IND vs BAN T20 World Cup 2024 warm-up match Highlights: India register dominant 60-run win over Bangladesh

India have register a dominant win over Bangladesh in the warm-up fixture. A big win for the Indians and they would be happy with it. They tried the experimentations, gave chances to several bowlers in the defence. Dube picked two-in-two, Arshdeep bowled well. The batters did their job well and now it's time for the real action to begin. 

Dube has struck in the final over, not once but twice. He gets Mahedi Hasan and Jaker Ali on back-to-back deliveries

Bumrah comes in for his second over in the 19th one and gets his first wicket. 

Even though they are going down, they will not go down without a fight. Mahmudullah and Shakib have put up a stand of over 65 and are still going well. BAN 110/5 after 18

Another tight over for the all-rounder. He gives just four from it and Bangladesh are at 97/5 after 16 overs. 

Shivam Dube is in for his second over. Good signs for the team.

There is no match today between India and Bangladesh. The Bangla batters are finding it way too hard to score freely as the Indian bowlers have choked them

The experienced duo of Shakib Al Hasan and Mahmudullah add some runs in the middle overs to frustrate Indian bowlers.

BAN - 62/5 in 12 overs.

Bangladesh need 121 runs in 48 balls to win the game.

Shivam Dube bowls his first over of the game and impresses everyone by giving away just 4 runs. Bangladesh still remain under pressure and are closing in on a big loss. 

BAN - 46/5 in 10 overs.

Hardik Pandya bags his first wicket of the game to dismiss opener Tanzid Hasan. Bangladesh go five wickets down.

Tanzid scored 17 runs off 18 balls. The veteran Mahmudullah joins Shakib Al Hasan in the middle. 

BAN - 41/5 in 8.2 overs.

Bangladesh need 142 runs in 70 balls to win the game.

Axar Patel with a breakthrough to dismiss settled Towhid Hridoy. Ravindra Jadeja takes an easy catch at deep mid wicket.

Hridoy scored 13 runs off 14 balls. Shakib Al Hasan joins Tanzid Hasan in the middle.

BAN - 39/4 in 7.2 overs. 

Axar Patel bowls the last over of the powerplay and concedes just 7 runs to keep Bangladesh under pressure. India take the powerplay with three big wickets. 

BAN - 27/3 in 6 overs (Tanzid Hasan - 5* off 9, Towhid Hridoy - 12* off 11)

Hardik has been brought in the 5th over. He bowls fuller and good length balls and a decent over from him until Hridoy hit him for a four at the leg side. 9 runs from the over, BAN 20/4 after 5

And now Siraj strikes too. He comes for his first over and gets the Bangladesh skipper Najmul Shanto on duck. This good length ball hurried the batter and he sliced it to mid-wicket. India on top, Bangladesh 11/3 after 4

And Arshdeep gets his second of the day. A good length ball that seamed in after pitching and Litton Das has been castled. BAN 7/2 after 2.1

Bumrah takes the new ball from the other end. He is getting some swing movement. Litton hits him for a four on a fuller one on the pads. BAN 7/1 after 2 

India's defence is on. Arshdeep Singh to start the proceedings for the Men in Blue with the ball. And he strikes right away in the opening over. Fuller one outside off, it swings away a bit and Soumya Sarkar has a poke at it. Rishabh Pant has the gloves in hand and takes this one easily. BAN 2/1 after over 1

A strong innings indeed. One where we saw experimentations but success too. There were some surprises with the first one being right at the start. Sanju came to open alongisde Rohit, followed by Rishabh Pant at three. Pant played a great hand of 53 from 32, before retiring out. SKY and Dube came in at four and five. Then came Hardik at six and Jadeja at seven. Hardik had a great time as he made 40 from 23 balls. This was not the best of the batting surfaces but Rohit, Pant, Hardik and to some extent SKY were good. No Jaiswal for India, which raises several questions but now it's up to the bowlers in the defence. Who all will get to bowl?

Hardik's cameo takes India to a strong score of 182/5 in their 20 overs. Hardik ends at 40 from 23 balls after Rishabh's stroke-filled fifty

Hardik is playing a good hand here. He goes aerial twice, survives with the ball landing safely once and the hits a flat six over covers. India 175/5 after 19. Hardik at 35 from 18 balls

Hardik is going well at the moment. Shoriful bowled a good 18th over, just six from it. Hardik at 26 from 14, India 165/5 after 18

Surya's innings comes to an end. He charged down the track to Tanvir, looking to clear the fence. But does not get the timing right and is caught out at long-on. Jadeja is now in.

Hardik has slapped the left-arm orthodox spinner Tanvir Islam for three back-to-back sixes. All three on fuller balls - the first one down the ground, the second one over long-off and then the next one over mid-wicket.

Shakib has finished his quota of four overs and he has been way too expensive today. 0/47 from the 4 overs. Hardik and Surya hit a four each off him in the final over - the first one from Hardik over covers with an inside out and then Surya cuts Shakib to end the over with 10 off it

Shivam Dube has to go now. He could not make much of the chance he got, just one six in 16 balls he faced, hitting 14 runs. He hit a six on the first ball of the over but not this time. A change of length has worked. Dube charged down and looked to clear long-on but could not do so. Mahmudullah takes a brilliant catch at long-on. A juggling catch from the 38-year-old veteran. Hardik is now in.

Shivam Dube looked going after Tanvir Islam but could not find the middle of his bat on two occassions. He was dropped at deep mid-wicket and then the ball landed safely at mid-wicket. 10 from that over too, India 122/3 after 14.

It looks Pant has done his work to keep his place in the team for India's opener against Ireland on June 5. He might bat in the middle order. But where is Jaiswal? He has not come out even after three wickets have fallen. What has the team though about him?  

And Rishabh brings up his fifty with a four off Shakib Al Hasan. A 32-ball half ton for the returning Indian star. He now retires from the innings. Shivam Dube comes in!! India 106/3 after 12

Rishabh Pant is taking on the bowlers at his will. He has hit 48 from 27 balls inclouding four sixes and three fours. The pitch is not looking the best one for the batters with some deliveries slowing up a bit. But the Indians have done good and Pant in particular. It's time for drinks, India are 92/2 after 10 overs with Pant and Surya in the middle

And he brings on his one-handed six off Mahmudullah now. A fuller one and Pant deposited this at long-on. His one hand comes off but it is still a good enough hit. 10 from that over, India 83/2 after 9

Rishabh is going on despite the loss of those two wickets. He flicks Soumya Sarkar over fine leg for back-to-back fours. He collects 12 runs from the part-timer and India go to 74/2 after 8 overs. Mahmudullah from the other end too.

And Rohit falls right after the powerplay. Mahmudullah came to bowl his first over, invited Rohit to go big on this fuller one. But he could not get the required distance as he holes this to long-on. Rohit falls on 23 from 19, India 59/2 after 6.4 overs. Suryakumar is now in.

And Rishabh has decided, he will go after the bowlers now. He hits Shakib for back-to-back sixes. The first one with a slog sweep after shuffling across and the other one, on the other side of the square with a reverse sweep for another six. He ends the over with a six over cow corner. 20 from that over, India 55/1 after 6

Rishabh Pant dances down the track and hits Mahedi over mid-on for a four. Rohit is also looking to keep up the temp going. Seven of the over. India 33/1 after 5

Rohit has started to play with his aggressive mindset even though the early impressions of the pitch is that it is not coming that well onto the bat. Rohit takes Shoriful for a six over square leg. The first six of the match. India 26/1 after 4

Two back-to-back fours from Rohit and the first ones with the bat in this game. He pulls the short one from Shakib over mid-wicket and then slogs him on a slow, fuller ball to collect two consecutive fours. India 19/1 after 3

And Samson falls early. Shoriful gets the wicket from over the wicket to trap Samson out LBW. This pitched on a good length on middle and leg and seamed into the right hander a little late. It could have clipped the leg stump but there is no DRS. Samson goes, it's the other wicket-keeper in now. Rishabh Pant at three.

Pace time from the other end. Shoriful Islam with his left-arm pace. A good test for the right-handers. First four of the match. Shoriful sends one down the leg on a good length. A late swing and it beats the batter behind him to reach the boundary.

Rohit Sharma and Sanju Samson fail to find any boundaries in the opening over off Mahedi Hasan. Wicket seems tricky as Rohit struggles to find early momentum. 

IND  - 5/0 in 1 over (Rohit - 3* off 5, Samson - 1* off 1).

So the action is live. Rohit Sharma and Sanju Samson begin the charge. Rohit takes the strike. Mahedi Hasan to start with his off-break. 

Now how was that for a surprise? Not many would have expected this. Rohit Sharma is opening alongside Sanju Samson and it is not Yashasvi Jaiswal. What to make out of this move? Is he the third opener for the rest of the tournament or is it difficult to see him in the middle? Has Rishabh Pant sealed the middle-order slot? Many questions. But let's see how it goes.

For the unversed, Virat Kohli arrived in New York on May 31, just a day before the warm-up game. Even though he was seen at the ground with the other players, he would be taking time to acclimatise to the conditions. New York is 9.5 hours behind IST so getting familiar with the conditions is not an easy thing. Rohit also confirmed the same at the toss.

"Virat has just arrived yesterday, he's going to miss out, the rest are all available and we'll see how to use them," Rohit said at toss time.

Rohit and Jaiswal will open. SKY shall come in at three and the Indian team might want to give game time to their lower-order batters too. Batting first is a very good decision as they can check the surface where they have to play three matches in the main round. From the bowling point of view, it would be good to see how the likes of Shivam Dube, and Hardik Pandya bowl apart from the main bowlers.

Only Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed are not playing today. Bangladesh can use 13 players. Here are the players for today:

Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Litton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Shakib Al Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Tanvir Islam, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib

Apart from Virat Kohli, all players are available. Here is the team for today.

Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanju Samson, Shivam Dube, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshdeep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Yuzvendra Chahal

We would have bowled, we'll have to adjust the conditions and I want to know how the bowlers do. The boys have enjoyed themselves so far here, we are going to play with 13 players - Taskin and Mustafizur have been rested

We will bat. Not for any particular reason, conditions here look a bit challenging. Virat has just arrived yesterday, he's going to miss out, the rest are all available and we'll see how to use them. We arrived quite early, so the body clock has adjusted, we just have to see how well we can adjust to these conditions.

Rohit Sharma has won the toss and India are batting first. No Virat today

The pitch is hard and there are hardly any cracks. The ball shall come onto the bat well throughout the 40 overs. 180-190 could be a par score and it hardly matters whether you are batting or bowling first. Even-sized boundaries, and no bias to one particular square boundary.

The toss is not much far from now. Less than 5 minutes for the flip of the coin from now

Does this team have enough to end the wait of crores of Indian fans? The team is strong. A robust batting unit with several players carrying their IPL form. Four spinners, out of which two are all-rounders. Two fast-bowling all-rounders and three pacers with one of them having that left-arm angle. The team looks like a settled unit from all ends. But it would be facing tough competition from the likes of England, Australia, West Indies and New Zealand, to name a few.

Just in case you missed it. Indian veteran Dinesh Karthik has announced retirement from all forms of cricket. He penned an emotional post on social media. Karthik had retired from IPL after the end of the 2024 season.

It came as a surprise to many that a World Cup can be held in USA. This is the first time that the nation is hosting such a big tournament. Here is what Virat said on playing cricket in USA.

"Honestly, I never thought we would be playing cricket in any form in the States. But now it’s a reality. And that tells you about the growing impact of the sport in the world and the United States is more than willing to accept the change and be probably the first ones on a global scale to accept it, in a way, with the World Cup," Kohli said.

"I think it’s a great start. It’s the ideal way to begin and it’s going to have a huge impact, and in starting off a kind of a domino effect. I hope it carries on for a long period of time,” he added.

Virat Kohli reached USA on May 31, days after the rest of the Indian team touched down the US. He has travelled to the Nassau County International Stadium with the team. Who knows, we might see him playing today.

The work on the Stadium was started only five months back in January. It was a race against the time to prepare this venue but the organisers did well enough to get this Stadium ready for the World Cup.

The India vs Bangladesh warm-up game will be played at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York. The game will begin at 10:30 AM local time and 8 PM IST on June 1. 

Rohit Sharma's Indian team will be taking the field for the first time in the T20 World Cup warm-up fixtures as they face Najmul Hossain Shanto-led Bangladesh at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.