The victory showcased India has complete dominance over Bangladesh, from batting to bowling and fielding departments. This paper seeks to examine three factors entailing both batting, bowling, and captaincy to analyze great power-packed India’s victory, addictive breathtaking performances, and strategic insight that defined their victory on the world stage.
Clinical Batting Display
The win of India in the match can be attributed to its strong batting which includes doubles of Shivam Dube and Hardik Pandya. Hardik Pandya’s 50 off 27 balls put the Indian team on top from the very beginning and treated the Bangladesh bowling department with sheer brutality, while also showing proper restrain. Shivam Dube, with his ‘‘calm’’ 34 runs, brought some much-needed temperance in the middle overs, and got MI a more than par score on the board. Moreover, the partnership augured well in the run rate and placed Bangladesh in a back foot that was the platform for India attaining a formidable target of 196/6.
Penetrative Bowling Attack
The Indian bowlers supported the batting performance by being a bowler-friendly wicket and persistently keeping their foot on the throats of the opposition. Jasprit Bumrah led the bowling charge with his Yorkers and pace firepower; manage to clinch 2 big wickets while yielding only 13 runs from his allotted overs. It was the same factor that saw him bruise the Bangladesh top order at will when they slipped early in the innings. Kuldeep Yadav made it repeatedly difficult for the batsmen with his spin bowling, thereby taking crucial wickets and restricting the run rate as well. The bowling unit as a team justified this and kept Bangladesh always off the reach of coming anywhere near India’s total hence proving that India has a tilted balance of strength in pace and spin bowling.
Inspired Captaincy and Tactical Brilliance
Indian team got the full Superiority of Captain Rohit Sharma in this match, and That’s why India won this match comprehensively. The Indian captain was brilliant in his field settings, in terms of bowling changes, and setting his bowlers in a right time and right place which constantly put the Bangladeshi batsmen on the back-foot. Sharma combined his knowledge of the game situation and strategies contributing to the achievement of the best results from his bowlers and helped India keep the match’s pace. He was instrumental to be precise, in scripting a superb victory for India in the ICC T20 World Cup.
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