Bangladesh set 265 runs target for India

Sports Desk: Tigers set 265 runs target for India in the 2nd semifinal of the eight-nation ICC Champions Trophy against India at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Thursday.

Tigers' opener Tamim Iqbal scored 70 runs facing 82 balls. He hit seven boundaries and an over boundary. Besides, Mushfiqur Rahim took 61 runs.

On the other hand, Indian bowlers Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jaspreet Bumrah and Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets each.

Earlier, India won the toss and chose to field first against Bangladesh.

The winners of this match will play Pakistan, who hammered England by eight wickets in Wednesday's first semi-final in Cardiff, in Sunday's final at the Oval in London.

Bangladesh squad: Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Sabbir Rahman, Mushfiqur Rahim (wkt), Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Rubel Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman

India squad: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli (capt), Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni (wkt), Hardik Pandya, Kedhar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jaspreet Bumrah


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