Bangladesh scored 228 runs in the allotted overs, riding on a brilliant century from Touhid Hridoy. This was Hridoy's first century in international cricket, which helped the team build a solid foundation.
Although Bangladesh's batting line-up did not start well, Hridoy's batting determination helped the team pull out of the adverse situation. After losing wickets quickly at the beginning, he calmly built the innings and continued to increase the team's runs by holding one edge.
In this innings, Hridoy batted at a strike rate of over 100 and hit several fours as well as a few big sixes. His batting performance was a headache for the opposing bowlers.
After the end of Bangladesh's innings, cricket analysts praised Hridoy's performance and expressed hope to see him play a more important role for the team in the future. Now it remains to be seen whether Bangladesh's bowlers can defend this 228-run total.
Towhid Hridoy reached his first international century of his career by pushing the first ball of the 49th over bowled by Mohammad Shami offside. After celebrating by raising his helmet in one hand and his bat in the other, the young batsman fell into prostration and expressed his gratitude.
The path to his first century was not easy for him. He had to face adverse conditions from the very beginning of the innings. When the team was under pressure, Hridoy took charge of the team with the bat. However, the challenge was not only with the opponent's bowlers, he also had to fight with his own body. Due to batting for a long time, he suffered from muscle cramps in the middle of the match. But this cricketer of the Under-19 World Cup-winning team did not give up.
Coming out to bat in the seventh over of the innings, Hridoy fought until the very end. When he was finally dismissed on the fourth ball of the 50th over, he had 100 runs to his name. This 118-ball innings included 6 fours and 2 huge sixes. Riding on Hridoy's fighting century, Bangladesh posted a total of 228 runs.
Mohammed Shami showed a great performance with the ball for India. In this match, he reached the milestone of his 200th wicket in ODIs. He took 5 wickets alone. Besides, another pacer Harshit Rana took 3 wickets and Axar Patel took 2 wickets.
While Bangladesh's innings has witnessed a great fight from the heart, it remains to be seen how much this collection can compete with the Indian bowling attack.
