Axar Patel missed a hattrick during the second match of the Champions Trophy 2025 match played against Bangladesh as Rohit Sharma missed Jaker Ali’s Catch in the slips.
In the previous two deliveries, Axar Patel removed Tanzid Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim to leave Bangladesh stuttering at 35/5. He made a sensational start to his over in the powerplay of the Champions Trophy 2025.
After dismissing Tanzid and Mushfiqur Rahim, he created the opportunity for a hattrick when he forced Jaker Ali to edge the ball, but Indian captain Rohit Sharma missed the catch at first slip.
Earlier Bangladesh were down to three wickets with just 26 runs on the scoreboard in their Champions Trophy opener against India.
Mohammed Shami bagged the wickets of Soumya Sarkar and Mehidy Hasan Miraz while Harshit Rana picked the wicket of captain Najmul Shanto.
Tanzid Hasan ✅
Mushfiqur Rahim ✅Axar Patel into the attack and he brings with him – BACK to BACK wickets ⚡️⚡️
KL Rahul with two sharp catches! 👏👏
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Shami, who sent home Soumya Sarkar for a duck, dismissed Mehidy for 5 runs in the 6th over of the match to trouble Bangladesh.
By the end of 10 overs, Bangladesh scored only 39 runs losing 5 wickets. Najmul Shanto-led Bangladesh will lock horns with Rohit Sharma-led side to play in the 2nd Match of the ICC Champions Trophy at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai.
India and Bangladesh have faced each other in 41 ODI matches so far where India has dominant results with 32 wins while Bangladesh has 8 victories and one ended in a no result.
Winning the toss, Bangladesh chose to bat considering the dew factor in the ground. But Indian bowlers proved to be nightmare for the side.
Shami who returned to the ICC tournament after a 14 month period injury, has striked for the Men in Blues and will rest the responsibility of the bowling department on his shoulders in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah who was ruled out due to Back Spasm.
Bangladesh: Tanzid Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Najmul Hossain Shanto(c), Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman
India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav
Also Check: Champions Trophy 2025 Points Table, NRR, Team Standings
