India Won the 1st T20I Match: India defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in the first T20 match played at Madhavrao Scandinavian Cricket Stadium in Gwalior on Sunday. With this win, India has taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match T20 series. Bangladesh batted first and scored 127 runs losing all wickets in 19.5 overs. In reply, India won the match by scoring 132 runs losing three wickets in 11.5 overs. Hardik Pandya scored the highest 39 runs for India.

IND vs BAN 1st T20I Playing-11s

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

Bangladesh: Litton Das(w), Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Parvez Hossain Emon, Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam.

Bangladesh, who came to bat first, had a very bad start. The team lost the wickets of both the openers within three overs. Arshdeep Singh sent Liton Das (4) and Parvez (8) to the pavilion. Varun Chakraborty dismissed Tauheed. Tauheed was out after scoring 12 runs in 18 balls. Mayank Yadav sent Mahmudullah (1) to the pavilion in his debut match. Varun clean bowled Jaker Ali. Captain Nazmul Shanto became the victim of Washington after scoring 27 runs in 25 balls. Varun took the third wicket in the match by dismissing Rishad Hussain (11). Taskin was run out, while Hardik clean bowled Shoriful Islam. Bangladesh all out at the score of 127 runs.

Chasing the target of 128 runs, the Indian team made a great start. Abhishek and Sanju Samson shared a 25-run partnership for the first wicket. Abhishek Sharma returned to the pavilion after being run out. Abhishek scored 16 runs in 7 balls. Suryakumar Yadav played a captaincy innings. He scored 29 runs in 14 balls. Sanju Samson scored 29 runs in 19 balls. Mehdi dismissed him. After this, thanks to the 52-run partnership between Nitish and Hardik, India won the match by seven wickets. Hardik contributed 39 runs in 16 balls and Nitish contributed 16 runs in 15 balls.

Player of the Match: Arshdeep Singh (IND)3/14 (3.5).

"We just tried to back our skills and what we decided in our team meetings, it worked out. The way the guys showed character playing on a new ground and the way we batted, it was great. It's a good headache to have when you are on the field on whom to bowl. Every time you have an extra option, it's a good thing. There's always areas to improve on." - India skipper Suryakumar Yadav after victory.