He made me praise him so much… Virender Sehwag made fun of Bangladesh and said this after India's victory.
India's first match in the Champions Trophy 2025 was against Bangladesh. While chasing 229 runs in this match, the Indian team lost 4 wickets at a score of 144 runs. At the same time, the Bangladeshi spinners became a big challenge for the batsmen of Team India. Then the Indian fans got tensed for a while. However, in the end, India easily won the match by 6 wickets with 21 balls to spare. After this, legendary opener Virender Sehwag mocked the Bangladesh team for giving a tough fight.
What did Sehwag say about Bangladesh?
After India's victory in Dubai, Virender Sehwag gave his opinion about the match on Cricbuzz. During this, he was questioned about Bangladesh's performance. He was asked whether he was scared after seeing Bangladesh's challenge in the match. It seemed that they would defend the small score of 228 runs. On this Sehwag said, 'I never got scared while playing, what will I feel now? I don't think there will be any tension among the fans either. You guys made me praise Bangladesh so much, as if it is a great team.'
Sehwag further said, 'This is Bangladesh, not Australia or Pakistan that it would be difficult to predict them. According to me, no fan would have even 1 percent fear during the match.' Sehwag believed that if two wickets had not fallen at the wrong time, this target would have been chased even faster.
India at number 2 in the points table
Bangladesh made a great comeback after losing 5 wickets at a score of 35 runs and scored 228 runs. Chasing this, India made a great start and scored 69 runs in the first 10 overs. However, after this Rohit was out after scoring 41 runs. Then India started losing wickets and the innings slowed down. But thanks to Shubman Gill's unbeaten 101 runs and KL Rahul's 41-run innings, Team India easily won the match and got 2 points. India has now moved to second place in the points table in Group A. New Zealand is number 1, Bangladesh team is third and Pakistan is fourth.