IND vs BAN: Bangladesh could not escape even the 'new' Indian team, registered a strong victory in Gwalior with 49 balls to spare

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After the Test series, Bangladesh had to face a crushing defeat on Indian soil in the first match of the T20 series. In the match played in Gwalior, India defeated Bangladesh by 7 wickets. With this, India took a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series. Team India's star all-rounder Hardik Pandya played an explosive innings and led the team to victory by hitting a brilliant six. While Mayank Yadav and Nitish Kumar Reddy impressed in their debut match, spinner Varun Chakraborty, who returned to the team after 3 years, also wreaked havoc and India won the match 49 balls earlier.

After winning the T20 World Cup, due to the retirement of veterans like Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja and the rest given to many players like Shubman Gill-Yashasvi Jaiswal, the Indian team looked quite fresh and its style remained the same, which helped it win the World Cup. Coming on the field promising to play aggressive cricket, the team of coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Suryakumar Yadav did not disappoint and achieved the target of 129 runs in just 11.5 overs.

Bowlers give gifts to the bowling coach on his birthday.

Team India bowled first in this match and on the birthday of their bowling coach Morne Morkel, the Indian bowlers gave him the gift of a great performance. Left-handed pacer Arshdeep Singh had put Bangladesh in trouble by taking 2 wickets in his 2 overs at the beginning of the innings. Then came the moment that everyone wanted to see. IPL pace sensation Mayank Yadav bowled a maiden over in his career and then took the wicket of a big batsman like Mahmudullah in the next over. Mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty, who returned to the team after 3 years, trapped the Bangladeshi batsmen in his spin in such a way that they could not understand anything. Mehdi Hasan Miraz scored the highest 35 runs (not out) for Bangladesh, on the basis of which the team was able to reach 128 runs.

Batsmen rained from the first over itself.

After the bowlers, it was the turn of the batsmen and the brand-new opening pair created a stir as soon as they came. Sanju Samson hit 2 excellent fours in the very first over, while Abhishek Sharma (16) hit a six on the first ball of the next over. Abhishek was run out with a start of 25 runs in just 2 overs, but then captain Surya attacked. Surya scored 29 runs in just 14 balls, hitting 3 sixes and 2 fours. On the other hand, Samson (29 runs, 19 balls) was also scoring runs quickly. Although he too could not convert his innings into a big score, after this Hardik and young batsman Nitish (16 not out) took the team to victory. During this, Hardik was seen in a special hurry and he scored an unbeaten 39 runs with the help of 5 fours, and 2 sixes in just 16 balls and gave the team victory in the 12th over.