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Champions Trophy 2025: Rohit Sharma reacts after denying Axar Patel a hat-trick.© X/Twitter
Whereas the Indian bowlers rocked Bangladesh batting within the staff’s first Champions Trophy 2025 outing, one explicit incident will likely be talked about for a very long time. That was when Rohit Sharma dropped Bangladesh’s Jaker Ali off Axar Patel’s bowling. Whereas dropped catches occur in cricket, this time it was particular as Rohit’s dropped probability meant that Axar Patel was denied a hat-trick. The left-arm spin all-rounder was requested about the identical after Bangladesh had been all out for 228.
“Honestly, I started celebrating when the ball went to Rohit Sharma. But then I realised he had dropped it. What to do. Sabke saath hota hai (happens with everybody). When it happened, I did not react much as I just turned back and went away, ” Axar Patel stated on Star Sports activities
Pacer Mohammed Shami returned to an ICC event with a five-wicket haul as Bangladesh rode on Towhid Hridoy’s maiden worldwide century to get better from a nightmarish begin and posted 228 all out towards India of their opening match of Champions Trophy in Dubai on Thursday. On the day, Shami additionally picked up his 2 hundredth ODI wicket.
Opting to bat, Bangladesh had been off to a disastrous begin and slipped 35 for 5 with Shami and left-arm spinner Axar Patel (2/43) doing the early injury.
Axar would have had a hat-trick if India skipper Rohit Sharma had not dropped a regulation catch from the blade of Jaker Ali (68 off 114 balls) at first slip.
The technically sound Hridoy within the firm of Ali steadied the Bangladesh innings with a sixth-wicket partnership of 154 runs. Hardik Pandya dropped Towhid at mid-off when the batter was on 23.
Transient scores: Bangladesh: 228 all out in 48.4 overs (Towhid Hridoy 100, Jaker Ali 68; Mohammed Shami 5/53), Harshit Rana 3/31) vs India.
With PTI inputs
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