New Delhi: Defending champions India produced a clockwork-like perfect display to beat Bangladesh by nine wickets in the second semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 at Birmingham on Thursday.
India won the toss, elected to field first. Bowlers did exceedingly well to restrict a confident Bangladesh batting unit for 264/7 in fifty overs. Then the top-three batsmen toyed with the Bangladesh bowlers to reach the target with 59 balls remaining.
Openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan provided a good platform, then skipper Virat Kohli arrived in the centre after the fall of his Delhi state-mate.
He soon found the right note, hitting with ease. And once the 28-year-old reached his fifty, Indian fans at Edgbaston increased their decibel a notch higher.
Here's the Kohli, Kohli chant. Certainly, an unmissable moment from the match.
KOHLI, KOHLI, KOHLI!
Safe to say India fans enjoyed @imVkohli's 50!#BANvIND #CT17 pic.twitter.com/lIhheYSd5l
— ICC (@ICC) June 15, 2017
The win set-up yet another mouth-watering India-Pakistan clash, this time in a final, in a global tournament.
