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India vs Bangladesh: The Indian cricket team continues its impressive performance in the ICC Men’s U19 World Cup ( World Cup ) 2026. Team India defeated Bangladesh in a thrilling match. With this, Team India has registered its second consecutive victory in the tournament. This has strengthened the Indian team’s chances of reaching the next round. Team India defeated Bangladesh by 18 runs in a rain-affected match. The match had to be stopped several times due to rain. Bangladesh was given a revised target of 165 runs under the DLS method, but the Bangladeshi batsmen succumbed to the tight bowling of the Indian team.
Bangladesh lost its last 7 wickets for just 22 runs. At one point, Bangladesh’s score was 124 runs for 4 wickets, and then the entire team was all out for just 146 runs a short while later. Vihan Malhotra impressed the most for India. Vihan took 4 wickets for just 14 runs in 4 overs. He was awarded the Player of the Match award for this outstanding performance.
Abhigyan Kundu and Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored half-centuries
Batting first, the Indian team was restricted to just 238 runs. Abhigyan Kundu and Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored half-centuries to take the team to a respectable score. Bangladeshi fast bowler Al Fahad troubled the Indian batsmen a lot with his excellent bowling, taking five wickets.
In this rain-affected match, Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bowl first, which their bowlers justified. Due to consistent line and length and pressure bowling, the Indian batsmen failed to play their shots freely. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, considered a flamboyant opening batsman, also did not display his aggressive batting style. He batted according to the situation, scoring 72 runs off 67 balls, including 6 fours and 3 sixes. On the other hand, Abhigyan Kundu displayed remarkable composure and made full use of the two reprieves he received, playing a crucial innings of 80 runs off 112 balls. His innings included 4 fours and 3 sixes.
Overs reduced due to rain
Rain interrupted the match for 65 minutes, after which the game was reduced to 49 overs per side. Even in the changed conditions, the Bangladeshi bowlers bowled well and continued to take wickets at regular intervals. Al Fahad was the most successful bowler for Bangladesh, taking 5 wickets for 38 runs in 9.2 overs and playing a key role in restricting India’s innings to 238 runs.
