Pune: Bangladesh have set a 257 runs target to India playing first after winning the toss here at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium.
First wicket good partnership between Tanzid Hassan and Litton Das have given a solid ground for the team as the both scored half centuries.
Tanzid Hasan smashed 51 runs off 43 balls with a disastrous strike rate of 118.60 which included five fours and three sixes while Litton Das scored 66 runs off 82 balls with seven fours.
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But Bangladesh middle batsmen could not perform well as three batters Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mehdi Hasan Miraz and Towhid Hridoy bowled out on a abysmal scores of 8, 3 and 16 respectively.
Whereas fifth wicket partnership between Mushifq ur Rehman and Mahmudullah did good efforts and made 41 runs.
Mushifq ur Rehman was prominent with 38 runs while Mahmudullah made a good score of 46 runs.
From Indian side, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj and Ravindra Jadeja begged two wickets each whereas Shardul Thakur and Kuldeep Yadav picked one wicket each.
