When the senior Indian cricket team is gearing up for the start of their ICC ODI World Cup 2023 campaign, the second string Indian team with young players is making the country proud at the Asian Games 2023 which are taking place in China.
Ruturaj Gaikwad-led Indian team defeated the cricket team of Bangladesh in the semi-finals which was played yesterday at ZJUT Cricket Field, Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
The toss was won by the Indian team and it decided to bowl first, the Bangladeshi batters were not able to score freely due to tight and disciplined bowling of the Indian bowlers especially Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore who took 3 wickets in his 4 overs and gave away only 12 runs. Another Indian bowler who made a good impact was Washington Sundar as he dismissed 2 batters in his quota of 4 overs and gave 15 runs.
Bangladesh put up a score of 96/9 in their stipulated 20 overs with the help of useful knocks of Jaker Ali (24*) and Parvez Hossain Emon (23 runs).
Though India started pretty bad as opener Yashasvi Jaiswal got out for a duck yet skipper Ruturaj Gaikwad (40* runs, 26 balls, 4 fours & 3 sixes) and Tilak Varma (55* runs, 26 balls, 2 fours & 6 sixes) played brilliantly and made their team win the match. The Indian team finished the match in 9.2 overs and with this win, India has certainly confirmed the silver medal.
After this victory, the Indian Twitterati got active and here are some selected reactions:
Ruturaj Gaikwad 40*(26)
Tilak Verma 55*(26)
Sai Kishore – 3 Wickets
Washington Sundar – 2 Wickets
Shahbaz Ahmed – 1st Wicket On DebutIndia Into The Finals. Day Going Great 😍 #INDvsBAN pic.twitter.com/OpD88pdiu3
— Aufridi Chumtya (@ShuhidAufridi) October 6, 2023
India beats Bangladesh in Semi-Finals #AsianGames2022 #AsianGames #INDvsBAN pic.twitter.com/m3spydaqF3
— RVCJ Media (@RVCJ_FB) October 6, 2023
India Into The Finals 💙🇮🇳 Silver Medal Secured 🥈✅️
Captain Ruturaj Gaikwad Ends On 40* off 26 Including Winning Run and Tilak Varma's All-Round Performance 55* off 26 & 1/5 (2 Overs) . 3/12 By Sai Kishore & 2/15 By Washington Sundar . pic.twitter.com/a7klshcbjW
— Junaid Khan (@JunaidKhanation) October 6, 2023
Men's Cricket 🏏
🚨 INTO THE FINALS 🚨
Super show by 🇮🇳 against @BCBtigers!
Sai Kishore has been terrific with the ball in hand & then @TilakV9 & @Ruutu1331 stole the show with some brilliant batting!
Great show by India! 👏#AsianGames2022 #INDvsBAN #Cricket pic.twitter.com/Lj0zSPx7Xf
— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) October 6, 2023
INDIA QUALIFIED INTO THE FINAL OF ASIAN GAMES….!!!! 🇮🇳
– Domination in Cricket. pic.twitter.com/U6GDLcVuVG
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 6, 2023
Great Captaincy By Ruturaj Gaikwad. Field Placement, Bowling Rotation Etc. #RuturajGaikwad #INDvsBAN pic.twitter.com/pMIkSj1dKs
— Aufridi Chumtya (@ShuhidAufridi) October 6, 2023
India defeated east Pakistan and entered into the Final of Asian games#Asiangames2023 #INDvsBAN #PKMKB pic.twitter.com/1sOi1sHLfv
— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsofCricket7) October 6, 2023
https://twitter.com/100rabhsingh781/status/1710173439439552723
Woke up to see Ruturaj Gaikwad scoring 21 runs off a single over. pic.twitter.com/Q3hmCHXLPt
— Heisenberg ☢ (@internetumpire) October 6, 2023
Sai Kishore 👏🏼🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/hVPOfD1Szk
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) October 6, 2023
As one-sided as one-sided can be. India decimates Bangladesh in the Semifinal. Let’s go for 🥇 #AsianGames #IndvBan
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 6, 2023
India will be playing against Afghanistan in the finals of the Asian Games which will be played tomorrow at the same venue.
All the best to the young Indian cricket team!
