India will win for a long time to come... Just like the West Indies and Australians did years ago..Only India's time will be forever..with increasing prosperity and education..Nobody can stop India..Jai Hind.

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Rizwan Hamid- USA

Jun 01, 2017 12:38am

THANK YOU, INDIA. The #6 rankling had gotten to Bangladeshi heads and they started to strut like peacocks. BCB also started to talk down to PCB trying to emulate India. It was a pleasure to see that strut cut down to a duck like waddle.

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iqbal

Jun 01, 2017 07:05am

Yasir shah needed. Ashraf should play against india. other batsmen should take lesson from how ashraf batted against bangladesh

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sangram

Jun 01, 2017 08:18am

@LAFANGA He he he..Which of yours batsman is better than any of Indian batsman like Rohit,Sikhar,Rahane,Dhoni,Yuvraj...Please let us know also..We would like to see them closely also..

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Yogi baba

Jun 01, 2017 08:40am

I expect good game of full 50 overs cricket and hope rain does not become a spoil sport in the game. May the better team win on the day, however on paper India looks to be a better balanced team.

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gaurav

Jun 01, 2017 10:04am

@Indian4RMBLORE, "Too much of overconfidence, may bring us down" Agree with you on this.

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Capt. Sharma

Jun 01, 2017 10:14am

I think Indian govt should start focussing on other games specially Football which is a bigger game than this cricket. I read in news that India is in top 100 in football now. That is a great news. If govt helps, they can really come up the ladder because they have the true athletes in football than pot bellied players required in cricketers who cannot run even a mile. It will surely take time but they should take leaf out of countries like South Korea who have become force in soccer.

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Hanif

Jun 01, 2017 10:19am

Hope this grounds BD fans. They were just too overconfident and making arguments against other teams as if BD is no.1 ranked side in all 3 formats of the game since last 2 years....

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Keith

Jun 01, 2017 10:25am

Any team who can beat India will win the Champions Trophy 2017

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Azad

Jun 01, 2017 10:59am

Pakistan's batsmen seem to be very nervous while playing against India, I think they should take the game very lightly and play their natural game and it will be a contest to watch. Also India's bowling is one of the best in the world at present.

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Pitbull

Jun 01, 2017 11:21am

A sincere advice to all my Pakistani friends, Pls no more breaking TV sets on 4th night. Try breaking something else.

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sri1

Jun 02, 2017 05:53am

@LAFANGA "Our batting is better compared to Indians." We will soon see whose bowling And batting are better soon enough. Let's not even get to fielding, shall we?

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