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IND Vs BAN 1st T20I: India Beat Bangladesh By Seven Wickets, Take Unassailable 1-0 Lead In Series - In Pics

India secured a comfortable seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the first T20I of the three-match series in Gwalior on Sunday. Bangladesh was bowled out for 127, and India successfully chased down the target of 128 with 49 balls to spare. When Bangladesh batted first, they struggled early at 14 for two, with left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh (3/14) dismissing both openers Litton Das and Parvez Hossain Emon quickly. Captain Najmul Hossain Shanto scored 27 off 25 balls, and Mehidy Hasan Miraz contributed 35 in 32 deliveries. Varun Chakravarthy (3/31), Mayank Yadav (1/21), and Washington Sundar (1/12) took wickets in the middle overs to maintain India's control of the game. Hardik Pandya also contributed with a wicket towards the end. With the bat, Pandya played an unbeaten 39 off 16 balls, while Sanju Samson and captain Suryakumar Yadav both scored 29 before getting out.

IND vs BAN: 1st T20I match Photo: AP/Manish Swarup

India's Hardik Pandya, right, and teamm🅷ate Nitish Kumar Reddy celebrate India's win in the first T20 cricket match against Bangladesh in Gwalior.

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India's Hardik Pandya walks to collect his bat from the umpire after it slipped from his hands while he was playing a shot durinꦕg the first T20🐠 cricket match between Bangladesh and India in Gwalior.

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Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman, left, gets his left eye examined by teammate Litton Das after some foreign body entered his eye during the first T20 cricket match between Bangladesh and India in Gwalior.

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India's Hardik Pandya plays a shot during the first T20 cricket match between Bangladesh and India in Gwalior.

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India's captain Suryakumar Yadav plays a shot during the first T20 cricket♍ match between Bangladesh and India in Gwalior𒈔.

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India's Sanju Samson 𒆙plays a shot during the first T20 cricket match bౠetween Bangladesh and India in Gwalior.

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India's Abhishek Sharma plays a shot during the first T20 cricket match betw💃een Bangladesh and Indi🍸a in Gwalior.

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India’s Arshdeep Singh reacts during the first T20 International cric☂ket match between India and Bangladesh at Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium, in Gwalior.

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India's ꧅Varun Chakravarthy bowls a delivery during first T20 cricket match between India and Bangladesh in Gwalior.

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Ba﷽ngladesh's Mehidy Hasan Miraz plays a shot during the first T20 cricket match between Bangladesh and India in Gwalior.

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Bangladesh's captain Najmul Hossain Shanto plays a shot during the first T20 cricket match beꦛtween Bangladesh and India in Gwalior.

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Bangladesh's Litton Das, right, follows the ball after playing a shot in the air on which he was caught out by India's Rinku Singh during the first T20 c🦩ricket match between Bangl🍸adesh and India in Gwalior.