India vs Bangladesh, 1st T20I Highlights: India defeat Bangladesh by 7 wickets

India defeated Bangladesh by 7 wickets with Hardik Pandya remaining unbeaten at 39 off 16 balls. 

Sanju Samson has been dismissed by Mehidy Hasan for 29 off 19 balls. India 80/3 in 7.5 overs

Suryakumar Yadav's blazing innings concludes. He departs after scoring 29 in just 14 balls.  Mustafizur got the wicket. India- 70/2 after 5.5 overs.

50 have come in come quick time in just 4.4 overs. Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson look ominous in the middle. India are cruising towards the target. India-58/1 after 5 overs.

Abhishek Sharma returns to the pavilion after a lightening 16 runs in just 7 balls. There was absolutely no run in it but a slight misunderstanding between Sanju Samson and Sharma left a huge dent. India lose first wicket. Kudos to Hridoy for striking a bullseye.

Gorgeous start for India. Sanju Samson struck two boundaries in the first over of the innings bowled by Shoriful Islam. India-10/0 after 1st over.

New formed pair of Sanju Samson and Abhishek Sharma are in the middle. Team India needs 128 in 20 overs to win the match and go 1-0 in the three match series.

Arshdeep Singh dismissed the last man standing for Bangladesh. The visitors have been bowled out for 127 runs in 19.5 overs

Hardik Pandya has dismissed Shoriful Islam for a duck. Bangladesh 117/9 in 17.5 Overs

Taskin Ahmed has been run out for 12 off 13 balls. Bangladesh 116/8 in 17.2 Overs

Varun Chakravarthy has dismissed Rishad Hossain for 11 off 5 balls. Bangladesh 93/7 in 13.5 Overs

Washington Sundar takes a simple catch off his bowling to dismiss Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto. Bangladesh 75/6 in 12 overs

Varun Chakravarthy has dismissed Jaker Ali for 8 off 6 balls. Bangladesh 57/5 in 9.2 overs

After bowling a maiden over in his first match for India, Mayank Yadav dismissed Mahmudullah 1 off 2 balls. Bangladesh 43/4 in 7.2 Overs

Varun Chakravarthy has dismissed Towhid Hridoy for 12 off 18 balls. Bangladesh 40/3 in 6.4 Overs

Debutant Mayank Yadav delivers a maiden over in his over against Bangladesh.

Varun Chakravarthy had a solid chance of getting a wicket but Nitish Reddy had a slip-up while making the run for the ball. BIG CHANCE MISSED!!

Arshdeep nails this one! he got rid of the BAN openers with his short ball delivery as it gets only an inside edge onto the wicket. 

Arshdeep Singh has dismissed Litton Das for 4 off 2 balls. Bangladesh 5/1 in 0.5 Overs

Varun Chakravarthy will play his first match for India since the 2021 T20 World Cup. 

India: Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson (wk), Suryakumar Yadav (capt), Riyan Parag, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Hardik Pandya, Rinku Singh, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Mayank Yadav, Arshdeep Singh

Bangladesh: Litton Das (wk), Parvez Hossain Emon, Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), Towhid Hridoy, Mahmadullah, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman

India have won the toss and elected to bowl first against Bangladesh in the first T20I. 

The pitch conditions suggest a high-scoring encounter, with the black soil surface likely to favor batsmen. Notably, there has been no dew present over the past four days. While batting first might seem appealing, the trend suggests that the team winning the toss may opt to bowl first.

Mayank Yadav and Nitish Kumar Reddy have received their debut caps ahead of the first T20I against Bangladesh. Murali Kartik hands Mayank Yadav his debut cap and Parthiv Patel does the honours for Nitish Kumar Reddy.
 

The India vs Bangladesh T20I series will be live broadcast on Sports18 TV channels and live streamed on JioCinema app and website.  

The first T20I between India and Bangladesh is scheduled to take place in Gwalior on Sunday, October 6. The match is slated to begin at 7:00 PM IST.