Gill nails century as India kickstart Champions Trophy campaign with win over Bangladesh

The ICC no.1 ranked batter smashed his second hundred on the trot to power India's chase of 229.

The Indian opener continued his rich vein of form, amassing 101* off 129 deliveries. Having risen to the top of the ICC Men's Batting Rankings ahead of Thursday's fixture, Gill combined alongside Rohit Sharma to take the attack to the Bangladesh bowlers from the get-go.

The Indian skipper looked in fine form with the bat as he blazed seven boundaries during his knock of 41. However, Rohit was undone by a short delivery from Taskin Ahmed off the penultimate ball of the powerplay.

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Bangladesh leg-spinner Rishad Hossain then struck twice to remove Virat Kohli (22) and Axar Patel (8) to spark a fightback from his side after India got off to a quickfire start.

Having lost four wickets, Gill then stitched a crucial partnership of 87 runs to see the game through alongside KL Rahul (41*).

Starting off the game with the ball, seasoned pacer Mohammed Shami marked an impressive return to the big stage as he nabbed a five-wicket haul to put India on the offense in the first innings.

Wrapping up with bowling figures of 5/53 from his 10-over quota, Shami crossed the 200 ODI wickets milestone, and surpassed Zaheer Khan to become India's leading wicket-taker at ICC ODI tournaments to headline the first innings.

The new-ball specialist was on the money from the start as he removed Soumya Sarkar and Mehidy Hasan Miraz in his opening spell, inducing outside edges that were caught behind by the wicketkeeper KL Rahul and Shubman Gill in the slips respectively.

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Bowling from the other end, Harshit Rana - featuring in his first ICC tournament for India, removed Bangladesh skipper Nazmul Hossain Shanto to make it two wickets for India in as many overs.

Axar Patel then joined the party, snapping the wickets of Tanzid Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim off successive deliveries, with KL Rahul grabbing the catches behind the stumps.

The left-arm orthodox almost rounded up a hat-trick with Jaker Ali edging one behind but Indian skipper Rohit Sharma was unable to latch onto the ball behind the stumps.

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With Indian bowlers tightening the screws, Jaker Ali combined alongside Tawhid Hridoy to add 154 runs for the sixth wicket.

The partnership was the record highest for the sixth wicket in ICC Champions Trophy history and against India in the ODI format.

While Shami removed Jaker Ali for 68, Tawhid kept the scoreboard ticking from the other end, with Rishad Hossain also adding valuable runs lower down the order as Bangladesh marked a comeback to cross past the 200-run mark.

Shami was once again in the mix as he caught Tawhid Hridoy off Harshit Rana's delivery to close the innings for India.

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The win takes India to the second spot in Group A with two points, as many as New Zealand, who have a better run-rate and sit atop the points table.

Rohit Sharma and co will face-off against Pakistan in their next fixture on Sunday in Dubai. Bangladesh on the other hand, will lock horns with New Zealand in Rawalpindi next week.