Report Hardik and Kuldeep lead India to their second win in the Super Eight Bangladesh are on the brink of elimination after losing by 50 runs in Antigua Alagappan Muthu 22-Jun-2024 • 19 mins ago 1:08 Are we seeing Hardik at his peak now? India 196 for 5 (Hardik 50*, Tanzim 2-32) beat Bangladesh 146 for 8 (Shanto 40, Kuldeep 3-19, Bumrah 2-13) by 50 runs By the time India wakes up on Sunday, it is possible their team might have qualified for the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2024 . They were too good for Bangladesh in Antigua, a total of 196 built by series of quickfire cameos in defiance of a slow pitch carrying them through to victory by 50 runs. If Australia beat Afghanistan, both they and India will move into the final four.
The opening conundrum Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli as a partnership has won many a match for India, but at this T20 World Cup, they are yet to click. There was even a moment's confusion when they were running between the wickets, Rohit unsure of whether there was a single on to midwicket's right. It was stop-start but they eventually got the run.
The team will hope the same thing happens to them as the tournament goes on because pairing them together at the top of the order is allowing India to pack their middle order with six-hitters. That advantage is helping them post par-plus totals in tough conditions. Bangladesh's bright spot Tanzim Hasan did as much as he could to mess with that plan.
He was Bangladesh's best bowler and he earned that mant.