Tigers suffer shambolic defeat Bangladesh suffered a humiliating 240-run defeat to India in the last warm up game before the Champions Trophy on Wednesday. After losing the previous match despite making 341, the Tigers fans were looking forward to an assuring display, but Bangladesh batsmen staged one of their worst performances, getting bundled out for 84. Regular skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and opener Tamim Iqbal did not feature in the game, but the team will still be asked questions for this horrific display. Chasing 325, Bangladesh were three wickets down on 11 and when the score got doubled, the number of wickets got doubled, too. All the top seven batsmen barring Mushfiqur Rahim failed to reach double digits and it was young guns Mehedi Hasan Miraz (24) and Sunzamul Islam (18) who saved their team from an even bigger embarrassment. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav were equally lethal and economical, both bagging three wickets for 13 an...
Karthik, Pandya fire India to 324 Bangladesh bowlers dealt the Indian batsmen two early blows but Dinesh Karthik' 94 and Hardik Pandya's 80 helped India post 324 for 7 in Tuesday's warm-up match. Winning the toss at Kennington Oval, stand-in Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan invited their opponents to bat first and Rubel Hossain removed Rohit Sharma in the second over while Mustafizur Rahman sent Ajinkya Rahane four overs later to leave India on 21 for 2. Dhawan and Karthik then added 100 in the third wicket before Sunzamul Islam made the former give a catch to Mehedi Hasan Miraz. Dhawan made 60 in 67 balls while Karthik slammed 94 in 77 deliveries before retiring out.